Lie Down
Liner notes
A recent songwriting circle challenge was to write a reply song -- like Norwegian Wood led to 4th Time Around, or What's The Frequency, Kenneth? to Everybody Hertz. I picked Steh Auf, Wenn Du Am Boden Bist by Die Toten Hosen (while the English version is called Stand Up, I like to think of it as Stand Up, And Some Day A Verb Will Eventually Appear) -- the response is 'yes, that's all well and good Mr Campino, sir, but... five more minutes, ok?'. I'd quite like to introduce it as a song about 'the original rock-and-roll legend: Sisyphus.'If you've got a problem for me, pop it on the pile
Though I might not get to see it for a while
If you're here about my failures, be assured I'm well aware
Though I might look like a man who doesn't care
I can write you down a number you can call to complain
Any second now when I'm on my feet again
But I need to lie down here a little longer
Before I pull myself up off the floor
When I stand back up, I'll stand up stronger
First I need a couple minutes more
It isn't lack of effort and it isn't lack of will
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill
I've set myself on fire keeping everybody warm
I've stayed out filling sandbags in the storm
In other people's battles, I have charged into the fray
While the people I was fighting for charged the other way
But saddle up the stager and I'll join your next campaign
Any second now when I'm on my feet again
But I need to lie down here a little longer
Before I pull myself up off the floor
When I stand back up, I'll stand up stronger
First I need a couple minutes more
It's a must-win situation and I'm losing seven-nil
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill
I've been ground into a powder and bagged up with the grain
But any second now, I'll be on my feet again
But I need to lie down here a little longer
Before I pull myself up off the floor
When I stand back up, I'll stand up stronger
First I need a couple minutes more
I'm not going through the motions, I've been going through the mill,
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill
I've been braced against a boulder and it's rolled back down the hill