Old Castles

Album: True Meanings (2018)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Old Castles" finds Paul Weller using a fairy story in order to ponder on self-doubt and mortality.

    But the old king is quiet
    Looks into the fire, I think he knows
    That his bubble has burst, and what's worse
    Is now it shows


    When Uncut magazine asked Paul Weller who's the old king in this song, he replied: "Royalty in general, really. It's meant to be one of those old fashioned fairy stories - their vain king trapped in his own little world with his people being unhappy. You can read into it whatever. But royalty is such a ridiculous anachronism in this day and age. We still have princes and princesses."

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