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I walk down the staircase,
Magnetic pull.
Back to the other place
That I cannot go.
I'm sending a chopper,
To steal you away.
The pot is full,
Let me take control,
Let me take control.
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told,
Secrets to be told.
Out of orbit
And I always will.
The pot is full,
Let me take control,
Let me take control.
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told,
Secrets to be told
Magnetic pull.
Back to the other place
That I cannot go.
I'm sending a chopper,
To steal you away.
The pot is full,
Let me take control,
Let me take control.
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told,
Secrets to be told.
Out of orbit
And I always will.
The pot is full,
Let me take control,
Let me take control.
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told,
Secrets to be told
Lyrics submitted by JasonBourne
Track duration: 04:32
"Staircase" as written by Thomas Edward/greenwood Yorke
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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the universe will sigh.............. I'm moving out of orbit.. Good Morning Mr. Magpie.....Stole my memory.. You are not mine, I am not yours...Little by little, by hook or by crook.. I can't kick the habit.. Bird lights float into my room...The darkness is beneath.. Jump of the end.. Gather up the lost and sold... When at last you'll give in, wake me up... if you think this is over, then you're wrong... secrets to be told... Out of orbit and I always will... I'm sending a chopper to steal you away..Back to the place I cannot go............. Feeling pulled apart by horses.......
about the 'place' from which the music comes, reassuring that the source is still flowing
the pot is full
secrets to be told- ideas, words and melodies yet unknown
out of orbit a sense of detachment, and freedom
about the feeling of incoming ideas
where do they come from?
the staircase leads down a train of thought
and one does not always seem to be entirely in control of it, magnetic pull
it can't be the only staircase
let me take control
of the power lurking in these lurid depths
it's all wrapped up in a delicate balance
beautiful as the song is
Corruption (title of a New Order album);). I personally, grew up in the 80's, and if we want a better future for our children we need to take a stand: "A NEW ORDER" so to speak.
The romantic in me and what I am going through personally really enjoy lululee's take on the song. :)
I also agree with Crane42. Great comments guys!
'magnetic pull of staircase' - he wants to go back to the old life but he can't
and there may be memories of someone that he associates with the old life that
he yearns for
The chopper is a symbol of wealth, not everyone can have a chopper
he wants to send it in and get someone from the past who he loves or cares about
his pot of full
of experience, of life and of memories and secrets that celebrity does not own
only he owns the pot of his own secrets
and he can control almost everything in his life due to his celebrity but
he can't control the other person who won't let him take her into his orbit
but he wants to
the song is deep about his current stage of life
middle age
he is remembering something precious of the past and that is why the song is really
beautiful and a bit melancholy
the high sounds at the end is the conclusion of the yearnings he cannot reach or have
its a little harder to tell from these new lyrics, than from thom york's original version from new york.
but if you read it through, thinking its God talking to someone he loves it makes perfect sense. especially in the original version where he says "let it go, let me take control" it sounds like he's talking to someone who suffered a great ordeal and cant trust him afterwards. and when i hear him say "the pot is full", it makes me think of the persons suffering,saying that they cant take anymore. and "of secrets to be told" sounds like God had a reason for the suffering " and he is going to tell him the secrets of why he put him through it.
The whole thing just sounded like it was from someone up above.
its probably a total stretch. but thats just what it sounded like to me
"I walk down the staircase - Magnetic pull". Thom can't resist meeting her again, and wants her to come back.
"The pot is full - Of secrets to be told". Thom wanted to know her better. It was such a short relationship, Thom doesn't want to go back to the "other place", a lonely, gloomy place. He feels like he is missing something. I'm not really sure how to explain it really (since I'm a dumbass 13 year old lol), a complex way of singing about love being an emotion - a jigsaw fitting the rest of the puzzle.
I adore this song, it beats TKOL by a million miles, like Supercollider and The Butcher. Just brilliant.
I do think that he is missing someone; someone he cant forget and that he cant fight the pull this person has on him. He is probably in love with this person. He wants to take him/her away? to be with him?
Out of orbit- he feels out of place? everywhere he is? he feels that he doesnt belong?
I love the song as well. It is hauntingly beautiful. It reminds me of my own lost love. :(
Quote, "Send in the chopper-"
I think you're right about that. ;)