I stood as tall as a mountain
I never really thought about the drop
I trod over rocks to get there
Just so I could stand on top
Clumsy and blind I stumbled
As I crawled through desert sands
I didn't stop to think about the consequences
As it came to pieces in my hands
I thought I was a maritime marvel
I believed that I ruled the waves
All I could say is time is motion
And every effort others made I would save
I was a shit stained statue
School children would stand in awe
Truly believed I was a ceiling of sky
Never thought about having flaws
I felt as reverent as Jesus
The sanctimony stunk
I thought I was admiral of the missing fleet
I couldn't see that I was sunk
I roared my pride in the darkness
I scratched away at the stars
I thought I was lord of this crappy jungle
I should have been put behind bars
But now I sit with my head in my hands
And wail to the weeping wall
The avalanche of my emotions
Holds the audience of one enthralled
Like learning the lesson the hard way
Like a fall from command
I thought I WAS king of the whole wide world
But it just came to pieces in my hands
― peter d (peter dee), Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)
You'll never match the original thread, just let it go.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)
Basically, Paul is a bit sorry.
Don't worry paul. You're all right mate.
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 20 May 2005 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)
Although I think David Sylvian told it better ("Just when I thought I could not be stopped" etc.).
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 20 May 2005 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Mmm, but his was more about his personal demons, whereas Weller was talking about being overpraised and foolishly thinking he was worthy of the adulation.
Mind you, he's rewritten this song a few times since...
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 20 May 2005 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)
He's been reading Osymandias, innit.
― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)