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[Pete]

Hi everybody!

I just heard a song in which it says "You had a bad day; you're taking one
down."

What does "to take one down" mean in this context?

Thanks for your help!
Pete

PS: Need more context? Here it comes:

Where is the moment we need at the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

[Weatherlawyer]

English language.

OK here's my two halfpence:

A "ride" obviously refers to a submarine (hence the reference to sonar:
"You sing a sad song just to turn it around")

Could the submarine be the Kursk perhaps?

"Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know"

Then there is the reference to the sort of propaganda Russia was famous
for:
"You tell me don't lie"

In reference to the last action perhaps?
" Where is the moment we need at the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on"

Or was this about another Russian sub which had a missile bay fire?
"You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost"

There was an history of this sort of thing at the end of the last
Russian Empire:

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

It would seem that all of their "ships of the line" were hopelessly
unseaworhty.

[Pete]

I only added the whole text to provide context!

What I need is an explanation of the line "You're taking one down." What
does that mean in this context?

[the Omrud]

Pete <wolffpeter@t-online.de> spake thusly:

[Weatherlawyer]

Pete wrote:

[the Omrud]

Pete <wolffpeter@t-online.de> spake thusly:

[Pete]

So what usages are there for the phrasal verb "to take something down"?

- I took down the garbage.
- Please take me down for the trip next week.

Anything else?

[Robin Bignall]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:51:48 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Pat Durkin]

[Ritsuko Murata]

[jeremy]

the singer is is saying "you had a bad day, your taking one down...."
He is refering to a drink, you had a bad day, your having a drink (Beer or whatever your preference is)

[Cuppycake]