Powder Blue Lyrics
Your hair and dress in ribbons
Baby Cakes
In despair or incoherent [ Baby's...]
Nothing in between [...smiling....]
China white, my bride tonight [...on the...]
Smiling on the tiles [...tiling ]
You never get so close as when
The sunward flight begins
I share it all with you
Powder Blue
They're trying to ignore us
That's okay
I'm proud to be the one you hold
When the shakes begin
Sallow-skinned, starry-eyed
Blessed in our sin
You never get so close to death
Makes you so alive
I share it all with you
Powder Blue
The real reason Guy Garvey wrote the song is very beautiful, so I shall share it with everyone: "I almost feel guilty for writing this song. It’s based on a withdrawing couple I saw in a bar. She was banging a coin on the bar really loudly and he came up behind her and put his arms round her, staying her hand and she burst into tears. There was a tragic magic to the situation that would have affected anyone who witnessed it."
I love this song. It's so beautiful.
Yeah an awsome song, but i think you're missing the meaning completely. i don't know how you car crash out of this song, but very interesting view. did he say anything about a car crash in an interview or are you playing guessing games. I think "falling asleep at the weel" is some sort of metaphorical term, not to be taken litterally. What does "your eyes are like black spiders" have to do with a car wreck?? Please tell me. I'm dying to know. I love this band, but can someone intelligently respond to me please? not to be too synical or anything.
First off, people assume it's about a car crash primarily due to the msuic video, which centres around the aftermath of a crash. This is supported by a few lines like 'never get so close to death, makes you so alive', 'your hair and dress in ribbons' and 'the sunward flight begins' (which could refer to smashing through the windscreen and flying forwards. However, I think that this is more liekly to all be a metaphor for drug use, as more lines seem to refer to that. There are the obvious ones, but then the ones that I said might apply...
First off, people assume it's about a car crash primarily due to the msuic video, which centres around the aftermath of a crash. This is supported by a few lines like 'never get so close to death, makes you so alive', 'your hair and dress in ribbons' and 'the sunward flight begins' (which could refer to smashing through the windscreen and flying forwards. However, I think that this is more liekly to all be a metaphor for drug use, as more lines seem to refer to that. There are the obvious ones, but then the ones that I said might apply to a car crash could also be about drugs. One line in particular that I love in this song is 'never get so close as when the sunward flight begins' because I think that this is actually referring to getting high, therefore the sunward flight, and how it brings these two codependent junkies together.
Also, I realise that that is 7 years too late, but when you posted that I was 8 so couldn't do much about it back then :)
Also, I realise that that is 7 years too late, but when you posted that I was 8 so couldn't do much about it back then :)
its the video isnt it, it features a crashed car but this song is about heroin addicts.
its the video isnt it, it features a crashed car but this song is about heroin addicts.
"in despair or incoherence nothing inbetween" a hard drug abuser who has turned to drugs for relief, definitely about two abusers. As for the eyes on horizon bit, I think he used that as a metaphor, looking to the future but don't lose track of where u are going, especially in relation to drugs, don't lose sight of where you might end up ... hmmm does this make sense? but please don't attack me if I've spelt anything wrong
another epic song about heroin
I'm sure it was referring to two druggies he'd seen on Canal Street in Manchester. Two people so completely besotted with eachother and co-dependent on eachother that they feed eachothers addictions to the point of near-fatality.
How is it possible to write such an incredibly beautiful song about being a drug addict without glamourising it?! Absolutely amazing.
The song is so clearly about two drug addicted lovers that a car crash never entered my mind. "Powder Blue" could be a reference to the appearance of an addicts' skin tone or a name given to the "blend" produced by their drug dealer (just as those who deal in mushroom strains like name their final product). "You never get so close to death, Makes you so alive" is likely to do with the unknown quality and origin of "street" drugs. As the affect of the drug begins to manifest, where it will take you is unknown. If "cut" with poison, you die. If high quality, you fly. I prefer adrenaline myself ;-)
IMHO
Oh... In response to tinfolsally's remarks about the "harmonica noises." I believe the instrument is actually a "melodica." Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica
This intrument was brought to the forefront of popular music in the eighties by a Philadelphia based band known as "The Hooters."
What a song! His voice works with the sound of the piano really well. In the song book of the album, it says "Eyes' on horizon. Don't sleep at the wheel" sitting next to the lyrics of Powder Blue. That line is the last line of Red, one of the other songs on the album. So, i guess this song is about a car crash with two people people in it, one dying and the lyricist surviving. He talks about bringing 1 minute back to spend it with the girl that died. GO BUY THE ALBUM!!!!!
last line of "Any Day Now" sorry!