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This is why events unnerve me,
They find it all, a different story,
Notice whom for wheels are turning,
Turn again and turn towards this time,
All she ask's the strength to hold me,
Then again the same old story,
World will travel, oh so quickly,
Travel first and lean towards this time.
Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time.
Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Avenues all lined with trees,
Picture me and then you start watching,
Watching forever, forever,
Watching love grow, forever,
Letting me know, forever.
They find it all, a different story,
Notice whom for wheels are turning,
Turn again and turn towards this time,
All she ask's the strength to hold me,
Then again the same old story,
World will travel, oh so quickly,
Travel first and lean towards this time.
Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time.
Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Avenues all lined with trees,
Picture me and then you start watching,
Watching forever, forever,
Watching love grow, forever,
Letting me know, forever.
Lyrics submitted by numb, edited by lokithecat
Track duration: 04:26
"Ceremony" as written by Ian Kevin Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Paul David Morris, Bernard Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Heaven knows, it's got to be this time" pretty much says it all.
"All she (Debbie) asks the strength to hold me / then again the same old story (Annik)" <- kiss and make up with Debbie but he's still drawn to Annik and he knows he's going to cheat Debbie again.
But what really gets me in this song is that he wants to be positive, hopeful. He wants to repair his marriage, it's got to be this time, that he does the right thing, right? He's hurt her so much and he knows it. And the subtle dark note at the end, the avenues lined with trees, he wants either Debbie, Annik or whoever else loves him, to picture him, to picture happiness, to see the love he has for them all even after his death.
"Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time"
= the turning wheels of the hearse and funeral procession heading toward the cemetary.
Avenues all lined with trees=the avenues that the funeral procession takes to get to the destination.
"All she asks is the strength to hold me" the narrator is remembering her dying words, i suppose.
"Too frail to wake this time" can only be about someone dying.
It could also be about losing someone you love and being forced to move on from that loss.
Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever, forever, forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever
This song is beautiful, and strikes me to the core every single time I hear it. It reminds me that we all feel similiar feelings. We're all different, but we all yearn. "Ceremony" reminds me that happier times are best remembered as happy. And the realities are always harshest when they hit deep.
I don't know you, backinburntcity. But I do know we both have a burning pain. Pushing through that pain, trying each and every day is all you can do. There are always blue skies and bright green blades of grass, you just can't always see them. Please think twice before electing to take your young life.
P.S. I was going to recommend "Bright Eyes" to you, I see you are already acquainted with Conor. If so check out "Burn Rubber." He covered it on a single. You'll find it...
I might be wrong or too romantic but to me it's about love.
It could describe the strange sesation that you feel when you see (in a ceremony), after long time, a person you loved in the past. You know that it's "the same old story" and that this person will never change her habits but you can't deny that you like her in everything she does. So what you can do? You can just sit and watch love grow ...forever...