From The Ritz To The Rubble
Revelations of Nightlife's Revelry
Lyrics
Well, last night these two bouncers
Encounter with bouncers last night
And one of 'em's alright, the other one's the scary one
One bouncer is okay, the other intimidating
His way or no way, totalitarian
Scary bouncer is authoritarian
He's got no time for your looking or breathing
Scary bouncer dislikes scrutiny or breathing
How he don't want you to, so step out the queue
Instructions not to look or breathe, leave the line
He makes examples of you and there's nowt you can say
Scary bouncer punishes and no room for argument
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
Proceed to payment area
And you realize then that it's finally the time
Realization that it's time to face judgment
To walk back past ten-thousand eyes in the line
Walk past judgmental eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Exchange clothes, make a move
Instilled in your brain, you've got something to prove
Feel the need to prove oneself
To all the smirking faces and the boys in black
Addressing unfriendly faces and authoritative figures
Why can't they be pleasant? Why can't they have a laugh?
Questioning why they can't be pleasant or have fun
He's got his hand in your chest, he wants to give you a duff
Scary bouncer aggressively patting down
Well, secretly I think they want you all to kick off
Suggests the desire for chaos from the bouncers
They want arms flying everywhere and bottles as well
Imagery of chaos with flying arms and bottles
It's just something to talk about, a story to tell, yeah
Suggests chaos is just for conversation
Well, I'm so glad they turned us all away
Glad to be rejected, attributing it to fate
We'll put it down to fate
Reflecting on saying many things
I said a thousand million things
Unspoken thoughts
That I could never say this morning
Questions the depth of those unspoken thoughts
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Empty line
Well, this town's a different town today
Town and people changed since last night
Said, this town's a different town to what it was last night
Contrast with a hypothetical Sunday
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
Girl changed after the night
And that girl's a different girl today
Contrast with the girl from last night
Said, that girl's a different girl to her you kissed last night
Contrast with a hypothetical Sunday
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
Acknowledges the contrast
Of course not
Acknowledges the obvious
Well, I'm so glad they turned us all away
Glad about being turned away, attributing it to fate
We'll put it down to fate
Reflecting on unspoken thoughts
I thought a thousand million things
Unspoken thoughts continued
That I could never think this morning
Questions the depth of those unspoken thoughts
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Empty line
Last night, what we talked about
The conversation made sense last night
It made so much sense
Haze has lifted, and the conversation is now confusing
But now the haze has ascended
Confusion after the haze clears
It don't make no sense anymore
Reiteration of the confusion
Said, last night, what we talked about
The conversation made sense last night
It made so much sense
Haze has lifted, and the conversation is now confusing
But now the haze has ascended
Confusion after the haze clears
It don't make no sense anymore, oh
Reiteration of the confusion
Da-da, da-da-da
Vocalization, possibly indicating confusion
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Repetition of vocalization
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
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