Albion means England.

Arcadia also means England.

So when they sing "Anywhere in Albian", they mean anywhere in England.

I LOVE COVENTRY!

i fot the albion was a ship that petes always goin on about i read that in a few books about him

what did i dream

Yes i think it is a ship as well

ARCADIA is actually a poets paradise a place of love contentness and simplicity far away from the boundarys of human society and the restraints of the system.

arcadia is in all of us......

it just depends how deep you look

and how hard we look for our promised lands!

albion is what the greek gods called england i think or it could be latin or i could just be making this up

petes idealistic world is arcadia where everythings perfect and the ship albion is what he sails into his dream. arcadia is an ancient word for britian

it means england historically i think, personally i reckon hes just talking about it generally so it could be in france, wherever your albion is, when i went to get loaded in the park and he was giving out names of places in london I think he was probably referencing albion to anywhere that people feel at home. yea it can be a ship but also a place i dont think it matters.
its a brilliant song.

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Yeah, i know what you mean, in Newcastle he named parts of Newcastle.

Many people are quoting Good Old Days i think. Officialy, Albion means England and Arcadia is ideal land...but this is different in the song...he talks of the dream and using Albion as a ship. Different meanings i think.

arcadia is an ideal rustic paradise.
albion is a romantic word for england.

Initally albion was great britain but then it became england and Alba is scotland and ireland I think.

Arcadia is nivarna but natural. It all links in with the "ship to arcadia" leaving from the ancient navy land of albion.

I think the most of the Babyshambles Fans know this, don't they?

babyshambles fans are SOOOO bloody boring.....

You really must be very sad and negative if all you can do is write negative comments on this site.

If you don't like the babyshambles - piss off.

arcadia is the poets paradise the land of well being and contentness. arcadia is in all of us but at the same time it is different to all of us.

its a place of rural simplicity and love and harmaony much like the promised lands.

arcadia is a concept originating in Renaissance mythology of a land of outstanding natural beauty unspoiled by human civilisation, free of war and pain and offering boundless pleasures both spiritual and physical. The inhabitants were often regarded as having continued to live after the manner of the Golden Age, without the pride and avarice that corrupted other regions. It is also sometimes referred to in English poetry as Arcady.

The inhabitants of this region bear an obvious connection to the figure of the noble savage, both being regarded as living close to nature, uncorrupted by civilization, and so virtuous, but the shepherds and shepherdesses of Arcadia are an older figure, and live close to nature at a higher level of civilization, as witness their flocks.