NYC Ghosts & Flowers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by n-n-nick 

Cover art for NYC Ghosts & Flowers lyrics by Sonic Youth

The first section gives me the felling that it's a voice inside lee's head, or the result of a schizophrenia. 'phone rang three in the morning. No one on the other end of the reciever' - no-one would be, it's a figment of his imagation.

'Can any of you remember lenny' - asking other people which he imagines.

'The door was open but the way was not lit, and there was no way out of my head' He realises he has a mental problem, but cannot rid himself of it.

'some famous stars were busted by the thought police down on fashion avenue, impersonating real men' Lee's link back to other examples of people feeling what he is feeling and hearing. Linking it to celebrities.

That's what i interpret from the first few verses, the rest just appear to be ajumble of words orchestrated in a beautiful, illogical way.

My Interpretation