Story Behind the Song
The story behind the song, huh? Hmm.. well... I have had friends attempt to interpret the dream on which it was based and the answers have ranged from me killing off the feminine aspects within to just being a spoil sport.. Who knows, dear listener?
Lyrics
IMOGENE by Mark Robinson
Your socks in the corner
Your hair in the sink knows
Your smell in my clothes cry “Imogene“
The roach in the ashtray,
My pallid reflection,
Her shoes in the ocean,
Imogene.
Way down beyond the red sand,
Far out to sea,
Weighed down by my own hand
Imogene waits for me.
Her hand on my lunch box
Her pants on my dash board
Her name on my bankcard,
Imogene.
The calls after midnight,
The sudden excuses,
The bites and the bruises,
Imogene.
I can still hear the sound of the sea on the motor
And she danced on the beach like a madman’s daughter
And she called out his name louder over and over and over and over.
My eyes on her wet feet,
Her laughter in my ears,
My life in slow motion over and over and over.
Her smile brushing my rage gone in the ocean.
Way down beyond the red sand
Far out to sea
Weighed down by my own hand
Imogene waits for justice
Imogene waits for vengeance
Imogene waits for something
Imogene waits for me.
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