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wingsoftoast
Oh this song - it's got everything - cynicism, desire, despair, hopeless hope. Soundtrack to the days before my wedding and saying goodbye to childish things... a sparkly glass darkly
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jasonfherring
@ralfsu: The new documentary Pitchfork came out with last week (it is very well made and absolutely worth watching if you are a fan of this album or Sinister at all) sheds a bit of light on the meaning of this song. It is almost autobiographic of Stuart Murdoch who had been bedridden for a couple of years before he started Belle & Sebastian. As he was reintegrating himself into society he'd go on bus rides around town just for the hell of it. He credits his recovery from the illness to divine intervention and he started to visit church weekly. Giving himself to providence. The whole thing carries a feeling of general aimlessness to me that's trying to be filled with religion. I do like that interpretation about the man who is being pushed into relationships finally getting a break cause his siblings have taken the spotlight for a while. But of course, this didn't happen. It's a dream and I think the narrator longs for being able to stay out of the spotlight for a while.
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jasonfherring
i can't put how i feel about this into words... i've been trying but it's futile. but holy shit, is it ever wonderful. belle and sebastian's best song.
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obscurecendo
oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me cause i'm stupid and blind? oh, and desperation is the devil's work it is the folly of a boy's empty mind
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Oicirbaf239
Is this song an autobiography? Because I can't understand the meaning of the lyrics :/
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funkytechnician
One of the best songs that has ever been written... just listen to the lyrics... no, actually, listen. Bliss.
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Modestmilk
the Push Barman To Open Old Wounds version is WONDERFUL [2] I think I actually prefer the Push Barman version... but either way, this song is classic.
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casadivetro
has this song ever been used in a movie? I have this sensation from the first time I realized it was by B&S...
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