Useful Website - Procol Harum Lyrics

BigD-Bluez

Been meaning to post this website for Procol Harum, in particular the subdivision pertaining to the wild and wacky lyrics of Keith Reid - link . If, even after listening to their songs as many years as I, you have ever wondered what exactly those lyrics were saying this is a great find. The man is a poet, but that does encompass some challenges in interpretation. The site has other good stuff about the band as well.

If anyone wants to use this thread to continue with other useful things, please do.

ScissorMan

We'll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea
'Make haste to your funeral,' cries the Valkyrie
We'll hoist a hand or drown amidst this stormy sea
'Here lies a coffin,' cries the cemetery, it calls to me
And all for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed
No thoughts explained, no moments gained, all hope forever lost
One moment's space, one moment's final fall from grace
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire

I'd say it's fairly obvious what this means - the singer is severely depressed because he can't find a decent Mexican restaurant in the Manchester-Birmingham-Leeds industrial corridor, and he's taking out his frustrations on his dog, but his dog is having none of it and runs away.