I think it's about a girl#1, and this song is a conversation between friends (man & girl#2)talking about girl#1.
Man (stuart):
It's too late to phone her now
"What went wrong, your grades were good
It would take a left wing Robin Hood to pay for school
Your dad's a boozer and you keep him alive"
maybe girl#1 ranaway from school or home, and these friend are out looking for her and wandering what went wrong with her..
girl #2 (isobel) :
Just a minute, close your eyes
If we settle for this compromise I'll stay with you
The river looks so good tonight
I don't know what's with your friend
She met a boy and at the summer's end
She said she'd had enough of playing games
Love it so much when it comes to that part..it's Isobel singing right?
girl #2 actually have some feeling to this man, maybe she's jealous about the attention given to girl#1 and trying to stop the man from thinking about that girl "the river looks so good tonight, stay with me, forgot about her, she found someone anyway, she don't care about you.." --somekind of that i think..
but i don't understand the rest..who's goin to crash, who's deniying her/himself, about the sleeping train...dunno...
It isn't Isobel, it's Sarah Martin. She sings on almost every Belle and Sebastian songs with female vocals. Isobel mere sings on Family Tree and Beyond The Sunrise.
It isn't Isobel, it's Sarah Martin. She sings on almost every Belle and Sebastian songs with female vocals. Isobel mere sings on Family Tree and Beyond The Sunrise.
I think it's about a girl#1, and this song is a conversation between friends (man & girl#2)talking about girl#1.
Man (stuart): It's too late to phone her now "What went wrong, your grades were good It would take a left wing Robin Hood to pay for school Your dad's a boozer and you keep him alive"
maybe girl#1 ranaway from school or home, and these friend are out looking for her and wandering what went wrong with her..
girl #2 (isobel) : Just a minute, close your eyes If we settle for this compromise I'll stay with you The river looks so good tonight I don't know what's with your friend She met a boy and at the summer's end She said she'd had enough of playing games
Love it so much when it comes to that part..it's Isobel singing right? girl #2 actually have some feeling to this man, maybe she's jealous about the attention given to girl#1 and trying to stop the man from thinking about that girl "the river looks so good tonight, stay with me, forgot about her, she found someone anyway, she don't care about you.." --somekind of that i think..
but i don't understand the rest..who's goin to crash, who's deniying her/himself, about the sleeping train...dunno...
It isn't Isobel, it's Sarah Martin. She sings on almost every Belle and Sebastian songs with female vocals. Isobel mere sings on Family Tree and Beyond The Sunrise.
It isn't Isobel, it's Sarah Martin. She sings on almost every Belle and Sebastian songs with female vocals. Isobel mere sings on Family Tree and Beyond The Sunrise.