The song is at least semi-biographical, in fact Tennant I believe admitted as such. Whether it was about him at the time, or when he was a much younger man (late teens/early twenties) I'm not sure. He wasn't sure about studying further, and he hadn't learnt to drive (I don't know whether he has now - he hadn't in his mid thirties) The roundhead general actually refers to the English Civil War, and Tennant loved History and used to play soldiers - but in fact he liked to play a cavalier (round head general sounding and rhyming a lot better I guess!) Neil also read somewhere, that Che Guevara was an extremely artistic man and loved music and acting. Neil later on realised he loved writing, and he also loved acting (he had been in a few school plays, including playing a woman in HMS Pinafore - all boys school!). However, deep down he wanted to write music.
Is he 'talking' to Lowe/old boyfriend/old girlfriend (ye never know) or a fling he had once? Or just something to give it that sense of mystery but ultimately not pertaining to him? Whatever, its still a great track.
The song is at least semi-biographical, in fact Tennant I believe admitted as such. Whether it was about him at the time, or when he was a much younger man (late teens/early twenties) I'm not sure. He wasn't sure about studying further, and he hadn't learnt to drive (I don't know whether he has now - he hadn't in his mid thirties) The roundhead general actually refers to the English Civil War, and Tennant loved History and used to play soldiers - but in fact he liked to play a cavalier (round head general sounding and rhyming a lot better I guess!) Neil also read somewhere, that Che Guevara was an extremely artistic man and loved music and acting. Neil later on realised he loved writing, and he also loved acting (he had been in a few school plays, including playing a woman in HMS Pinafore - all boys school!). However, deep down he wanted to write music.
Is he 'talking' to Lowe/old boyfriend/old girlfriend (ye never know) or a fling he had once? Or just something to give it that sense of mystery but ultimately not pertaining to him? Whatever, its still a great track.