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Woke up this morning at 11:11
Wasn't in Portland, and I wasn't in Heaven
Could have been either by the way I was feeling
But I was alive, I was alive
Woke up this morning at 11:11
John was half naked and Lulu was crying
Over a baby that will never go crazy
But I was alive and kicking through this cruel world
Holding a notion of you at 11:11
Tell me what else can I do, what else can I do?
Woke up this morning and something was burning
Realized that everything really does happen in Manhattan
Thoughts were of characters and afternoons lying
And you, you were alive
Oh, the hours we are separate
11:11 is just precious time we've wasted
So patch up your bleeding hearts and put away your posies
I'm gonna have a drink before we ring around the rosies with you
Oh, the hours we are separate,
Oh, the hours we are separate, 11:11 |
- Portland - name for cities in the U.S. states of Oregon and Maine
- Manhattan - island section of New York City; once held the World Trade Center towers
- "put away your posies... ring around the rosies" - lyrics from a famous nursery rhyme, referring to the Black Plague; symptoms of the plague included a rosy red rash in the shape of a ring on the skin, and people filled their pockets with sweet-smelling herbs ("posies") due to the belief that the disease was transmitted by bad smells
- the last verse refers to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in Manhattan, which occurred on September 11, 2001 ("something was burning")
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- "There was a period in my life where every time I looked at the clock, it was 11:11. It was weird. And then there was September 11 and Flight 11 - it was time to buy a lottery ticket or write a song or something. So that one is very much centered around September 11. It's about how precious time is while you still have it."
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