Afternoons and Coffeespoons Lyrics
There's a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy
I've had my lungs checked out with X rays
I've smelled the hospital hallways
Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime
When it seems a bookburning's in perfect order -
I gave the doctor my description
I tried to stick to my prescriptions
Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot
I could change the test results that I will get back
I've watched the summer evenings pass by
I've heard the rattle in my bronchi ...
Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot
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In case anybody didn't know, this song is based on the poem 'The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock', by T.S. Eliot, which is a great poem and I suggest you all go read.
BlueAndStarry,
BlueAndStarry,
I just re-read that poem. I thought there was something familiar about the lyrics.
I just re-read that poem. I thought there was something familiar about the lyrics.
@BlueAndStarry Correct. Also, I recall reading that the singer in the CTD is a lifelong asthma sufferer which is why his voice is so low and explains that part of the lyric.
@BlueAndStarry Correct. Also, I recall reading that the singer in the CTD is a lifelong asthma sufferer which is why his voice is so low and explains that part of the lyric.
Well I can totally agree with BlueandStarry. Unfortunately, the poem made little sense to my peasant mind. Any insider info on the poem which the song is based would be great.
the narrator is a young hypochondriac imagining his old age and ultimate death (by lung cancer?) and borrows a lot from the prufrock poem - or at least has a lot of allusions to the poem. he seems like he's wondering if he should quit smoking - he should. it has nothing at all to do with cocaine. i think the play by sartre he is talking about is no exit.
It has obvious links with "...Love Song..." and is simply a song about growing old. The protanganist is talking about growing old and not necessarily in a negative way, but more of a matter-of-fact kind of way, resigned acceptance, kind of way.
I think this song is about going on a cocaine binge and waking up in another country.
Haha yeah -- the cocaine theory gets my vote
its something about his lung operation or somehting
this song is about a smoker who is dying of lung cancer.
Hippias Rex, bingo!!!
The poem is about a man who feels out of place. He spends his days wandering about the seedy part of town, and then goes to a tea party of some sort. At the tea party no one will listen to him, and even if he said "I am Lazarus, come back from the dead to tell you all" the women would look at him and say "that's not what we were talking about." it's just generally about his love life/lack there of.