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Half The World Away Lyrics

I would like to leave this city
This old town don't smell too pretty and
I can feel the warning signs running around my mind
And when I leave this island I'll book myself into a soul asylum
Cause I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

So here I go still scratching aruond in the same old hole
My body feels young but my mind is very old
So what do you say
You can't give me the dreams that were mine anyway
Half the world away
Half the world away
Half the world away
I've been lost I've been found but I don't feel down.

And when I leave this planet you know I'd stay but I just can't stand it and
I can feel the warning signs running around my mind
And if I could leave this spirit I'd find me a hole and I'll live in it and
I can feel the warning signs running around my mind

Here I go I'm still scratching around in the same old hole
My body feels young but my mind is very old
So what do you say
You can't give me the dreams that were mine anyway
Half the world away
Half the world away
Half the world away
I've been lost I've been found but I don't feel down.
No I don't feel down
No I don't feel down

Don't feel down
Don't feel down
Don't feel down
Don't feel down
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I think it's a song about getting stuck in a rut, feeling trapped in a town that no longer holds any promise, and realizing that things won't change unless you do something about it. In this case, leave.

This song is also featured at the beginning of the last episode in the "Spaced" series that ran in the UK. Very poignant! I think it's a great song.

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The Masterplan has some absolutely great songs on it to say it's all B-sides? 'The Masterplan' song, I feel, could make any Oasis album!

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I love this song, it's a mix of somebody obviously being far away and being in love with them.. but still being angry at them. I can't really explain the meaning I'm getting out, but it is pretty self explainatory.

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This the theme song of 'the Royle Family'. I have this song on a maxi-single my mom brought for me in Japan. I used to listening about this all the time when i was around 14 thinking about the day when i will leave my old town.. and i think time has come :-)

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'You can't give me the dreams that were mine anyway' dats gotta b one of the best lines ever. its so true and i think it shows how some people will try n manipulate u to believe that they helped you to make something of yourself, when in fact they didnt. u just need to believe in yourself and know you cna have dreams of your own

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Yeah, I recently re-watched Spaced on DVD, and it prompted me to start listening to this song again. Great tune.

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I dont pretend to solve the true meaning of this song. But I felt like sharing what I felt.

I feel like he is going trough something frustrating and keep finding himself in the same situation over and over again. Dealing with it is hard, and is taking a tool on him. I do get a suicidal vibe from it, but then it gets better. He doesnt feel down. He wont give up just yet

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It has a pretty straightforward meaning and i think everybody could see that Its a beautiful song and I dont live in UK so I dont k now anything about the tv show but I heard its cool acoustic feel is just great and real easy to play

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I love this song. and yes it was on The Royle Family..a hilarious show. Trust me. And the reason why they have sang better is cuz its a B side. All the songs on the album The masterplan are B sides..so they arent supposed to be the greatest. I saw them in concert. i love them! hehe

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this song is my life right now. I'm away at college in a small farm town in iowa, and it really doesn't smell pretty (mostly like cows). I've been so stressed out trying to fit in this stupid school where everyone is immature and clicky. Let's just say it's not living up to my expectations. I'm half the world away from my family and friends. This school is not helping me acheive the goals and dreams that are mine anyway, my mind is running around like crazy all the time. I just turned21 and feel sooooo old, esp when everyone around here acts like 14 year old asses. Anyways, yeah, this song totally makes sense to me. i'm also a song writer and could have written the exact same thing myself