What a fantastic song. Just grows and grows on you. telecasterthommy is spot-on - ambition and loneliness. This is Guy Garvey -
"My brother in law met a tower crane driver in a bar who began the night boasting about how well paid he was and how much he loved his job. He ended the night crying into his beer with loneliness. Ambition, if pursued to the cost of everything else, can leave you high, dry and lonely."
What a fantastic song. Just grows and grows on you. telecasterthommy is spot-on - ambition and loneliness. This is Guy Garvey -
"My brother in law met a tower crane driver in a bar who began the night boasting about how well paid he was and how much he loved his job. He ended the night crying into his beer with loneliness. Ambition, if pursued to the cost of everything else, can leave you high, dry and lonely."