Elbow - An audience with the Pope

Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra performing An audience with the Pope


Sweet Jesus I'm on fire
She has the sweetest, darkest side
And when it comes into her eyes
I know iron and steel couldn't hold me
But god I'm easy bruised
But so often a moth to her flame
And the things that she's asked me to do
Would see a senior saint
forgetting his name

I have an audience with the pope
And I'm saving the world at 8
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait

Where could she be?
Was that a minute or an hour?
Where could she be?
She turns the hours into days.

Kill me phone, cover the cage
And wait for the doorbell to ring

Where could she be?
No she won't come running
Where could she be?
The world is turning at her pace.

Kill me phone, cover the cage
And wait for the doorbell to ring

I have an audience with the pope
And I'm saving the world at 8
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait

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[laCathiee]

I'm not a girl who's not won easily with flowers, but if a random guy were to sing me this song dedicated to me, I would go run into his arms in an instant.

[bytesback]

@laCathiee And you can be found where ? Mind you, if you heard my singing you would run away as fast as possible.

[iluvcireal]

oh, kk. Then please excuse my noobish question but what does indie mean? i googled it but got...misled.

[bytesback]

@iluvcireal Some use the term "indie" to describe any music produced by artists working within the network of independent record labels and underground music venues that emerged in the United States and elsewhere in 1980's and 1990's. Others understand indie rock as a distinct genre of rock music with a specific artistic aesthetic, and care less about the context in which it is made

[iluvcireal]

forgive this noobish question but what music gonra is this? I really can't differ.

[bytesback]

@iluvcireal Elbow classifies themselves as an indie rock band. Other places have categorized them as pop/rock or alternative rock

[bmiro]

One of the most beautiful songs ever!!!

[Sadgasm23]

@iluvcireal Isn't gonra what you get from back-alley whores?

[sis2cool4u]

is that the barbican i saw the london symphony orchestra there

[MrDeelightful]

3:02 He is SO into it, and I can see why; it's such an amazingly sensual, hypnotising song. It's impossible to not get lost in it.

[jencsk1234]

@laCathiee For me, it would Starlings... i would probably marry the guy on the spot.

[mstorii75]

ahhhhh that gypsy violin, so haunting, gives me shivers every time. Genius!

[The4fourEver]

guy garveys not a lyricist. hes a poet.

[laCathiee]

@bytesback HAHAHA!!!!!

[helensmile63]

@laCathiee

Me too ha ha,

[helensmile63]

Love this song, it brilliant. Elbow are fantastic, I would love to be in their backing group xxx