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Just a perfect day
Drink Sangria in the park
And then later
When it gets dark, we go home
Just a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later
A movie, too, and then home
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
Problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
It's such fun
Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was
Someone else, someone good
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
Drink Sangria in the park
And then later
When it gets dark, we go home
Just a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later
A movie, too, and then home
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
Problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
It's such fun
Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was
Someone else, someone good
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
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Track duration: 03:44
"Perfect Day" as written by Joseph Jones, Derrick Lamont Coleman, Andre S. Parker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing, SPIRIT ONE MUSIC OBO OAKFIELD AVENUE MUSIC LTD.
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Feel no pain, no emotions, no harm, no foul, no hardships. Things may not be GREAT, but it just kept me hanging on. Problems fell by the wayside, for all I care I was a weekend warrior who only cared about heroin when not working. This relationship is unrealistic as heroin slowly seeps into your life as a functional addict. Eventually you need it to deal with any aspect of life. Death in the family? Unbearable, use heroin. Life? Unbearable, use heroin. Boredom? Lovelessness? Depression? Insomnia? No matter, heroin will be your girlfriend, your close friend, your hero, hell it even has a GREAT personality. Take what you will from this song, but I am pretty sure I get it.
it was definitely inspired by heroin. especially at this time lou was probably going through hit share of h. im sure lou was doing more meth but this song is what getting off on opiates feels like
I think we can be more or less sure that this doesn't describe Lou's personal perfect day: as he told Jools Holland "I wouldn't know what my perfect day was if it came up and bit me on the nose". To me, it is more of a mock-romantic setup rather than a real life situation, perhaps meant to be a bit ironic or menacing ("you're going to reap just what you sow...").
For me the song is about landing on the hard ground after being up in the sky, although the lyrics describe just the blissful flight (still it gives many clues so you can imagine the whole picture.)
it's obvious who "you" is, who he spends all his days with. The "I thought I was someone else, someone
good" literally happens. You can forget yourself, for a few hours, on good enough gear.
Heroin turns off much of the ego. Stops your worries just like that. The world doesn't actually get better, but you don't mind. Life doesn't hurt. The purer you, the happy you when you were a kid,
without all the social garbage you learn thru life, is free to come through. If you've had a lot of pain in life, it's a blessing.
A lot of addicted people I know are still stuck in their teens, even tho they're in their 30s. Emotionally retarded. They don't live the life other people live, and happiness and satisfaction are easy to find.
Taking heroin's a lot of fun for the first few years, and even after it's still some fun. What do you
think people with habits do all day? It's not just scoreing after scoreing. I imagine being Lou Reed,
he could afford all he needed, so had a lot of time to spend.
It's just a song about being on heroin, having a pleasant day, spending your time, doing stuff. The darker elements show that he's aware it's not just a bed of roses. And that the whole happy feeling, while very precious if you need happiness, is really false, and not going to last. Whether it's in days time or years time, even most of your lifetime. And then you reap what you sow! Which you're aware of, too, even as you're happily sowing.
What amuses the hell out of me, is the BBC got a load of singers together to record this song for charity, nothing drug-related. And they played the hell out of it on TV and it got to number one! The whole country sang along with some addled smackhead, wandering round the park. HA!
And it was for the children! (Orphans, if I remember correctly.)
Drugs pervade everything, even a simple, normal day at the zoo.
My "perfect day" was back when I was in a dark place.. I hadn't dated anyone in three years due to a bad break-up, and had severe and chronic back pain with PTSD from a dog attacking me. I was barely leaving the house, when a female friend from high school invited me out for the night. I almost didn't go, but eventually decided "why the hell not?" So, we walked around the center of a big city, and ran into two guys. She immediately clung to one of the guys, so the other guy walked up to me and said exactly what I was thinking : "I guess we're stuck together for the rest of the night now, huh?"
But it ended up being a beautiful night. We just walked and talked, looking at little shops with knick-nacks and such. And our topics of discussion weren't just small talk - they were really in-depth and meaningful. The moon was full, and there was a warm, calm, stillness in the air. It just felt perfect. Our friends went into clubs dancing, but we just stayed outside and talked for a good six hours. (At one point, a homeless guy came up to us, asking us how long we'd been together and when he was going to marry me. Even though we told him we just met, he asked us to kiss. Feeling awkward and pressured, we laughed did a quick peck on the lips.) As we walked down a quiet street, I even told him hanging out with him reminded me of the song, specifically the "It's such a pefect day, I'm glad I spent it with you" part.
We all went back to his place and our friends ended up having sex, but even though I liked the guy ,I just don't do that kind of thing on day one meeting someone. So, unable to help hearing our friends going at it, we made some hilarious commentary on their sounds. :p
Eventually it was 3am and we parted ways for the night with a hug and exchange of phone numbers. He said "Even though we were just stuck together, I definitely got the better half of the deal." I laughed and agreed. The last thing I said to him was "Thank you for this night." He smiled and said "Thank you... Like you said, it really was a perfect day."
He never called me, and I never had the nerve to call him. But I still remember his name, and every little detail of that night. I know he wasn't "the one" , as I'm about to marry mine, but meeting up with the "pefect day" guy gave me a lot of confidence and was just what I needed at that time. Maybe that's who I was to him, as well. (The Bowie song 'Heroes' feels a little appropriate, too.) I wish I had the nerve to call him now and just thank him again for that night, but I doubt I will.
You can meet one person and share just one single day together and still have had a meaningful, worthwhile relationship with that person. I am aware the song is about Heroin, but I wanted to share my story since it seemed like yours, DEcomposer. :-) Sorry about your heartbreak at the time of this posting, but I hope you eventually found what you were looking for!
My "perfect day" was back when I was in a dark place.. I hadn't dated anyone in three years due to a bad break-up, and had severe and chronic back pain with PTSD from a dog attacking me. I was barely leaving the house, when a female friend from high school invited me out for the night. I almost didn't go, but eventually decided "why the hell not?" So, we walked around the center of a big city, and ran into two guys. She immediately clung to one of the guys, so the other guy walked up to me and said exactly what I was thinking : "I guess we're stuck together for the rest of the night now, huh?"
But it ended up being a beautiful night. We just walked and talked, looking at little shops with knick-nacks and such. And our topics of discussion weren't just small talk - they were really in-depth and meaningful. The moon was full, and there was a warm, calm, stillness in the air. It just felt perfect. Our friends went into clubs dancing, but we just stayed outside and talked for a good six hours. (At one point, a homeless guy came up to us, asking us how long we'd been together and when he was going to marry me. Even though we told him we just met, he asked us to kiss. Feeling awkward and pressured, we laughed did a quick peck on the lips.) As we walked down a quiet street, I even told him hanging out with him reminded me of the song, specifically the "It's such a pefect day, I'm glad I spent it with you" part.
We all went back to his place and our friends ended up having sex, but even though I liked the guy ,I just don't do that kind of thing on day one meeting someone. So, unable to help hearing our friends going at it, we made some hilarious commentary on their sounds. :p
Eventually it was 3am and we parted ways for the night with a hug and exchange of phone numbers. He said "Even though we were just stuck together, I definitely got the better half of the deal." I laughed and agreed. The last thing I said to him was "Thank you for this night." He smiled and said "Thank you... Like you said, it really was a perfect day."
He never called me, and I never had the nerve to call him. But I still remember his name, and every little detail of that night. I know he wasn't "the one" , as I'm about to marry mine, but meeting up with the "pefect day" guy gave me a lot of confidence and was just what I needed at that time. Maybe that's who I was to him, as well. (The Bowie song 'Heroes' feels a little appropriate, too.) I wish I had the nerve to call him now and just thank him again for that night, but I doubt I will.
You can meet one person and share just one single day together and still have had a meaningful, worthwhile relationship with that person. I am aware the song is about Heroin, but I wanted to share my story since it seemed like yours, DEcomposer. :-) Sorry about your heartbreak at the time of this posting, but I hope you eventually found what you were looking for!
If an officially declared break-up were required for it to be valid, I'd still be in a relationship from seven years ago. :-p