The lyrics to "New York Morning," written by lead signer Guy Garvey, are such a specific ode to the city of New York, but they touchingly celebrate a kind of striving of the human spirit that is universal. I feel like a possible visual for the song could spread outside of New York across the country and the world, to show all of us just doing our best, because we can, we did, and we do. The words are buoying, thrilling in a way...
But the official video celebrates a couple of New Yorkers, Dennis and Lois, who spent their young lives in downtown nightclubs befriending influential bands like The Ramones. Theirs is a sweet, quirky story rooted in the city...as Cindy Adams always said, "Only in New York, kids...only in New York."
The first to put a simple truth in words
Binds the world in a feeling all familiar
‘Cause everybody owns the great ideas
And it feels like there’s a big one round the corner
Antenna up and out into New York
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
And oh my giddy aunt, New York can talk
It’s the modern Rome and folk are nice to Yoko
Every bone of rivet steel
Each corner stone and angle
Jenga jut and rusted water tower
Pillar, post, and sign
Every painted line and battered ladder building in this town
Sings a life of proud endeavour and the best that man can be
Me, I see a city and I hear a million voices
Planning, drilling, welding, carrying their fingers to the nub
Reaching down into the ground
Stretching up into the sky
Why?
Because they can
They did and do
So you and I could live together
Oh my God, New York can talk
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
Everybody owns the great ideas
And it feels like there’s a big one round the corner
The desire in the patchwork symphony
The desire like a distant storm for love
Did it come from me
‘Cause it feels like there’s a big one round the corner
The way the day begins
Decides the shade of everything
But the way it ends depends on if you’re home
For every soul a pillow at a window, please
In the modern Rome where folk are nice to Yoko
And here is a lovely quick explanation of how the song was written, presented by Guy Garvey.
http://elbow.co.uk/
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