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Throw away the radio suitcase
That keeps you awake
Hide the telephone in case, you realize that sometimes you're not okay
You level off but its not all right now
You need to understand
There's nothing strange about this
You need to know your friends
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
Watching you scream
Quiet or loud
Maybe you should sleep
Maybe you just need a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no one laughing
You will be safe in here
Throw away this very old shoelace that tripped you again
Try and shrug it off
It's only skin now
You need to understand
There's nothing fake about this
You need to let me in
I'm watching you
That keeps you awake
Hide the telephone in case, you realize that sometimes you're not okay
You level off but its not all right now
You need to understand
There's nothing strange about this
You need to know your friends
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
Watching you scream
Quiet or loud
Maybe you should sleep
Maybe you just need a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no one laughing
You will be safe in here
Throw away this very old shoelace that tripped you again
Try and shrug it off
It's only skin now
You need to understand
There's nothing fake about this
You need to let me in
I'm watching you
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I think this song is about having a friend who is in a horrible place in their life. They are busy destroying their life or having it destroyed and Its about reaching out to someone in that situation. When you reach out to someone in this situation its hard for them to reach out from within and get the help they need. They know you wont fully understand and they feel so removed from help that the person help just stands by waving their hands. Just like with these lyrics.
Also i have noticed as we grow up we notice people like this in our life and I think some of us all go through this feeling. Some react fine, others implode. For whatever reason some people are their worst enemies. How do you end up helping someone who wont realize your help or cant find the will to have you help? Its hard to watch and this person always wants that person to know that they are there and there is a safe place for them to come in from the storms of life.
I know because I am one of those people. I feel like each year gone by i slip more an more away from the connections of reality and people. I have friends who are concerned with me and yet I cant bother to value my self or anything. I feel like a failure and i feel like i am drowning constantly. Nothing i do is good enough. So how can you help that? You cant.
Throw away the radio, suitcase keeps you awake
Hide the telephone, the telephone
Telephone, in case you realize
That some days, you're just not okay
You'll level off, you'll level off, you'll level off
And it's not alright now
You need to understand
There's nothing strange about this
You need to know your friends
You need to know that
I'll be wavin' my hand
Watching you drown
Watching you scream
Quiet or loud
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need, a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no one laughing
You will be safe in here
You will be safe in here
Throw away this very old shoelace
It tripped you again
Try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off
It's only skin
Now you need to understand
There's nothing fake about this
You need to let me in
Watching you and
I'll be waving my hand
Watching you drown
Watching you scream
No one's around
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need, a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no one laughing
You will be safe in here
You will be safe in
I will be waving my hand
Watching you drown
Watching you scream
Quiet or loud
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need, a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no one laughing
You will be safe in here
You will be safe in here
Well, you will be safe in here
In here, in here
In here, in here
In here, in here
Read more: OUR LADY PEACE - CLUMSY LYRICS
Stevie Smith - Not Waving But Drowning
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
Throw away radio: pawn your shit
Hide the telephone: people calling constantly to check on you
You level off: basically just getting high to not go through withdrawal
Maybe u should sleep: instead of nodding out while your standing up
As clumsy as you've been: when you're on heroin you're clumsy cuz you're asleep
Throw away this very old shoelace that tripped you again: we use shoelaces to tie off our arms/double meaning---when you're on heroin you constantly trip over stuff cuz you are not ever fully awake
It's only skin now: the track marks and bruises
That's my take. Not every damn song is drug related. But this is a day in the life of a heroin addict. I'd bet money on it.
Throw away radio: pawn your shit
Hide the telephone: people calling constantly to check on you
You level off: basically just getting high to not go through withdrawal
Maybe u should sleep: instead of nodding out while your standing up
As clumsy as you've been: when you're on heroin you're clumsy cuz you're asleep
Throw away this very old shoelace that tripped you again: we use shoelaces to tie off our arms/double meaning---when you're on heroin you constantly trip over stuff cuz you are not ever fully awake
It's only skin now: the track marks and bruises
That's my take. Not every damn song is drug related. But this is a day in the life of a heroin addict. I'd bet money on it.