red headdress lyrics
verse 1
She stood out there on the pier,
dark clouds above the sea.
A lady she looked down,
her face turned away from me
Who she was or what she'd done,
was too hard for me to guess.
Lonely lady on her own
in a red headdress
verse 2
Eyes met and spoke, as if to say,
some things that couldn't be said.
Pain hidden by the past,
that stayed inside her head.
The wind blew in from the sea,
her hair was a tangled mess.
Lonely lady on her own,
in a red headdress
verse 3
She wiped away all the tears,
running down with the rain.
A scarf to hide her face,
It couldn't mask the pain,
Her hands gripped the rail so tight,
Clearly someone in distress.
Lonely lady on her own,
in a red headdress
bridge
There's nothing that's worth dyin' for
Tomorrow may offer you more
Live each day, like it's your last
when you're born, the die is cast
verse 4
She looked at me where I sat,
I smiled and shook my head
I didn't say a word,
the message had been said.
In hope and despair she moaned,
and I took her by the hand.
Lonely lady on her own,
in a red headdress
outro
Still wearing her red headdress
her red headdress
red headdress
Comments
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I love how everything is implied here. I'm assuming the storyline is talking someone out of suicide.
Pain hidden by the past,
Clearly someone in distress
There's nothing that's worth dyin' for
I smiled and shook my head
In hope and despair she moaned,
and I took her by the hand.
and held together with the strong visual of her red headdress
It all feels quiet and understated, for something that is actually intense ,dramatic and fateful
Gives me a film noire vibe.. Very interesting and well crafted.
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Think Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and you have it!
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Does this relate to a specific film then Sid?
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No Owen, I write easier if I can picture the scene in my mind, so I put Bogey & Bergman in trenchcoats on the end of Blackpool pier! I'm still waiting for Speilberg to call.
Sid
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