Coffee in bed clearly sounds like "caught me in bed" at times, because this is the real meaning, he's just hiding the true meaning with words that rhyme.
Back on the beat is supposed to be "back on the beach" (even though he doesn't actually use the word beach). The beach is where he has to go to be reborn/start over. The water breaking on the shore is a metaphor for his next mother's water breaking and the ocean is where all the emotion/energy/life stems from (can't have life on a planet without water).
@realshitface “Back on the beat” is the correct line. Difford is a master of puns. The surface meaning is that he has moved on to doing what he did before the relationship… visiting the same pubs, etc, not unlike a cop has a beat, which is the places being patrolled. There is also a double entendre in this line with the second meaning being a reference to autoeroticism. These clever puns are in so many Squeeze songs, and one of the things that I’ve always loved about them.
@realshitface “Back on the beat” is the correct line. Difford is a master of puns. The surface meaning is that he has moved on to doing what he did before the relationship… visiting the same pubs, etc, not unlike a cop has a beat, which is the places being patrolled. There is also a double entendre in this line with the second meaning being a reference to autoeroticism. These clever puns are in so many Squeeze songs, and one of the things that I’ve always loved about them.
Coffee in bed clearly sounds like "caught me in bed" at times, because this is the real meaning, he's just hiding the true meaning with words that rhyme.
Back on the beat is supposed to be "back on the beach" (even though he doesn't actually use the word beach). The beach is where he has to go to be reborn/start over. The water breaking on the shore is a metaphor for his next mother's water breaking and the ocean is where all the emotion/energy/life stems from (can't have life on a planet without water).
@realshitface “Back on the beat” is the correct line. Difford is a master of puns. The surface meaning is that he has moved on to doing what he did before the relationship… visiting the same pubs, etc, not unlike a cop has a beat, which is the places being patrolled. There is also a double entendre in this line with the second meaning being a reference to autoeroticism. These clever puns are in so many Squeeze songs, and one of the things that I’ve always loved about them.
@realshitface “Back on the beat” is the correct line. Difford is a master of puns. The surface meaning is that he has moved on to doing what he did before the relationship… visiting the same pubs, etc, not unlike a cop has a beat, which is the places being patrolled. There is also a double entendre in this line with the second meaning being a reference to autoeroticism. These clever puns are in so many Squeeze songs, and one of the things that I’ve always loved about them.