Older Chests Lyrics

Lyric discussion by light_up_light_up 

Cover art for Older Chests lyrics by Damien Rice

this whole song is to do with the fact damien hates change, or so i have heard. the whole song talks about how people change and how they dont care anymore. the lines: "Older gents sit on the fence With their cap in hand Looking grand They watch their city change" this talks about older people sitting back and watching the place they knew change all around them into bigger things, a materealistic world where people care more about themselves than anyone else. also the lines: "Children scream, or so it seems, Louder than before Out of doors, and into stores with bigger names Mama tried to wash their faces But these kids they lost their graces" highlights the fact of change and how children have gone from playin in the street to going to big shopping centers and gettin introduced to newer things and not caring about the past. As far as i am aware of damien hates change