Lovely song... but there are unfortunately a few little mistakes I feel the need to nitpick, shrodes.
Standing on the dark canal = Standing BY the OLD canal
on the way to heaven so = .... SLOWLY
the ghost gone by = ... FLOW by
The wind keeps singing it's not too late = and WE WILL keep singing.... (I actually like your line better than the real one, but there we are).
N.B. I got this from the booklet with the TGTB&TQ album.
OK, on with the meaning..... first 5 lines, I think signify somebody mourning a dead loved one, or a loved one who they parted with for whatever reason.
"And the medicine man here 24/7
You can get it fast in ArmaggeddoN
everyone on the way to Heaven/So.... " = Medicine is provided so readily to so many older people nearing death (Everyone on their way to heaven).... maybe to with euthanasia?
"Call for prayer is common round here/In the morning
We wash our faces go to work
There is no warning
That it all gets better when life is straight
It's bigger than you and the Welfare State
The wind keeps singing it's not too late
For you" = People pray for good things to happen to them, and then suddenly good things happen when they least expect them to.....
Also, how did they create those boopy-type noises at the start?
Lovely song... but there are unfortunately a few little mistakes I feel the need to nitpick, shrodes.
Standing on the dark canal = Standing BY the OLD canal on the way to heaven so = .... SLOWLY the ghost gone by = ... FLOW by The wind keeps singing it's not too late = and WE WILL keep singing.... (I actually like your line better than the real one, but there we are).
N.B. I got this from the booklet with the TGTB&TQ album.
OK, on with the meaning..... first 5 lines, I think signify somebody mourning a dead loved one, or a loved one who they parted with for whatever reason.
"And the medicine man here 24/7 You can get it fast in ArmaggeddoN everyone on the way to Heaven/So.... " = Medicine is provided so readily to so many older people nearing death (Everyone on their way to heaven).... maybe to with euthanasia?
"Call for prayer is common round here/In the morning We wash our faces go to work There is no warning That it all gets better when life is straight It's bigger than you and the Welfare State The wind keeps singing it's not too late For you" = People pray for good things to happen to them, and then suddenly good things happen when they least expect them to.....
Also, how did they create those boopy-type noises at the start?