1. Phoenix – 1901 Lyrics
Counting all different ideas drifting away
Past and present, they don't matter now the future's sorted out
Watch her move in elliptical patterns
Think it's not what you say, what you say is way too complicated
For a minute, though, I couldn't tell how to fall out
At the start of the song it is
about living in the here and
now, not being concerned
with the problems of the
future, thus the lyrics ‘Past
and present, they don't
matter now the future's
sorted out’.
It's twenty seconds 'til the last call
Calling hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Lie down, you know it's easy
Like we did it all the summer long
And I'll be anything you ask and more
Going hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
It's not a miracle we needed
No, I wouldn't let you think so
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling
As the song continues, the
lyrics change to how not
sorting problems start to
mean you lose things,
sometimes things you love,
thus the lyrics ‘Girlfriend,
oh, your girlfriend is
drifting away’, in this
case it is how he let his
girlfriend ‘Drift away’ from
him.
Girlfriend, oh, your girlfriend is drifting away
Past and present, 1855, 1901
Watch them build up a material tower
Think it's not gonna stay anyway, I think it's overrated
For a minute, though, I couldn't tell how to fall out
It's twenty seconds 'til the last call
Calling hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Lie down, you know it's easy
Like we did it all the summer long
And I'll be anything you ask and more
Going hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
It's not a miracle we needed
No, I wouldn't let you think so
The Final verse is again
talking in the present and
he is sing about what he
will do to get her back,
emphasised by the lyrics
‘And I'll be anything
you ask and
more’suggesting that he
is willing to change to be
with her.
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Although the song the chorus
is written in the in the past
tense, for example ‘Like we
did it all the summer
long’which is talking about
past events, dwelling on the
good times of his failed
relationship.