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Beady Eye – Four Letter Word;
Sleepwalk away the life
If that turns you on
It’s only a moment
Look away and it’s gone
It’s about time
That your mind took a holiday
You’re all grown up
Don’t you ever wanna play?
You’ve had enough
Staring out of dead end eyes
It’s gonna be tough
The battle’s on and your soul is the prize
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
Get on your feeling
Going out of your mind
The wheel needs to roll
The clock on the wall says it’s time
Call it love
Call it whatever you please
It’s not what you want
It be might just what you need
You’ve had enough
It feels like you’ve blown
A 50amp fuse
It’s gonna be tough
The more you have
The more you can loose
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
You’ve had enough
Staring out of dead end eyes
It’s gonna be tough
The battle’s on and your soul is the prize
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Sleepwalk away the life
If that turns you on
It’s only a moment
Look away and it’s gone
It’s about time
That your mind took a holiday
You’re all grown up
Don’t you ever wanna play?
You’ve had enough
Staring out of dead end eyes
It’s gonna be tough
The battle’s on and your soul is the prize
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
Get on your feeling
Going out of your mind
The wheel needs to roll
The clock on the wall says it’s time
Call it love
Call it whatever you please
It’s not what you want
It be might just what you need
You’ve had enough
It feels like you’ve blown
A 50amp fuse
It’s gonna be tough
The more you have
The more you can loose
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
You’ve had enough
Staring out of dead end eyes
It’s gonna be tough
The battle’s on and your soul is the prize
I don’t know what it is I’m feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Nothing ever lasts forever
Lyrics submitted by GreenSkyChild
Track duration: 04:16
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nuff said
The four letter word is Love and yeah Nothing Ever Last Forever..
How about this theory though:
Andy feels caught in the middle by the split in the group (don't really know what I'm feeling..)
The first verse is written from Liam's prespective giving his take on the situation (he mentioned many times over the years the frustration he felt between albums when he wanted to get back on the road but Noel wanted to chill out - "it's about time that your mind took a holiday etc".
Then we get a reply from Noel's perspective - "it's not what you want, it might be what you need" etc.
"Sleepwalk away the life
If that turns you on
Its only a moment
Look away and its gone"
This reflects the fact that Liam feels that Noel has thrown away something special, it is also reflective of Liam's view that Noel has turned into a bore who (from Liams point of view) would prefer to be at home "picking his pissing toe nails" rather than living life.
"Its about time
That your mind took a holiday
Youre all grown up
Dont you ever wanna play?"
Again reflective of Liams view that Noel has turned into a middle aged bore.
"Youve had enough
Staring out of dead end eyes
Its gonna be tough
The battles on and your soul is the prize"
He's saying that you are worn out. The "eyes" are a shortcut to the "soul" which is lost and empty in Liams opinion.
"I dont know what it is Im feeling
A four letter word really gets my meaning
Nothing ever lasts forever"
Noel made a few jibes about Liam intellegence and his vocabulary throughout the years - this is Liams way of saying that he can say what he needs to in a four letter rant at Noel. He also refers to his relationship with Noel whan he says Nothing ever lasts forever.
"Get on your feeling
Going out of your mind
The wheel needs to roll
The clock on the wall says its time"
He is saying that Noel felt that the time was up for Oasis, that he was out of his mind but that he needed to go because that's how he felt.
"Call it love
Call it whatever you please
Its not what you want
It be might just what you need"
He is talking about tough brotherly love here - basically "you dont want to hear this brother but you need to and I'm gonna tell you"
"Youve had enough
It feels like youve blown
A 50amp fuse"
Noel had emough and walked out. A 50amp fuse is a big fuse. He's basically saying that he watched his brother blow a fuse and walk out on the band.
"Its gonna be tough
The more you have
The more you can loose"
Straight forward really - you have walked out on the most important band in the world and we've lost something massive.
That's my take on it but I'd lay my house on ot that I'm right.
There will be loads of songs that people will say are about the split but that is over analysing.
To me this is the one about the split, Liam will say it here and it wont be toched on again in the songwriting.
For me this is their Rock N' Roll Star only more angry. The walz chords are like RNRS. RNRS was the opener for Oasis back in the start and 4LW is the opener for Beady Eye so for me there are a few parrallels.
Cracker song - looking forward to hearing it live in a few weeks time.
Just think of the day when they'll tell the story in full detail - a film about the band, they'll re-enact all the rows and the one that ended it all. That will be something to look forward to but it's a long way off!
It's about the end of Oasis, Liam's use of foul language which can be disruptive for his older bro, and thats what brought the curtain down.
Then at the end "Nothing ever lasts forever" -
- 'Get over it, Oasis is dead,' he tells the fans..... til they reform for charity in the year 2030 or something.
"There's always a prize"
This is something isn't it? Tis a drop in the ocean in rock n roll terms.
Yep it seems Liam is giving Noel the tough love here. And that just sounds wrong oops.