Coming from a background in the emergency department, to me, this song refers to losing a patient. Usually after working your arse off to save a life, and the patient dies, all the staff go outside the ER to smoke, and get rid of the stress...
Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them ever again - Refers to nameless patients that die.
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars? - In my opinion could refer to the blood that you have on your gloves while treating.
Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
Now someone turn us around
Can we start this again? - Begging to have another shot at saving the patient's life, just to have a redo.
We've all been changed
From what we were - Seeing people die, changes you.
Our broken parts
Left smashed off the floor - There is always blood (broken parts) on the floor of the ER after a hectic case.
Probably not what they tried to convey, but hey, this is what makes poetry so BRILLIANT!
It's not about seeing hopital staff smoking outside the doors to relieve the stress you fool. Editors, Tom Smith in particular, is an anti-smoking enthusiast. His track All Sparks has an anti-smoking theme as well as this one. Smokers outside the hospital doors is about people who are sick with a smoking related disease yet they continue to kill themselves by smoking while they're being treated.
It's not about seeing hopital staff smoking outside the doors to relieve the stress you fool. Editors, Tom Smith in particular, is an anti-smoking enthusiast. His track All Sparks has an anti-smoking theme as well as this one. Smokers outside the hospital doors is about people who are sick with a smoking related disease yet they continue to kill themselves by smoking while they're being treated.
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
and
and
Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them
Ever again
Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them
Ever again
refers to a person who kills themselves by continuing to smoke while being treated.
I'm an ex-smoker and sometimes I miss it. But if you think about it, the human body is not designed to inhale smoke into it. Cigarette Smoke containing 4000 toxic chemicals which damage the human body, including 43 known cancer-causing toxins.
For someone working in a hospital you've missed the point.
Coming from a background in the emergency department, to me, this song refers to losing a patient. Usually after working your arse off to save a life, and the patient dies, all the staff go outside the ER to smoke, and get rid of the stress...
Say goodbye to everyone You have ever known You are not gonna see them ever again - Refers to nameless patients that die.
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars? - In my opinion could refer to the blood that you have on your gloves while treating.
Someone turn me around Can I start this again? Now someone turn us around Can we start this again? - Begging to have another shot at saving the patient's life, just to have a redo.
We've all been changed From what we were - Seeing people die, changes you.
Our broken parts Left smashed off the floor - There is always blood (broken parts) on the floor of the ER after a hectic case.
Probably not what they tried to convey, but hey, this is what makes poetry so BRILLIANT!
Spoken in the language (without the medical jargon) of an experienced MD, RN, or....CNA? Interesting analysis!
Spoken in the language (without the medical jargon) of an experienced MD, RN, or....CNA? Interesting analysis!
It's not about seeing hopital staff smoking outside the doors to relieve the stress you fool. Editors, Tom Smith in particular, is an anti-smoking enthusiast. His track All Sparks has an anti-smoking theme as well as this one. Smokers outside the hospital doors is about people who are sick with a smoking related disease yet they continue to kill themselves by smoking while they're being treated.
It's not about seeing hopital staff smoking outside the doors to relieve the stress you fool. Editors, Tom Smith in particular, is an anti-smoking enthusiast. His track All Sparks has an anti-smoking theme as well as this one. Smokers outside the hospital doors is about people who are sick with a smoking related disease yet they continue to kill themselves by smoking while they're being treated.
I can't believe you If I can't hear you
I can't believe you If I can't hear you
and
and
Say goodbye to everyone You have ever known You are not gonna see them Ever again
Say goodbye to everyone You have ever known You are not gonna see them Ever again
refers to a person who kills themselves by continuing to smoke while being treated. I'm an ex-smoker and sometimes I miss it. But if you think about it, the human body is not designed to inhale smoke into it. Cigarette Smoke containing 4000 toxic chemicals which damage the human body, including 43 known cancer-causing toxins.
For someone working in a hospital you've missed the point.
@Stass88 @DanRoyal Surprisingly they don't cover analysing song lyrics and recognising the background of the songwriter in medical school.
@Stass88 @DanRoyal Surprisingly they don't cover analysing song lyrics and recognising the background of the songwriter in medical school.