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Bedshaped!

Many's the time
I ran with you down
The rainy roads of your old town
Many the lives we lived in each day
And buried altogether
Don't laugh at me
Don't look away
You'll follow me back
With the sun in your eyes
And on your own
Bedshaped
And legs of stone
You'll knock on my door
And up we'll go
In white light
I don't think so
But what do I know?
What do I know?
I know!
I know you think I'm holding you down
And I've fallen by the wayside now
And I don't understand the same things as you
But I do
Don't laugh at me
Don't look away
You'll follow me back
With the sun in your eyes
And on your own
Bedshaped
And legs of stone
You'll knock on my door
And up we'll go
In white light
I don't think so
But what do I know?
What do I know?
I know!
And up we'll go
In white light
I don't think so
But what do I know?
What do I know?
I know!


I think that some things I just don't get it... is impossible to understand... I guess life is just like that. Thank God I have Keane to listen...

what are the songs about-II

Bend And Break - [Regarding "the other side" and "white light" references] "in bend and break that phrase is more about getting through a really dark state of mind and emerging into brighter, happier times. the old saying 'the darkest hour is just before the dawn' is very true and potent i think. people often say that with proper depression, things can seem unbearably awful as your thoughts run around each other in the dark of the night but when the sun rises you can get more perspective and see things in a more hopeful way. see patrick humphries' book on nick drake for his thoughts on how this phenomenon affected that great songwriter. anyway for me i've always loved the mornings...the day is new and full of possibilities. the song reminds me of when i was young and in the mornings i'd phone tom or richard or other friends and we'd make plans to meet up in town or play football or whatever. i still feel the same way...for example i alway write songs best early in the morning. " - Tim - messageboard - Source



Everybody's Changing - "It's kinda about being stuck in one place and watching everyone else around you moving along, and feeling a bit depressed with it all.... (in a good way of course!)" - Tom - London ULU gig - 09/03/04
"Everybody's Changing is a song about something I think a lot of people will experience, which is when people's lives start going different ways and you're sitting there, thinking my friends are doing this, what I am I doing? What do I do with my life? I think things like that are quite common to people and are probably more important than a lot of things that people write songs about. I mean, we haven't written any songs about politics. I think things like your friends, communication and love affect peoples lives more on a daily basis than who's in charge of the budget!" - gig101 interview - Source
"the song is about trying to work out where you are in the world, while some of the people around you are going off and doing different things. tim wrote it while we were really struggling to get anywhere as a band, and we were watching all our friends move away and get on with their lives, while we were stuck in battle getting nowhere, and wondering if we were doing the right thing. " - Richard - messageboard - Source
"Everybody's Changing is definitely world-weary. I wrote that at a time when we were quite low. We'd given up our London dream and had to slink back to Battle. We were feeling really isolated as a band. All our friends were making their way in the world and we were back at square one. Also, everyone I knew was jettisoning who they had been and was trying to be cool. I didn't know whether to go with that or not. I decided to stay my geeky self." - Tim - Times interview - Source