everyone comes in and out
staring like a cinema
well shut these doors
you're wrapped up in a uniform,
just a cigarette away
from shedding tears
screaming for someone
to come and pick you up
and take the weight
off, off
i can't sleep, it's just too hot
i can't sleep and i can't believe
just how far it's come
every day and night
how to get along
how they could be wrong
wish it could be me
the money's earned the money's spent,
the claws have got a hold again
you count each step
the television therapy is no attempt
at remedy your needs aren't met
screaming for someone to come
to come and pick you up
and take the weight
(lyrics from album booklet)
I absolutely love this song. To me it's about how many people in "modern" (or is it post-modern already?) societies are unhappy. Everything is happening so fast, there's no peace and quiet and you can't be yourself, you have to conform to what society expects from you, which brings a lot of weight on people's shoulders (which they for some reason should hide). People get depressed and attempt to buy happiness. But material things can't fill up the emptiness you feel. You just need to express yourself, share the way you feel, you need someone to take the weight off.
everyone comes in and out staring like a cinema well shut these doors you're wrapped up in a uniform, just a cigarette away from shedding tears screaming for someone to come and pick you up and take the weight
off, off i can't sleep, it's just too hot i can't sleep and i can't believe just how far it's come every day and night how to get along how they could be wrong wish it could be me
the money's earned the money's spent, the claws have got a hold again you count each step the television therapy is no attempt at remedy your needs aren't met screaming for someone to come to come and pick you up and take the weight
(lyrics from album booklet)
I absolutely love this song. To me it's about how many people in "modern" (or is it post-modern already?) societies are unhappy. Everything is happening so fast, there's no peace and quiet and you can't be yourself, you have to conform to what society expects from you, which brings a lot of weight on people's shoulders (which they for some reason should hide). People get depressed and attempt to buy happiness. But material things can't fill up the emptiness you feel. You just need to express yourself, share the way you feel, you need someone to take the weight off.