Lyrics for Snowball as interpreted by Songmeaningsuser

Snowball Lyrics
Tied this letter to the red balloon
Flew this letter off across the ruse
Along with all the plans I made
Ooh...

Over crippled cranes and twisted steel
Deadlines overgrown and missing wheels
I told you so communicate
Ooh...
Told you so
Told you so

The biggest of mistakes can be forgiven
But a snowball of little white lies will crush your house

From the razor wire in old Iraq
Oil is what you make the nation's flag
Pray you never sleep again
Ooh...

Oh and laughable the crying shame
Oh the mark I made against your name
I hope this finds you less than sane
Ooh...
Told you so
Told you so

For you to think that history's rewritten
You'd have to think the dead will be forgotten
Your snowball of little white lies has crushed our house

When the pills you take
No longer help you
You're fading in your chair
And would've met him
We see the lightning
You hear the birdsong
You hear the voices you've been holding off for so long
Words around you
And then a hurricane
A hundred thousand souls
And everyone in pain
We'll come and visit you
We'll come and visit you

(Never sleep again)

When the pills you take
No longer help you
Fading in your garden chair
With a wooden tool
You see the lightning
You'll hear the birdsong
You hear the voices you've been holding off for so long
Words around you
And then a hurricane
A hundred thousand punctured souls
And everyone in pain
We'll come and visit you
We'll come and visit you

(Never sleep again)

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louisagiffard
09-13-2006

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Well, look at this one: From the razor wire in old Iraq
Oil is what you make the nation's flag
Obviously Elbow are once again showing their anti iraq war views. But I can't figure the rest out.

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Leif_Erikson
04-05-2007

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the rest is probably about how the victims of the war will come back to haunt bush/blair long after they've retired from office. the best line is about how all the political "white lies" used to justify the war result in the destruction of civilians' lives and homes.

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INdieKiD21
02-07-2010

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I thought that maybe this song was used to highlight all the things currently wrong in the world (such as war and desperation for oil) but also has a much deeper meaning, perhaps about being lied to by a close friend and knowing that you can never really forgive them for it. I'm not really sure though, but it is an absolutely gorgeous song :)

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