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Six mile water,sister,wall of mouths??

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Started by Bad Karma in General Therapy? Topics

hi does anyone know what these songs are about?When i first bought Suicide pact you first i thought i was the worse therapy? album but it quickly grew on me,i have been listening to it all recently.No other album sounds like it that i have heard anyway.

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2002 at 22:31

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Shra-Mee wrote:

I think 6 mile water is about the relationship between Andy and Mikehell, as they know each other for quite along time…

Posted on Wed, 22 May 2002 at 06:42

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Bad Karma wrote:

Thanx for your reply shra-mee:)

Posted on Wed, 22 May 2002 at 17:50

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Unbeliever wrote:

You can actually look it on a map, there is also a river/stream in N-Ireland that is called Six Mile Water. Not far away from Belfast in County Anthem.

Posted on Tue, 4 June 2002 at 05:46

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Punisher wrote:

Title: Six Mile Water (merged)

Hello folks,

Hey, I need a little help with this song, I dont understand its lyrics.

What does it mean (for example):

1.I used to have some wit
2.We drink the six mile water (what water?)
3.This mongrel needs a new home (what mongrel?)
4.We’d take trips across the wire (wire?)

Thats it.I hope someone could explain me.Thank you!!!

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 18:13

#5

Cactus wrote:

Well, for starters, its

I used to have somewhere.

And Andy frequently refers to himself and other people as mongrols, see church of noise for example.

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 20:13

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White Psycho wrote:

Its all metaphors

“across the wire” I would guess means on a train, or maybe he’s referring to a river, I don’t know I can only guess.

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 21:06

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Bad Karma wrote:

I think it refers to a river somewhere near Michael and Andy’s house but i could be wrong.

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 21:21

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Superstick Dude wrote:

I’m sure i read somewhere it was about him apologising to Fyfe.

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 22:28

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3ddo-on-the-balcony (eddo) wrote:

Bad Karma is quite right. The song is about Andy and Michael when they were young. Six mile water is a river that runs close to where they used to live as kids.

Posted on Fri, 18 March 2005 at 23:32

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bristarman wrote:

i always thought ‘wire’ refered to the telephone.

Posted on Sat, 19 March 2005 at 10:46

#11

Andy D (Andy) wrote:

Wasn’t Belfast split up by barb wire in the eighties like a Protestant and Catholic part of Belfast?

Posted on Sat, 19 March 2005 at 18:18

#12

richboy wrote:

1.I used to have some wit

Can mean ‘I used to be clever / funny / sensible’. In the song I think it means ‘I used to be sensible’

2.We drink the six mile water (what water?)

The Six Mile Water is a river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where Andy, Michael and Fyfe are from. Andy means that he used to drink from the river. If you type Six Mile Water into google, you get loads of information on it.

3.This mongrel needs a new home (what mongrel?)

I think Andy means himself. A mongrel means ‘dog’ but it can also mean a ‘rough’ person.

4.We’d take trips across the wire (wire?)

Don’t know. Probably sort of what Fiestaboy thinks. Might refer to the divisions within Northern Ireland though - across the wire sometimes refers to going into different communities or even just mixing with people from the ‘other’ community.

Hope this helps!

Posted on Sat, 19 March 2005 at 18:31

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Punisher wrote:

Thanks all.Especially Richboy!

Posted on Mon, 21 March 2005 at 13:26

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fatboy wrote:

Friends, this is an interesting topic. Since the Suicide Pact album didn’t contain any lyrics, I just had to hear the words closely. Six Mile Water is a great track, about their younger lives in Northen Ireland. As a sorry to Fyfe, as one of you mentioned, I think its kind of fitting.

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2005 at 11:18

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I am still working on the SPYF lyrics for the site. Try berating me, I need the motivation ;)

6MW is a beautiful track :)

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2005 at 23:15

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

hoochalobster wrote:

I am still working on the SPYF lyrics for the site. Try berating me, I need the motivation ;)

6MW is a beautiful track :)

You want abuse:eek: thats just asking for trouble!

mmmm i will try and think of one…pull your finger out you lazy arse!
hows that?

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2005 at 23:19

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Ooh, it’s working. I looked at the file and thought about opening it…

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2005 at 23:23

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

Call yourself a leader, you ain’t leading anyone stop f*cking around and do it. (thts a bit lame)

I don’t know whats wrong with me today, I can’t seem to be nasty I’m trying but it doesn’t feel right. I think after having a chat with my daughter it’s mellowed me and made me fatherly. I should be back to normal tomorrow. sorry i tired.

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2005 at 23:30

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Heh heh. If you need further motivation, I’m now going away until Friday (though will make an effort to WoM-lurk at work) so I definitely won’t be doing *anything* constructive on the lyrics front…

Posted on Wed, 30 March 2005 at 06:57

#20

mooneycult wrote:

“Trips across the wire” probably refers to tripping out on acid when you consider the line that follows it!

Posted on Wed, 30 March 2005 at 08:04

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

hoochalobster wrote:

Heh heh. If you need further motivation, I’m now going away until Friday (though will make an effort to WoM-lurk at work) so I definitely won’t be doing *anything* constructive on the lyrics front…

I will give it a go, but to be honest i don’t care either way. I was just getting involved for no apparent reason;)

Posted on Wed, 30 March 2005 at 22:21

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steflau wrote:

This is my favourite song !! wonderful!

Posted on Fri, 1 April 2005 at 10:56

#23

lazloman2002 wrote:

ive always intrepreted the “wire” line to mean journeys across the protestant/catholic divides in northern ireland at a time when it was extremely unsafe to do so.also when andy speaks of “mongrel” needing a new home i reckon its a metaphor for the troubles in northern ireland.he doesnt make any direct reference because he knows how mawkish and cheesy it could become.like the Cranberries “zombie”which im sure any northern irish person finds incredibly insulting.

Posted on Fri, 1 April 2005 at 12:46

#24

Bad Karma wrote:

Well i think any true music lover would find any song by The Cranberries insulting to their musical tastes but yeah i understand what you’re saying.

Posted on Fri, 1 April 2005 at 12:56

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lazloman2002 wrote:

probably the most irritating band ever to come out of ireland.she sings like a strangled banshee.subtlety aint her strong point.

Posted on Fri, 1 April 2005 at 13:15

#26

Div wrote:

… very interesting thread from the point of view of digging in sense of lirycs :)

Its remind me about picture from old theread…

(Before changing the message boards’ software in August 2007 this post had a file attachment, which may return in the future)

Posted on Thu, 7 April 2005 at 08:07

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Sketch wrote:

1.I used to have some wit

I think it means that he used to joke,to be witty, to crack jokes; to make witticisms..
But another meaning of this word is mind, intellect.

2.We drink the six mile water (what water?)

I don’t think that he means that he really drink the water (even from river), I believe that this is metaphor,
I understand it as “to pass very long way/road, long in leight and time.

3.This mongrel needs a new home (what mongrel?)

It is not a dog.
It is about man. It means half-blooded (half-bred),
for example - not English man, not Ireland man (like mother from England, and father - from Ireland)
I think he want’s to up the problem of refugees.

4.We’d take trips across the wire (wire?)

May be it means barbed wire, the same problem as in previous question,
it means illegal crossing of country border.

Posted on Fri, 15 April 2005 at 10:40

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tgE wrote:

lazloman2002 wrote:

like the Cranberries “zombie”which im sure any northern irish person finds incredibly insulting.

awful feckin song. what was the other big one but. i think i liked it.

Posted on Fri, 15 April 2005 at 11:02

#29

Sketch wrote:

BTW, what do you think about my explanation of meaning?
Is it correct or not?
I just want to know…:rolleyes:

Posted on Mon, 18 April 2005 at 05:21

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Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

Sketch wrote:

BTW, what do you think about my explanation of meaning?
Is it correct or not?
I just want to know…:rolleyes:

It seems like a viable explanation…but i dont think anyone can say whether or not its correct, except the lyricist himself. but i think youre right enough

Posted on Mon, 18 April 2005 at 15:17

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