Test 2 - Robbie

A beautiful song..

Road to Mandalay by Robbie Williams

Save me from drowning in the sea, Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday, Theres nothing funny left to say

This sombre song would drain the sun, But it won't shine until its sung

No water running in the stream, The saddest place we've ever seen

Everything I touched was golden, Everything I loved got broken
On the Road to Mandalay, Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed, As I got lost along the way

[Refrain]

There's nothing left for you to give, The truth is all that you've left with
Twenty paces then at dawn, We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees, Have the universe at one with me
Look down the barrel of a gun, And feel the Moon replace the Sun

Everything we've ever stolen, Has been lost returned or broken
No more dragons left to slay, Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed, As I got lost along the way

[Refrain]

Save me from drowning in the sea, Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday, Theres nothing funny left to say

This is a great song, I especially like the contrast between the upbeat, cheery music and the sadness of the words - this is someone who lives in the public eye and has every little mistake he makes scrutinised and 'rehashed and then replayed' by the press. There's a sense of desperation about it as he feels lost and almost as if he's come to the end of something. Truly beautiful.