Agreed, it's awesome. Extremely infectious melody that can play and play in my head for months until something else takes over. Very intriguing lyrics. Such a shame so few comments, was it never a single? That might go some way toward explaining, I think this and Union City Blue top my Blondie list.
I'm only playing around here, but I like to think...just going through it...
Commotion - nightclub/drug house overdose situation, with inevitable panic
Boy in the back - of ambulance?
Second attack - of the heart?
Wants baby back - wants life back, wants his girlfriend's life back, she's got problems of her own...
Quaking - shaking?
Belly ache - too many pills?
Can't concentrate - you bet.
Pick up the beat - pulse? lack of it?
Vapour - drifting away from the body, ghost/spirit?
Catch...hands - desperate gesticulating, unable to speak
Take me back - back to life, to be together again?
Beat, shine - pulse restarting, colour in the cheeks?
World slows...stops - strange things happen to time perception when pulse stops.
Number, eyes, magician - ? mystical visions as life slides away?
And onward in similar vein.
As I said, only playing here, I wonder if anyone else has thought this way.
Agreed, it's awesome. Extremely infectious melody that can play and play in my head for months until something else takes over. Very intriguing lyrics. Such a shame so few comments, was it never a single? That might go some way toward explaining, I think this and Union City Blue top my Blondie list.
I'm only playing around here, but I like to think...just going through it...
Commotion - nightclub/drug house overdose situation, with inevitable panic Boy in the back - of ambulance? Second attack - of the heart? Wants baby back - wants life back, wants his girlfriend's life back, she's got problems of her own... Quaking - shaking? Belly ache - too many pills? Can't concentrate - you bet. Pick up the beat - pulse? lack of it? Vapour - drifting away from the body, ghost/spirit? Catch...hands - desperate gesticulating, unable to speak Take me back - back to life, to be together again? Beat, shine - pulse restarting, colour in the cheeks? World slows...stops - strange things happen to time perception when pulse stops. Number, eyes, magician - ? mystical visions as life slides away? And onward in similar vein.
As I said, only playing here, I wonder if anyone else has thought this way.