Not sure if I quite agree about there being no meaning, although some of it does seem fairly abstract. I think it's interesting to put this song in context, that they'd just come off the back of the reportedly intense, drug-fuelled tour for the previous, onimously titled 'See You On The Other Side' album, and indeed the drummer Jimmy Chambers (think that's his name) had just left. Add to that the overall more reflective, contemplative tone (lyrically and musically) of this album, in particular to the first two albums, and it seems that Mr Donohue was coming to something of a crossroads in his life.
As has already been mentioned, he talks alot about plans and dreams that he made as a younger man, which haven't quite worked out how he thought they would.
And then in the middle he talks about 'angry, jealous spies', which again could refer to the difficulties which the band had been having, and the bitching and conniving that goes with the music bizniz. Or it could refer to the break-up of a relationship, which seems to hang over much of the album.
Not sure if I quite agree about there being no meaning, although some of it does seem fairly abstract. I think it's interesting to put this song in context, that they'd just come off the back of the reportedly intense, drug-fuelled tour for the previous, onimously titled 'See You On The Other Side' album, and indeed the drummer Jimmy Chambers (think that's his name) had just left. Add to that the overall more reflective, contemplative tone (lyrically and musically) of this album, in particular to the first two albums, and it seems that Mr Donohue was coming to something of a crossroads in his life.
As has already been mentioned, he talks alot about plans and dreams that he made as a younger man, which haven't quite worked out how he thought they would. And then in the middle he talks about 'angry, jealous spies', which again could refer to the difficulties which the band had been having, and the bitching and conniving that goes with the music bizniz. Or it could refer to the break-up of a relationship, which seems to hang over much of the album.