Today there was a tragedy
Underneath the bridge
A man walked
Cold and blue
Into La Ment
The sky coloured perfect
As the man slipped away
Waving with a last vanilla smile...
Somewhere at a table
Two drowned fools
Smoking
Drinking water as they talked
Of how they loved our lady
And oh! the smell as candles die...
One more ice cream river body
Flowed underneath the bridge
Underneath the bridge
Underneath the bridge
A man walked
Cold and blue
Into La Ment
The sky coloured perfect
As the man slipped away
Waving with a last vanilla smile...
Somewhere at a table
Two drowned fools
Smoking
Drinking water as they talked
Of how they loved our lady
And oh! the smell as candles die...
One more ice cream river body
Flowed underneath the bridge
Underneath the bridge
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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Robert's accent is not nearly as tricky for me as those of some singers (R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe comes to mind), but occasionally I mis-hear his lyrics (the frequent obscurity of meaning and contorted context make it that much harder even if you are listening closely). This song is an amusing example: the first time I listened to it, I was really paying attention mainly to the music. Partially as a result, when it got to the last verse, between all the ice cream refs and my at-best vague understanding of the song as a whole, I heard:
"One more ice cream river bunny flowed underneath the bridge."
(oops! :) — well, it seemed to go along with the ice cream motif, )
The frequent use of the phrase "underneath the bridge" in this song reminds me of both Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge," Even though the first was written nearly 15 years before this one and the second a nearly a decade after, I find myself tempted to look for probably-nonexistent connexions.