The album CD booklet includes the following text below the lyrics:
Hmmm, what's going on here? Her microbes, bath robes, a big black bear. Could it be a love song? Despite everything, despite the pigeon shit, could poetry still reside in their souls? Maybe, just maybe, all of it has had some effect here. The deep snow and the forlorn old fort, blasted by the wind and the sea. Four boys loading the camper van and driving to Bohemia. The medieval French in the Montreal street signs. The full moon turning the road to silver in Finnygook. The bike rides through the thick, enveloping forest. Could it all be like when a flock of Starlings settled on the hour hand at Big Ben and stopped the clock, stopped time? On the 159 bus from Marble Arch to Brixton, the old man was talking to himself - and shouting to his fellow passengers: "You must elevate the listener! You have to put something on their plate! Something they can feed on in a dark hour!" Could this be what we have here? Have a listen while riding your bike to the fort through the forest in the snow. If it doesn't work then, it never will.
The album CD booklet includes the following text below the lyrics:
Hmmm, what's going on here? Her microbes, bath robes, a big black bear. Could it be a love song? Despite everything, despite the pigeon shit, could poetry still reside in their souls? Maybe, just maybe, all of it has had some effect here. The deep snow and the forlorn old fort, blasted by the wind and the sea. Four boys loading the camper van and driving to Bohemia. The medieval French in the Montreal street signs. The full moon turning the road to silver in Finnygook. The bike rides through the thick, enveloping forest. Could it all be like when a flock of Starlings settled on the hour hand at Big Ben and stopped the clock, stopped time? On the 159 bus from Marble Arch to Brixton, the old man was talking to himself - and shouting to his fellow passengers: "You must elevate the listener! You have to put something on their plate! Something they can feed on in a dark hour!" Could this be what we have here? Have a listen while riding your bike to the fort through the forest in the snow. If it doesn't work then, it never will.