The Police — Synchronicity II
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Total ratings: 1993
Length: 4:53
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Another suburban morning
Grandmother screaming at the wall
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
We can't hear anything at all
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all the suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake
Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today
He doesn't think to wonder why
The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts on a red light street
But all he ever thinks to do is watch
And every single meeting with his so called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
Many miles away something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish Loch
Another working day has ended
Only the rush-hour hell to face
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Contestants in a suicidal race
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in his headlight
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away there's a shadow on a door
Of a cottage by the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
Grandmother screaming at the wall
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
We can't hear anything at all
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all the suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake
Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today
He doesn't think to wonder why
The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts on a red light street
But all he ever thinks to do is watch
And every single meeting with his so called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
Many miles away something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish Loch
Another working day has ended
Only the rush-hour hell to face
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Contestants in a suicidal race
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in his headlight
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away there's a shadow on a door
Of a cottage by the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
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Very clever track. Fantastic energy and creepy with it. Love it.
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies.
I never thought this was a great Police song. Thank you community for giving me more perspectives on why you think it’s great.
Nice!
ick wrote:
So many of their songs have these just amazing lyrics, one of the things that set the Police apart from other bands. Of course, the amazing music does too!
Lyrically malevolent. It has always been one of my favorite Police songs.
So many of their songs have these just amazing lyrics, one of the things that set the Police apart from other bands. Of course, the amazing music does too!
amazing group of musicians
Relayer wrote:
I always thought that Daddy was the monster at the door at the end, perhaps about to kill himself and his whole family. I even thought I heard that was the band's idea for it as well.
I am no expert or Jung psychologist, but I love how the lyrics of a man going slowly mad due to middle age pressures is juxtaposed against the Loch Ness Monster slowly emerging from the lake and approaching a door. It seems that the song ends with the beast at the door, meaning that the door is about to open revealing the man going full crazy. Or at least that what it seems to me.
I always thought that Daddy was the monster at the door at the end, perhaps about to kill himself and his whole family. I even thought I heard that was the band's idea for it as well.
I admit I was a Police groupie. Saw them every damn time they
were close enough on tour.
Still love the tunes.
were close enough on tour.
Still love the tunes.
"And every single meeting with his so called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch"
Now that I'm an adult, this line really hits me hard.
Which means I should probably look for a new job.
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch"
Now that I'm an adult, this line really hits me hard.
Which means I should probably look for a new job.
kingart wrote:
Copeland is a helluva drummer from what I can tell. The video, sadly, is goofy.
My favorite Police song. Great lyrics and Copeland's drumming is the hook. Unlike most other Cop tracks, the roboplay wasteland of FM didn't murder this one for me.
Copeland is a helluva drummer from what I can tell. The video, sadly, is goofy.
Discovering Sting in the 90s before the Police and then getting into vintage Police live performances ...killer teenage years for me in the 90s. Wonderful throwback for me!
Lyrically malevolent. It has always been one of my favorite Police songs.
kcar wrote:
I always thought that at the end, Daddy had morphed into the monster and was approaching the family home's front door...
i like this take much better.
I always thought that at the end, Daddy had morphed into the monster and was approaching the family home's front door...
i like this take much better.
I am no expert or Jung psychologist, but I love how the lyrics of a man going slowly mad due to middle age pressures is juxtaposed against the Loch Ness Monster slowly emerging from the lake and approaching a door. It seems that the song ends with the beast at the door, meaning that the door is about to open revealing the man going full crazy. Or at least that what it seems to me.
lily34 wrote:
agreed. i always took it as he drove off the road and the police are coming to the door to tell the family he died in a crash...but, that's just me.
I always thought that at the end, Daddy had morphed into the monster and was approaching the family home's front door...
agreed. i always took it as he drove off the road and the police are coming to the door to tell the family he died in a crash...but, that's just me.
I always thought that at the end, Daddy had morphed into the monster and was approaching the family home's front door...
Man, o man ... it's 1984, I'm driving to work down the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in my ol' VW camper, this is blasting away on the stereo ... many miles away.
coloradojohn wrote:
agreed. i always took it as he drove off the road and the police are coming to the door to tell the family he died in a crash...but, that's just me.
This is a killer song...the lyrics, the delivery, the energy, the feeling that it's all the same as ever...and the mysteries are never solved...
agreed. i always took it as he drove off the road and the police are coming to the door to tell the family he died in a crash...but, that's just me.
Wisconsinrob wrote:
this song totally rocks. you nailed it John.
The video is sadly pretty damned goofy. The drumming is astonishing.
this song totally rocks. you nailed it John.
The video is sadly pretty damned goofy. The drumming is astonishing.
coloradojohn wrote:
this song totally rocks. you nailed it John.
This is a killer song...the lyrics, the delivery, the energy, the feeling that it's all the same as ever...and the mysteries are never solved...
this song totally rocks. you nailed it John.
Did he ever explore that Scottish loch?
Greate sense of modern alienation in this one.
Greate sense of modern alienation in this one.
I've never properly listened to this song before. My loss.
Probably my first comment on RP: After being a dedicated Police fan through their previous albums, Synchronicity first sounded a bit strange to me, but thanks RP for reminding me of this one: I like those songs best that "grow on me", and this one certainly did. The lyrics were of a quality I had not heard with Police before. A lot of dark depth here ...
I give it a 9, not least in honour of one of my best Summers (sic!) ever
I give it a 9, not least in honour of one of my best Summers (sic!) ever
BCarn wrote:
Yes the music Harkonnens back to the golden era.
Always liked this tune even though Feyd Rautha, I mean Sting, kinda bothers me.
Yes the music Harkonnens back to the golden era.
Hey is Sting there? If. What does he think about the musichians who prevent the world actually. MUST BE. Everywhere,
When I interviewed Stewart Copeland he refered to his time in The Police as "Ah yes, the rock and roll years". I consider this their best song...
The best of the Sting Being Sting material
Hands down favourite Police track.
Yeah. 
the end of an era
kingart wrote:
I AGREE! Even better in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp & DAC!
My favorite Police song. Great lyrics and Copeland's drumming is the hook. Unlike most other Cop tracks, the roboplay wasteland of FM didn't murder this one for me.
I AGREE! Even better in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp & DAC!
This is a killer song...the lyrics, the delivery, the energy, the feeling that it's all the same as ever...and the mysteries are never solved...
GREAT TUNE!!!
kingart wrote:
well said, agree 100%
My favorite Police song. Great lyrics and Copeland's drumming is the hook. Unlike most other Cop tracks, the roboplay wasteland of FM didn't murder this one for me.
well said, agree 100%
Ambitious concept, lyrics, vocal performance, arrangement. I guess nobody cares cause it was a radio song.
The first cassette tape I ever bought . . .
My favorite Police song. Great lyrics and Copeland's drumming is the hook. Unlike most other Cop tracks, the roboplay wasteland of FM didn't murder this one for me.
...”above the din of our rice crispies...”. Fantastic line. Has stuck with me since I was a teenager when I heard this.
jkamm14 wrote:
Correct. The album opens up with "Synchronicity I" and side 1 (back when there was such a thing) closed with this. I still have my vinyl copy somewhere!
I just bought a two channel analog amp so I could listen to all my vinyls again.
Correct. The album opens up with "Synchronicity I" and side 1 (back when there was such a thing) closed with this. I still have my vinyl copy somewhere!
I just bought a two channel analog amp so I could listen to all my vinyls again.
Coronal wrote:
Correct. The album opens up with "Synchronicity I" and side 1 (back when there was such a thing) closed with this. I still have my vinyl copy somewhere!
The song is called "Synchronicity II".
Correct. The album opens up with "Synchronicity I" and side 1 (back when there was such a thing) closed with this. I still have my vinyl copy somewhere!
kingart wrote:
Fixed
No lyrics? For one of the Cops' far and away best songs?
Fixed
The song is called "Synchronicity II".
ziggytrix wrote:
Indeed. I miss The Police. When this album came out, it was overplayed so much, I began to hate it. Later, I added it to my collection. Ah, the 80's...so much good stuff back then.
God, Sting used to be such a badass!
Indeed. I miss The Police. When this album came out, it was overplayed so much, I began to hate it. Later, I added it to my collection. Ah, the 80's...so much good stuff back then.
drwhy wrote:
Seriously, I feel like my "8" was being stingy. (Looks like the average is up to 7 now though.)
God, Sting used to be such a badass!
How could THIS song be a 5!!!! I seriously do not get it.
Seriously, I feel like my "8" was being stingy. (Looks like the average is up to 7 now though.)
God, Sting used to be such a badass!
Nobody does it like the Po Po
Man, I miss this band
Aaah yes - takes me back! There was a time when this album was on loop.
Always liked this tune even though Feyd Rautha, I mean Sting, kinda bothers me.
How could THIS song be a 5!!!! I seriously do not get it.
How can this be the first play for this song? Well, better late than never.