Goldfrapp – A&E

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its a blue bright blue Saturday
hay hay
and the pain has started to slip away
hay hay

I'm in a backless dress
on a pastel ward
it's shining
think I want you still
but it maybe pills at work

d'ya really wanna know
how I was dancing on the floor?
I was trying to phone you
when I'm crawling out the door
I'm amazed at you,
the things you say that you don't do
why don't you ring?

I was feeling lonely
feeling blue
feeling like I needed you
and I woken up
surrounded by me
A&E

its a blue bright blue Saturday
hay hay
and the pain has started to slip away
hay hay

I'm in a backless dress
on a pastel ward
'The shining'
think I want u still
but it maybe pills at work

How did I get to
accident emergency!?
all I wanted was you
to take me out!

I was feeling lonely feeling blue
feeling like I needed you
and I hoped you'd call
I hoped you'd see me
A+E

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Track duration: 03:18


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    Song Meaning:I dont think this song was about a sucidal attempt ATT ALL think abou i acident emergency? and when she says i wantted you to take me out high i think in this song she was depressed about someone not wanting her or calling her or somethin like that and to make it all better she just wanted to get high to take away that pain but instead of getting high she overdosed and woke up in A&E hospital by mistake she never thought she would end up there but she did idk thats my thoughts
    Flag ashleybridgewateron May 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:when i first heard this song i was like "oh my gosh, she wrote a jingle for that TV channel!" (A&E or arts & entertainment is an american tv channel, if you didn't know) and i totally thought that was weird, and then i thought it was about like Adam and Eve and it was like a religious song, but now i think it HAS to be Accident & Emergency. it even has those words in the song!!!!
    Flag loveloveron December 23, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:I don't know if you guys completely "finalized" the meaning, but i found an interview online with Alison Goldfrapp saying what it means: thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/…

    Scroll down to the section "Clowns" and it'll mention A&E

    It does, in fact, take place in a hospital. It is a love/relationship song. And it is NOT about overdose. She was on painkillers in the hospital.

    Read it for yourself! It's a good interview.
    Flag taylorbundyon April 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:so very lovely, one of my all-time favorite songs. the lyrics are perfect as well. i do agree with a lot of what folks have said - the drug-overdose-attention-love cycle. maybe.

    beatiful.
    Flag briandoodyon February 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:In fact, wikipedia has just kindly informed me that her middle name is Elizabeth. So maybe A&E could even refer to herself...
    "surrounded by me
    A&E"

    "I hoped you'd see me
    A&E"
    Flag ninjapirateon June 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:maybe A&E = accident & emergency, but also A&E = Allison (that's her name) & E____ (the guy from the song)? Or did I just blow your minds?
    Flag ninjapirateon June 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:just because drugs are mentioned doesn't mean the songs about drugs necessarily. pills are also frequently used metaphorically. Also i doubt Goldfrapp would make a song about suicide. That just doesn't fit
    Flag higginston May 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:The lyrics do have a couple of inaccuracies but like Elizabeth Frasier of Cocteau Twins, Goldfrapp has much fun with her lyrics and bending words and sounds. In the lyrics that came with the disc I bought the line
    "I'm in a backless dress
    on a pastel ward
    'The shining'
    think I want u still
    but it maybe pills at work"
    I thought that the shining reference was cool because Lennon used the same idea of 'shining' as a connection in "Instant Karma". Stephen King used that reference for the book title. Maybe she was hoping that the guy would feel her pain and reach out to her finally?
    Flag afilaccioon April 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah i think it about her overdosing on pills,I was feeling lonely, feeling blue
    Feeling like I needed you
    ^^She needed him and he wasnt there.
    I've woken up surrounded by me
    ^^She woke up in the ward all by herself!
    Flag Strawberry-Blossomon March 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:love love love it :D

    xxx
    Flagged Strawberry-Blossomon March 18, 2008   Link

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