I think the guy at the top for the most part got it right about night life, and how Ben tried out "dangerous living" and it ended badly. But the end verse is a bit cryptic, I think.
"Take a little time gonna roll the dice
Taken for a ride, any normal life will do, do" (I'm pretty sure he's just repeating this word for this part)
He's gonna take a chance on normal living
"Find another way, try to break the ice
Every day and night, the banana peels we'd chew, chew..." (again, he's almost positively saying "chew")
Someone made a comment on here about this fictional drug called "Bananadine," and lots of stuff has been published on it. It's basically a big joke, a "hoax," if you will. And, obviously "ice" is codename for a very infamous drug. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that he doesn't want to go about night life the classic way anymore--viz. he wants to find another way. This "other way" is highly unconventional and has been disproven, but many young people who are looking for fun are guaranteed to still try it out, not knowing any better.
Essentially, Benjamin is trading in the pain of night life for the pointlessness of a joke (i.e., his day life). But he's willing to try the dull for the sake of sparing himself the pain of losing another friend. I also don't think this is about a girl (though it well may be). The language is affectionate in a way that says 'old friend'.
Anyway, that's my interpretation :)
"Blue Beard" may be a nick name for a friend, but is more likely a reference to an old folk tale of the same name. This is evidence to the contrary of what I assumed earlier, about this song concerning a friend and not a girl. Bluebeard was a very rich pirate who was known to kill his wives, so his latest wife discovers his terrible secret and devises a plan. Ultimately, she and her family killed bluebeard before he killed her and she inherited all of his fortune. There are a lot of things one can conjecture about this...
"Blue Beard" may be a nick name for a friend, but is more likely a reference to an old folk tale of the same name. This is evidence to the contrary of what I assumed earlier, about this song concerning a friend and not a girl. Bluebeard was a very rich pirate who was known to kill his wives, so his latest wife discovers his terrible secret and devises a plan. Ultimately, she and her family killed bluebeard before he killed her and she inherited all of his fortune. There are a lot of things one can conjecture about this song solely from its title
I think the guy at the top for the most part got it right about night life, and how Ben tried out "dangerous living" and it ended badly. But the end verse is a bit cryptic, I think.
"Take a little time gonna roll the dice Taken for a ride, any normal life will do, do" (I'm pretty sure he's just repeating this word for this part) He's gonna take a chance on normal living
"Find another way, try to break the ice Every day and night, the banana peels we'd chew, chew..." (again, he's almost positively saying "chew") Someone made a comment on here about this fictional drug called "Bananadine," and lots of stuff has been published on it. It's basically a big joke, a "hoax," if you will. And, obviously "ice" is codename for a very infamous drug. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that he doesn't want to go about night life the classic way anymore--viz. he wants to find another way. This "other way" is highly unconventional and has been disproven, but many young people who are looking for fun are guaranteed to still try it out, not knowing any better. Essentially, Benjamin is trading in the pain of night life for the pointlessness of a joke (i.e., his day life). But he's willing to try the dull for the sake of sparing himself the pain of losing another friend. I also don't think this is about a girl (though it well may be). The language is affectionate in a way that says 'old friend'. Anyway, that's my interpretation :)
"Blue Beard" may be a nick name for a friend, but is more likely a reference to an old folk tale of the same name. This is evidence to the contrary of what I assumed earlier, about this song concerning a friend and not a girl. Bluebeard was a very rich pirate who was known to kill his wives, so his latest wife discovers his terrible secret and devises a plan. Ultimately, she and her family killed bluebeard before he killed her and she inherited all of his fortune. There are a lot of things one can conjecture about this...
"Blue Beard" may be a nick name for a friend, but is more likely a reference to an old folk tale of the same name. This is evidence to the contrary of what I assumed earlier, about this song concerning a friend and not a girl. Bluebeard was a very rich pirate who was known to kill his wives, so his latest wife discovers his terrible secret and devises a plan. Ultimately, she and her family killed bluebeard before he killed her and she inherited all of his fortune. There are a lot of things one can conjecture about this song solely from its title