Artists sing about office furniture. Part 2 – My Chemical Romance

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Roger Carr writes: I always like “Furniture music” by Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – but upon listening to it again it could be domestic furniture too. But “Cubicles” by “My Chemical Romance” is surely about the lonely disassociated world of the (unrequited) love sick office cubicle dweller.It’s a tough listen after Harry Nilsson’s desk related joy and his close personal relationship with either a lump of wood or God depending on your point of view, but the MCR track might possibly help to explain the rush to escape the cubicle.

It’s the tearing sound of love notes
Drowning out these gray stained windows
And the view outside is sterile
And I’m only two cubes down
I’d photocopy all the things that we could be
If you took the time to notice me
But you can’t now
I don’t blame you
And it’s not your fault that no one ever does

But you don’t work here anymore
It’s just a vacant three by four
And they might fill your place
A temporary stand in for your face
This happens all the time
And I can’t help but think I’ll die alone

So I’ll spend my time with strangers
A condition and it’s terminal
In this water cooler romance
And it’s coming to a close
We could be in the park and dancing by a tree
Kicking over blades we see
Or a dark beach
With a black view
And pin-pricks in the velvet catch our fall

But you don’t work here anymore
It’s just a vacant three by four
And they might fill your place
A temporary stand in for your face
This happens all the time
And I can’t help but think I’ll die alone

I know you don’t work here anymore
I know you don’t work here anymore

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Roger Carr is an award winning furniture designer with over twenty years of experience in design consultancy, helping to develop many influential and successful products. G-mark, IIDA & Best of Neocon award winning products. His firm’s website can be found here. Radar