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We've lived in bars
And danced on tables
Hotels trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes in the air
Send in the trumpets
The marching wheelchairs
Open the blankets and give them some air
Swords and arches bones and cement
The light and the dark of the innocent of men
We know your house so very well
And we will wake you once we've walked up
All your stairs
There's nothing like living in a bottle
And nothing like ending it all for the world
We're so glad you will come back
Every living lion will lay in your lap
The kid has a homecoming the champion the horse
Who's gonna play drums guitar or organ with chorus
As far as we've walked from both ends of sand
Never have we caught a glimpse of this man
We know your house so very well
And we will bust down your door if you're not there
We've lived in bars
And danced on tables
Hotels trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes out of here
Out of here
And danced on tables
Hotels trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes in the air
Send in the trumpets
The marching wheelchairs
Open the blankets and give them some air
Swords and arches bones and cement
The light and the dark of the innocent of men
We know your house so very well
And we will wake you once we've walked up
All your stairs
There's nothing like living in a bottle
And nothing like ending it all for the world
We're so glad you will come back
Every living lion will lay in your lap
The kid has a homecoming the champion the horse
Who's gonna play drums guitar or organ with chorus
As far as we've walked from both ends of sand
Never have we caught a glimpse of this man
We know your house so very well
And we will bust down your door if you're not there
We've lived in bars
And danced on tables
Hotels trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes out of here
Out of here
Lyrics submitted by 16996602
Track duration: 03:44
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I would add that there might a reference to "Between the bars" by Elliott Smith, which is also a song about ... wait for it! .... alcoholism! There you have it ;)
We're so glad you will come back
Every living lion will lay in your lap
She is known and loved there. And the house she knows so well is the bar like mcdaniel said.
It belongs to no man but to all that fel at home there.
We swim with sharks
And fly with aeroplanes in the air
The place where you feel the strongest or nicest emotions.
Because she had problems with alcohol it means she was in this places for a long time and this song represent the good part of all she has been through.
My opinion.
To me this song represents a person reaching out to another in need, weather it's an intervention or just plain old advice during a rough time. It's nice to have someone there reminding you of how great life is and tell you to get out and enjoy life because they know what you're going through, yet everything will be alright. Get out, live your life!
"And nothing like ending it all for the world
We're so glad you will come back
Every living lion will lay in your lap
The kid has a homecoming the champion the horse
Who's gonna play drums guitar or organ with chorus
As far as we've walked from both ends of sand
Never have we caught a glimpse of this man"
i wonder if she's religious.
She also talks about 'the innocence of men' during a description of a parade at a cenotaph - glory and death. The world-weary correlation of triumph (swords and arches) and tragedy (bones and cement) alludes to the long descent of life outside the bar.
The people on the stairs are sounds of revelry in the street below - her memories coming to haunt her. At least, that's what I hear in the song.
Also, 'horse' should be 'whores'. It's a celebration, who brings a horse to a pub?
The house is of course a common term for a bar (as in "drinks on the house", etc.). The surreal comments are simply the conversations that customers have ("kid with homecoming - the champion the horse"); even the random items that hang over the bar ("swords and arches bones and cement"); and the band ("who will play guitar..."). Regulars are also the first ones there ("We'll bust down the door...") and generally know the place better than the staff ("We've walked up all your stairs")
The video also seems to support this interpretation. It's definitely not about alcoholism.