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The drummers and jugglers of Montréal don't even exist at all
So I'm tearing up these tarot cards and Venetians clowns,
Antique shops and alcoholic homosexuals
You may ask why I want to torch my hometown
Partly it's bitterness and not being round and round again
On Ontario Street looking up, maybe I'll catch him on his way to the shop
You travel the world and you find all the answers,
Everything operates on the unattainables
And then you hear your mother laugh attached to the phone
Could have walked around the block 'cause all roads lead to home
Say, will you ever ever ever know, ever ever ever fly away?
Will you ever ever ever go, ever ever ever find a way? |
- Montréal - city in Canada; here Rufus describes its cosmopolitan, carnival-like aura
- tarot cards - method of fortune-telling, adds to the carnival-like atmosphere of Montréal
- Venetian - relating to Venice, Italy; its people, language, or culture
- Ontario Street - street that runs through the Quartier Latin and the gay quarters
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- "It's another honest observation. Despite the lyrics to this song, I adore Montréal, and since Bush won the election I intend to spend a lot more time up there! But I regress every time I go back. I'm haunted by old visions of my romantic and melancholy. This song is similar to "Dinner At Eight" from Want One in terms of tone.”
- This song began being performed while on tour with family in Europe during Summer '04
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