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Indefinite Leave to Remain about?

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 9:53 am
by diana
Neil's feelings towards his country, the UK?
I thought so cause I heard something like that in an interview, but so many say other things.

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 9:58 am
by raggatwin
I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 10:50 am
by diana
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......
I don't understand.

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 10:53 am
by Butters
No, I don't think that is what the song is about. :D
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 10:54 am
by Vicki
It's based on the story of his friend from Sri-Lanka

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 11:36 am
by diana
Vicki wrote:It's based on the story of his friend from Sri-Lanka
How you know and which story?

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 2:13 pm
by profile790
I think it's about people looking for new hope, a stable future, and a happy relationship. Neil sings about spending 'half his life' looking for something he found. It might as well be a reference to what he wrote in Metamorphosis: What I wanted to be was a family man (...) ... it didn't make me happy so a started again... etc.

Before I read what Indefinite Leave To Remain literally means in the UK, this was my interpretation of the song.

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 3:20 pm
by bobblekat
I think it is simply about the start of a relationship, the hope that it may become something 'stable'/long-term or similar and it's just a slightly different way of saying 'Can I call you my girl/boyfriend now'?

Smplistic interpretation I know, but that is whatI have gotten out of it so far.

Think we have all been brainwashed too much into over-interpreting lyrics (see Fugitive discussion)

:-)

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 4:00 pm
by patrick
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......
Why does having money mean one shouldn't comment on immigration?

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 4:01 pm
by psb-freak
Vicki wrote:It's based on the story of his friend from Sri-Lanka
This one´s true !!!! So no need to discuss :D It was both´s friend btw. He takes care of Neil and Chris´s houses when they´re away. Neil mentioned it in some interview.

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 4:35 pm
by raggatwin
patrick wrote:
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......
Why does having money mean one shouldn't comment on immigration?
It must be obvious.....

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 4:36 pm
by stew
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......

i do agree with this !!

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 5:09 pm
by raggatwin
stew wrote:
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of commenting on the immigration and asylum act.......

i do agree with this !!

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 5:51 pm
by ArseSpanker
bobblekat wrote:I think it is simply about the start of a relationship,
Don't you see?!?! Everything Neil writes about is an issue lazily disguised as a relationship these days... 'I'm With Stupid' (George Bush, he's a bit thick, but I love him), 'Indefinite Leave...' (you're an immigrant, but I love you),'Fugitive' (You're a terrorist, but I'd probably give you one), etc... Clearly 'I Get Along' (You're a blind politician, so you might give me one... hold on... It was about Mandy...) was such a rip-roaring success that he now has to apply the same fomula again and again. Lord knows what 'I Want A Dog' is really about....

Posted: Wed 24 May 2006, 6:02 pm
by Drico One
raggatwin wrote:I think millionaire liberals should steer clear of comenting on the immigration and asylum act.......
As opposed to millionaire conservatives who seem to be drawn to the subject like maggots to rotting flesh?

Drico.