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Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | reading through the whole lyrics, it seems like they're talking about the destructive impact people have on the world. "Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed"we're too ignorant to see what we're doing to everyone or everything, and we don't know that it's us so we just consider it an accident... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | i dont think anyone has suggested this yet, but ive always thought of the line about missing old japan as a reference to world war ii and the dropping of the atomic bombs as the ultimate symbol of the destructiveness of wardutchrunneron December 16, 2006 LinkNo Replies Log in to replyThere was an error. |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | i dont think anyone has suggested this yet, but ive always thought of the line about missing old japan as a reference to world war ii and the dropping of the atomic bombs as the ultimate symbol of the destructiveness of wardutchrunneron December 16, 2006 LinkNo Replies Log in to replyThere was an error. |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | I doubt this is what Ted Leo meant, but the line about Japan makes me think of people missing the days when wars (i.e. WWII) were fought against a clear-cut enemy, a specific nation, rather than the faceless shadow known as Terror. Also, in those days Americans were united in the war effort instead of being harshly div... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | This song is amazing in every way. People who listen to top 40 love it because it's catchy while it's lyrically superior to anything on the radio. It's also quite universal. It doesn't require interpretation because it means something different to everyone and none of it is incorrect. lbizon March 27, 2007 LinkNo Rep... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | negatyve hit the nail on the head basically, but i always took "and if i told you i felt ageless, would you tell me i'm not old?" to be ted, after getting over his sadness regarding the war, and hyping himself up by thinking about globalization/imperialism (new england/old japan), and the destruction of he natural worl... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | I may be completely off here but I took this entire song to be a display of police over-stepping their boundaries. The "story of detainees" are what he heard from people who he shared the backseat of a cop car with, "Precautions...playing with a gun" explains the power police have and how easy it is to be abused, and I... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | Although there are obviously infinite ways to interpret a song, I've interpreted a couple of the lines in terms of war protest considering that it is a running theme of many Ted Leo lyrics. "Innocence, it don't come easy - in a sense it never willAccidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed"The firs... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | Negatyve is 100% right about the Mr. Mellor line. The song is actually about Ted reconciling his feelings on the war and the world around him and finding the strength to carry on. Here's a quote from an interview he did:There's a real legitimate question, "What's the point?" and I've certainly asked myself that, on thi... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | ted leo used to live in japan and new england, to clear that part up. he may have referenced something else there also but i think it's just that simple. "if i told you i felt ageless, would you tell me i'm not old?" is probably my favorite line in the song. it's just about being carefree and not attached to anything l... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | "Innocence, it don't come easy - in a sense it never willAccidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killedSo I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's goingAnd he points to his survival, and he points me down the road,and I go on." The only famous Mr. Mellor I could think of was David Mellor (who ... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | I'm thinking this song is about him trying to deal with the international attitude towards the US after the war in Iraq, the invasion of Afghanistan, or just America in general in 2001. For Americans traveling internationally in the first half of this decade (as Ted Leo probably was, being a touring musician), it was k... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | I'm thinking this song is about him trying to deal with the international attitude towards the US after the war in Iraq, the invasion of Afghanistan, or just America in general in 2001. For Americans traveling internationally in the first half of this decade (as Ted Leo probably was, being a touring musician), it was k... |
Innocence, it don't come easy, in a sense it never will
Accidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed
So I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going
And he points to his survival, and he points me down the road
And I go on and on to lead a light low
Wondering if I got a soul and cou... | zzx8CWdM7qkxKQpC | 3530822107858518857 | Just wanted to offer up another explanation of what seems to be the lyric most commented on here: "I can deal with trying to process pigeons acting like they're doves, but not with interference from the power lines above". The line before mentions that he's listening to the story on the radio while driving down the hig... |
It's the price I guess
for the lies I've told
that the truth, it no longer thrills me
Why can't we laugh,
when it's all we have?
Have we put these childish things away?
Have we lost the magic that we once had?
In the end, in the end,
there's nothing more to life than love, is there?
In the end, in the end,... | zzzwh2ktIWjsR7xp | 3530822107858886892 | Love Gary. Love the band. First time hearing this song; I just listened to it via YouTube. I think it's about someone who wants things to be as they were (fun; light-hearted; easy; etc) before lies got in between the two people. S/he doesn't wish to hear the truth because it's painful and not easy. Keeping things light... |
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