Get the damn lyric right:
“Turn a head to see”...ought to be obvious
Weird, beautiful song. Stands out from other Clash songs mainly due to Tymon’s strange singing, but also because of the darker lyrics.
“Come with me, I thought he said,
But that’s not him anymore, he’s dead”
Is likely a reference to Sid Vicious’ death. Basing this on previous Clash references to Sid:
1) I fought the law (live) - “killed my girl and feel so bad”
2) Hateful (song is about drug addiction) - “this year I’ve lost some friends”
This song has a recurring theme of someone wanting to be somewhere they cannot physically be.
1) Lot’s wife looking back on their hometown which is being destroyed/she dies.
2) Can’t “come with me” because “he’s dead” now.
So I’ve always interpreted it as the singer longing to “go away on a ride” to reach outside of their mortal body, literally losing this skin. But he considers others who have already “lost this skin”: Lot’s wife, his friend, etc and comes to conclusion that it’s “so free it looks like lost to me.”
@sangsue I know the Clash didn't write IFTL. The original song lyrics are "lost my girl and I feel so bad, guess my race is run." But on the live album From Here to Eternity, Joe sings "Killed my girl and feel so bad."
@sangsue I know the Clash didn't write IFTL. The original song lyrics are "lost my girl and I feel so bad, guess my race is run." But on the live album From Here to Eternity, Joe sings "Killed my girl and feel so bad."
In my comment I was pointing out that this lyric, along with some lines in Hateful: "this year I've lost some friends," and in Lose This Skin: "that's not him anymore, he's dead," may be about Sid Vicious.
In my comment I was pointing out that this lyric, along with some lines in Hateful: "this year I've lost some friends," and in Lose This Skin: "that's not him anymore, he's dead," may be about Sid Vicious.
Get the damn lyric right: “Turn a head to see”...ought to be obvious
Weird, beautiful song. Stands out from other Clash songs mainly due to Tymon’s strange singing, but also because of the darker lyrics.
“Come with me, I thought he said, But that’s not him anymore, he’s dead” Is likely a reference to Sid Vicious’ death. Basing this on previous Clash references to Sid: 1) I fought the law (live) - “killed my girl and feel so bad” 2) Hateful (song is about drug addiction) - “this year I’ve lost some friends”
This song has a recurring theme of someone wanting to be somewhere they cannot physically be. 1) Lot’s wife looking back on their hometown which is being destroyed/she dies. 2) Can’t “come with me” because “he’s dead” now.
So I’ve always interpreted it as the singer longing to “go away on a ride” to reach outside of their mortal body, literally losing this skin. But he considers others who have already “lost this skin”: Lot’s wife, his friend, etc and comes to conclusion that it’s “so free it looks like lost to me.”
@StayFree95 IFTL is a cover of Bobby Fuller Four in the 60s.
@StayFree95 IFTL is a cover of Bobby Fuller Four in the 60s.
@sangsue I know the Clash didn't write IFTL. The original song lyrics are "lost my girl and I feel so bad, guess my race is run." But on the live album From Here to Eternity, Joe sings "Killed my girl and feel so bad."
@sangsue I know the Clash didn't write IFTL. The original song lyrics are "lost my girl and I feel so bad, guess my race is run." But on the live album From Here to Eternity, Joe sings "Killed my girl and feel so bad."
In my comment I was pointing out that this lyric, along with some lines in Hateful: "this year I've lost some friends," and in Lose This Skin: "that's not him anymore, he's dead," may be about Sid Vicious.
In my comment I was pointing out that this lyric, along with some lines in Hateful: "this year I've lost some friends," and in Lose This Skin: "that's not him anymore, he's dead," may be about Sid Vicious.