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There was grown man dying from fright
So surprised by the things he'd say
With a giant fantasy life
Running 'round on feet of clay
Naked except for a perpetual debt
That couldn't be stripped away
An unrightable wrong that moved him
Along closer to division day
Spent a long time living with that
Never could give it a name
And when you don't know what you're
Looking at it makes it much harder to take
Mostly they'd meet when he was
Asleep and have some sick exchange
That stuck him as wrong and moved him
Along closer to division day
I can't make an exception for a bad
Connection that only goes one way
Sell out for a song where I don't belong
With you on division day
The moon stood up on the ridge
Looking down where the water shines
And a man looking over the bridge
Like he done so many times
Thinking about how to stay out
Out of troubles way and
Flying to fall away from you all
It's over division day
Beautiful division day
Thinking about how to stay out
Out of troubles way
Flying to fall away from you all
It's over division day
Beautiful division day
So surprised by the things he'd say
With a giant fantasy life
Running 'round on feet of clay
Naked except for a perpetual debt
That couldn't be stripped away
An unrightable wrong that moved him
Along closer to division day
Spent a long time living with that
Never could give it a name
And when you don't know what you're
Looking at it makes it much harder to take
Mostly they'd meet when he was
Asleep and have some sick exchange
That stuck him as wrong and moved him
Along closer to division day
I can't make an exception for a bad
Connection that only goes one way
Sell out for a song where I don't belong
With you on division day
The moon stood up on the ridge
Looking down where the water shines
And a man looking over the bridge
Like he done so many times
Thinking about how to stay out
Out of troubles way and
Flying to fall away from you all
It's over division day
Beautiful division day
Thinking about how to stay out
Out of troubles way
Flying to fall away from you all
It's over division day
Beautiful division day
Lyrics submitted by dragonflower44
Division Day Lyrics as written by Steven Paul Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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now, i'm not the kind of person that thinks that every single song written by Elliott is either about drugs or suicide. But this one makes me think of suicide, and that's my intepretation of it. Nothing to do with supposed biographical facts, it's just sounds like a suicide songs. The upbeat melody sort of confirms it, it's like the character in the song leads a shitty life until he comes to the decision So it's dark but uplifting in a twisted way. I'm not sure if there's some particular meaning to the words Division Day, like if it's something like a weird holiday I don't know about cos I'm not American, but for me I have always seen it like the day of your death, when your soul and body go separate ways. Maybe that's just bullshit, but I like my intepretation.
This makes a lot of sense to me.