#1
|
||||
|
||||
Red Rubber lyrics
So my wife, who isnt a big manics fan has been reading a book called King Leopolds Gohst, about the Belgian colonisation of Congo. Naturally this has led to alot of discussion between us on this topic, and along the way I played her Red Rubber, and we were looking at the lyrics. I know roughly what Red Rubber is about, and most of the but im a bit puzzled by the opening line,
"My idle ledgers have fiasco boss" Anyone have any idea what the hell this is all about? |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Financial corruption maybe? Ledgers for compiling accurate accounts left idle under fiasco dictators .... Maybe?
__________________
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more," - Byron 'I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.' (from Sea Fever - John Masefield) "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all" - Emily Dickinson |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Judging from Nicky tweeting it twice in the past, the opening line is more likely to be "My eyelids as heavy as gold bars".
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
I've never listened to it before. A Manics song out there I haven't listened to. Tut. Definitely should before commenting on lyrics yes
I agree Comrade....although to be honest I hear My hindlegs as heavy as gold bars. Definitely gold bars though I also hear a bit of the old Dr Who theme tune
__________________
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more," - Byron 'I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.' (from Sea Fever - John Masefield) "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all" - Emily Dickinson |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
All roys quest on lear - it’s on lime!
__________________
'Those Manics are great mun ent'it!' | Miyazaki-San, Arigato | POPCORN! | PorcoTunes: SC=fdporco YT=PorcoForever | ---“...but the pigs are getting into our garden, and just digging holes, looking for truffles or something…"--- |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
This makes much more sense, thank you!
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Yes, thank you! Finally I can stop puzzling what idle ledgers are Eyelids as heavy as gold bars, it is.
I just wanted to say Red Rubber is an absolutely massive song. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|