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11/9/2007 5:11:52 AM
The Story Behind King's Cross
I was going to repost the original blog I wrote on our myspace but it didn't seem to make any sense in this forum. So instead I'm going to write out a really brief desription of the lyrics for anyone that might care.
The story behind these lyrics is essentially the day in the life of one of the London Underground bombers: riding down on the train from Leeds to do his dirty deed. It's more of a motion picture than a song, with very visual references and certain stage craft required. Imagine sitting on a moving train when you heard the opening lyrics say:
"Hey you, thought I lost you there,
looks as if you've been caught dreaming.
Well then, as I overheard
this weather is most likely leaving."
That's the voice of an old man sitting across from the bomber as he's nodding off while riding on the train. The guy has his hood up and wanted to be ignored. The next voice is Isabelle's voice as a higher conscience or more simply a positive person trying to voice a bit of reason into him.
"But I wish he hadn't said only the things that you'd love to ignore
because I,
I would've loved to've been looking in your eyes as you made your decision."
So the guy's on the train and he has his bomb and he's hoping to get through the journey without a hassle basically. The next section is kind of a recollection: a series of voices building, pushing this guy to his fate. It starts all friendly and soft, "We'll never let you go." I think I was imagining a community hall sort of vibe. Friends helping friends. Then as the part gets louder, it becomes more demanding: sort of a well we've helped you out, now you have to help us out thing. "We'll never let you go!" Maybe a bit broadway, I dunno.
The next section is the Morning Came too Soon part. This is the day of the event, the bomber is sitting on the bus or the tube and he's looking around the carriage and seeing all his soon to be victims.
"Morning came too soon, morning came too soon for you 'cause
You've got something to,(we've got something to) there is something for you to do,
On your way to work, on their way to work, on the way to work you see them,
almost like it is for the first time."
That's pretty obvious. The fade out is to signify the explosion and the silence that would follows. So of course the next part is rather dramatic and you'll have to allow a certain suspension of disbelief. Isabelle sings the lines:
"Take my hand I'm leaving."
And that I always felt was the voice of angels pulling the dead from the carriage.
"Take my hand I"m bleeding."
That was more like the voices of the survivors asking for assistance. It seemed almost like the "skalaboosh" part of Bohemian Rhapsody to me. So you've either got to go with it, or you might think it was too much. My counterpoint part creeps in underneath:
"Don't give away or take away the innocence, the innocent."
A pretty basic cry for people to stop fucking each other over really. I don't care what the excuse is, we're all better off if we just stop being awful to one another.
Anyway, that's the brief outline of the story behind King's Cross from our album The World Over. Let us know what you think if you have a listen. Thanks.
Mark
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