Include Me Out
Free Love, Plastic Homes, and Forgotten Pasts: Young Marble Giants' Poetic Reflection
Lyrics
Re-arranging the atoms in my hairdo
Expressing a change or transformation in the speaker's hairstyle at the atomic level.
Gets me thinking 'bout
Reflecting on the mentioned change and its association with memories.
Good times I had with you
Recalling positive experiences shared with someone in the past.
Back in the Sixties when love was free
Nostalgic reference to the 1960s, emphasizing a time of free love.
Never need to worry bout my G.C.E.
Indicating a carefree attitude in the past, not worrying about academic exams (G.C.E.).
Dying of boredom in your plastic home
Feeling a sense of monotony or tedium in a synthetic living space.
Pretty the pictures, work to the bone
Describing the effort put into beautifying the surroundings, possibly at the expense of personal well-being.
Don't be depressed,
Advising against succumbing to negative feelings.
You can just pick up the phone
Suggesting a solution through communication, symbolized by picking up the phone.
But it won't answer 'cause
Highlighting the futility of the suggested solution due to lack of response.
There's no-one home
Explaining the absence of anyone at home, possibly metaphorical for emotional emptiness.
Count your possessions out one by one
Encouraging a materialistic inventory, counting possessions one by one.
Include your lovers, include the one
Expanding the inventory to include past lovers, emphasizing their significance.
You threw away in nineteen sixty three
Referring to a specific lover discarded in 1963, suggesting regret or reflection.
Include me out, don't label me
Rejecting categorization or labeling, asserting individuality and independence.
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