I love this song, clearly it's about the band simultaneously mythologising and mocking themselves, but it disappoints me that they changed the lyrics slightly from an earlier session version. Originally, the line 'I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs' went 'I'm only lucid when I'm riding buses', which is a far superior line. Of course, it could just be that riding on city buses for a hobby is sad, and the band don't want to be accused of that.
I love this song, clearly it's about the band simultaneously mythologising and mocking themselves, but it disappoints me that they changed the lyrics slightly from an earlier session version. Originally, the line 'I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs' went 'I'm only lucid when I'm riding buses', which is a far superior line. Of course, it could just be that riding on city buses for a hobby is sad, and the band don't want to be accused of that.
Buses are to Belle and Sebastian what bees were to Emily Dickinson.
Buses are to Belle and Sebastian what bees were to Emily Dickinson.