Lyrics for The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runn... as interpreted by fratboy_rick

The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runn... Lyrics
Take a second of the day
To think about the things that we have done this year
The dog lies down the pouring rain
I'm underneath the smoker's railway arch again

The future's looking colorful
It's the color of blood, chaos and corruption of a happy soul
A happy soul will ride in the field
Ride in the field
Ride in the field
Until the rain dies down

The railway ticket states the destination
But it doesn't mean that we will show
There's a fork upon the line
We'll pay the guard to switch the signs
Off we go

The future's looking wonderful
It's the wonder of the businessman's conspiracy to sell you wares
No one cares
Oh, you care, I know
You care, I know
You care, I know
I forgot for a while

On a sulky afternoon spent in dispute
You'll give yourself a headache, boy
So I spend the day in stories
And in dreaming of the time when we're on stage
(Aren't you?)

Have you seen the loneliness of a middle distance runner
As he stops the race and looks around?
I like the stage
I've seen it now

I'll walk to the station
Walk to the station
Walk to the station
Won't you follow me there?

Walk to the station
Walk to the station
Walk to the station
Won't you follow me there?

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modernrocksong
03-27-2006

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I wish they'd record this song once and for all.

When I think of this song, I think of how I feel right now-- ready to graduate in two months, looking back at the past, looking at my future alone, and wanting someone in particular to be there with me in that future. Let's just get on a train, go anywhere, as long as we're together, as long as I won't feel this lonely anymore.

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planet_queen
06-22-2006

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what do you mean you wish they'd record this song once and for all? it was released in 2001 on an EP with jonathan david. Its a great song!

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lakremadude
01-11-2007

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How does B&S manage to write such brilliant songs on running (stars of track and feild, middle distance runner). As a runner of middle distance and having my kinda being grossly looked over, i appreciate this song very much. Given, its not really about a runner, sometimes i wonder what it is about, i think about it while im running...

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SylvieRose
03-15-2007

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I used to be a middle distance runner. And it was kinda lonely. I wish I'd had an iPod back then so I could've listened to this song whilst running. This song doesn't really have a concrete meaning to me, not one that I can figure out anyway...It just seems really wistfull. As though they're sort of discontent with how everything is going and would like to just escape it all on a train. I think pretty much everyone has felt like that at some point...

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tesformes
06-29-2007

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The title is a reference to the story "The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner," by Alan Sillitoe.

I always thought that the lyrics might have been about Sebastian Coe, a very famous middle distance runner who from England who, before the 1984 Moscow Olympics, came under enormous scrutiny as to whether he would boycott the Olympics to protest Russia's invasion of Afghanistan, or compete. No matter which he chose, he was bound to infuriate one half of England or the other. That kind of situation can be pretty lonely.

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Ramalama
02-04-2008

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I think its about how the future seems planned. When you stop to look around you see that you can change it. However, the path you are on is the "runners" path. We're all runners(players) competing on the stage of life. If you stop running and start contemplating different paths you fall behind and get lonely. The rat race passes you by.

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xgaryspencerx
06-16-2010

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In response to how do B&S write such good songs on running etc. Stuart himself was a runner believing it in his teenage years to be his best talent. Writing from experience therefore I assume would make it easier.

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