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Joris 3 Pinter - 16 Feb 2005 20:29 GMT

"Bedshaped and legs of stone" is a quote from Keane's song Bedshaped.

Can anybody explain what it means? Is it that you, allthough you've just
wakened up, still have the shape of your bed (figurative) and you are so
dizzy you can hardly walk (legs of stone).

Kind regards from Holland!
Joris.

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Paul Burke - 08 Mar 2005 17:08 GMT

> "Bedshaped and legs of stone" is a quote from Keane's song Bedshaped.
>
> Can anybody explain what it means? Is it that you, allthough you've just
> wakened up, still have the shape of your bed (figurative) and you are so
> dizzy you can hardly walk (legs of stone).

We have "shipshaped and Bristol fashion", so I suppose we could have
"bedshaped and Ware fashion", "carpetshaped and Kidderminster fashion",
"pearshaped and Hereford fashion"....

Paul Burke

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David - 08 Mar 2005 19:44 GMT

> > "Bedshaped and legs of stone" is a quote from Keane's song
> > Bedshaped.
> >
> > Can anybody explain what it means? Is it that you, allthough you've
> > just wakened up, still have the shape of your bed (figurative)
> > and you are so dizzy you can hardly walk (legs of stone).

> We have "shipshaped and Bristol fashion", so I suppose we could have
> "bedshaped and Ware fashion", "carpetshaped and Kidderminster
> fashion", "pearshaped and Hereford fashion"....

:-) but it's "shipshape and Bristol fashion".

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Keane Bedshaped