1)
Let me tell ya about the weird lights
And the snazzy jazzy tune
Real person on mock stage,
In the fishbowl city (2)
They were regarded as snazzy
I cried for the band, I cried outside,
I cried for the man
Their sweat mottled, melted
Their prescription bled
I cried for the band, in the aisle
I cried for the man, snazzy
I never saw them again and if I ever do,
I'm sure it will be in purgatory,
Where all people will meet
And cry for the band,
Our tears went unnoticed
They were snazzy, jazzy, legs like trunks of ash, trunks of tree
Turn it up for the man, turn it up for the man!
Notes
1. This song has not been played live. Musically it bears a certain resemblance to "Touchy Pad" from 2013's The Remainderer.
Dolb suggests that this is "a jab at all the recent publicity around the ex-members, the books, interviews (especially Louder than Words) and Brix and the Extricated."
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2. There is an obscure (no IMDB entry) 2013 movie called Fishbowl City. The web page a**ociated with the film describes it as follows:
Fishbowl City is a feature comic drama about two brothers, set in Belfasts' [sic] notorious Falls Road - abandoned by their father and watching their mother's slow decline into alcoholism, the brothers decide to take their future into their own hands. Micheal (Martin McCann) pursues a legitimate career while Stephen (John Travers) has notions of getting rich quick, however, fortune doesn't always favour the bold.
What is essentially an intimate story, filled with hope, danger and most of all love for one's family and friends, Fishbowl City aims to portray a real slice of life in Belfast.
One wonders if MES saw the film and if it holds any clues to the lyrics.
Let me tell ya about the weird lights
And the snazzy jazzy tune
Real person on mock stage,
In the fishbowl city (2)
They were regarded as snazzy
I cried for the band, I cried outside,
I cried for the man
Their sweat mottled, melted
Their prescription bled
I cried for the band, in the aisle
I cried for the man, snazzy
I never saw them again and if I ever do,
I'm sure it will be in purgatory,
Where all people will meet
And cry for the band,
Our tears went unnoticed
They were snazzy, jazzy, legs like trunks of ash, trunks of tree
Turn it up for the man, turn it up for the man!
Notes
1. This song has not been played live. Musically it bears a certain resemblance to "Touchy Pad" from 2013's The Remainderer.
Dolb suggests that this is "a jab at all the recent publicity around the ex-members, the books, interviews (especially Louder than Words) and Brix and the Extricated."
^
2. There is an obscure (no IMDB entry) 2013 movie called Fishbowl City. The web page a**ociated with the film describes it as follows:
Fishbowl City is a feature comic drama about two brothers, set in Belfasts' [sic] notorious Falls Road - abandoned by their father and watching their mother's slow decline into alcoholism, the brothers decide to take their future into their own hands. Micheal (Martin McCann) pursues a legitimate career while Stephen (John Travers) has notions of getting rich quick, however, fortune doesn't always favour the bold.
What is essentially an intimate story, filled with hope, danger and most of all love for one's family and friends, Fishbowl City aims to portray a real slice of life in Belfast.
One wonders if MES saw the film and if it holds any clues to the lyrics.