A Continuation on Lyrics

Absolute Beginners The Jam

In echoed steps I walked across an empty dream
I looked across this world, there was no one to be seen
This empty feeling turned and quietly walked away
I saw no warmth in life - no love was in my eyes

I stared a century thinking this will never change
As I hesitated, time rushed onwards without me
Too scared to break the spell too small to take a fall
But the Absolute luck is - love is in our hearts!

I lost some hours thinking of it
I need the strength to go and get what I want
I lost a lifetime thinking of it
an' lost an era daydreaming like I do

In echoed steps you walk across an empty dream
But look around this world, there's millions to be seen
Come see the tyrants panic see their crumbling empires fall
Then tell 'em we don't fight for fools -
'cos love is in our hearts!

I lost some hours thinking of it
I need the strength to go and get what I want
I lost a lifetime thinking of it
an' lost an era daydreaming like I do

You can lose some hours thinking of it
You need the strength to go and get what I want
You can lose a lifetime thinking of it
And lose an era daydreaming like I do

After the Clash, who I listened to without realizing who they were because I must have been 10 or younger, the Jam is the first real Brit band (as in had an influence on the bands I listen to now and is not from the 60's because they totally don't count) I ever listened to. Or well..."Absolute Beginners" is the first, and until recently only, song I listened to by the Jam. Mind you by the time I listened to them (whenever the movie "Grosse Pointe Blank" came out or shortly there after) I had probably heard "Song 2" but it's sort of the same thing with anything off of "London Calling." I had no idea.
Point is, this song has unwittingly had an impact on me. Not necessarily because of what it says or the fact that guy singing this reminded me strongly of Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins" but more with when it was done. The Jam is kin to the Clash and that era of punk and British coolness. Though most wouldn't make this connection (most would connect the Clash with Green Day or some sort of band like that) my opinion is thus: The Beatles had to happen for the Clash to happen, the Clash had to happen for Blur (and such bands) to happen, Blur (and such bands) had to happen for Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs, Maximo Park, and other such bands to happen. Not exactly linear (maybe) and full of gaps but my logic nonetheless. And the really neat thing is, I've liked "Absolute Beginners" since I was in 9 (shocked at the fact that she saw an R-rated movie at such a young age.) Beat that you indie elitist!! I may not have realized it but ha.