The Other Side Of Summer

Elvis Costello

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By Paul Tibbetts () and Mike Hernandez () (320003) (022000) (x02210) (x32010) (x35543) (xx0232) (133211) / (x6554x) (xx0231) (x13331) (x02020) (anything listed in parentheses is played as single notes) Bass Intro: 4/4 3/4 . . . . . . . |-----------------|-------------| |-0-----0---0-----|-------------| |---------------2-|---0---------| |-----------------|-------3-----| 4/4 The sun struggles up another beautiful day And I felt glad in my own suspicious way Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) Despite the contradiction and confusion Felt tragic without reason There’s malice and there’s magic in every season CHORUS >From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf The other side of Summer To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf The other side of Summer The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace The blowtorch amusements the voodoo chalice The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows A teenage girl is crying ’cos she don’t look like a million dollars So help her if you can ’Cos she don’t seem to have the attention span CHORUS Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"? A poor little schoolboy who said "we don’t need no lessons"? The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop The pop princess is downtown shooting up And if that goddess is fit for burning The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning Madman standing by the side of the road saying "Look at my eyes look at my eyes look at my eyes look at my eyes" Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) Now you can’t afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take Because of their mistakes you’d better be wide awake CHORUS The mightiest rose The absence of perfume The casual killers The military curfew The cardboard city And an unwanted birthday The other side of summer The dancing was desperate and the music was worse They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless Goodnight God bless And kiss "goodbye" to the earth The other side of summer (repeat last line)

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La chanson évoque le contraste entre la beauté apparente de l'été et les réalités sombres qui l'accompagnent. Elle aborde la désillusion, les promesses trompeuses et les luttes existentielles que chacun peut ressentir. L'artiste décrit des scènes où la joie est entachée par la douleur et l’indifférence d'un monde en crise, avec des références à des luttes sociales et à des désirs non satisfaits. Dans un contexte plus large, on peut voir cette œuvre comme une réflexion sur les inégalités sociales et les tensions de la vie moderne, où les plaisirs éphémères s'oppose à des vérités plus profondes. Les images sont chargées et mettent en lumière des réalités souvent cachées derrière le vernis d’un monde idéal.

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