I don't know why you bother
Nothing's ever good enough for you
I was there
And it wasn't like that
You came here
Just to start a fight

You had to piss on our parade
You had to shred our big day
You had to ruin it for all concerned
In a drunken punch up at a wedding

Hypocrite opportunist
Don't infect me with your poison
A bull in a china shop

When I turn around you stay
Frozen to the spot
The pointless snide remarks
Of hammer headed sharks
The pot will call the kettle black

It's a drunken punchup at a wedding, yeah


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    It was always clear for me what this was about. Those "strictly British" sayings that you all are talking about... can't be, because I'm American and I've heard them all my life. Now, I'm going to go through every line and say what the song means.

    I don't know why you bother (Why do you listen to music if you can't appreciate it?) Nothing's ever good enough for you (My band just tried its absolute best, and you dismissed it as if it was nothing!) (By the way) I was there (See that in the video? Yeah, that was me up on that stage.) It wasn't like that (Clearly, whatever it is you saw, you misinterpreted.) You've come here just to start a fight (The only reason you say things about peoples' music is to create controversy which makes you money.) You had to piss on our parade You had to shred our big day (You saw us having a blast, and we became your targets. We didn't deserve that.) You had to ruin it for all concerned (Our momentum is seriously damaged now, just because of what you said.) In a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah (The "wedding" is beautiful art of music, and the "drunken punch-up" is a fight that doesn't belong) Hypocrite opportunist (Oh, is that a Linkin Park CD that you're hiding there? My bad, I thought you liked music.) Don't infect me with your poison (I'm not going to let your stupid comments bring me down) A bull in a china shop (People like you are unspeakably destructive.) When I turn around, you stay frozen to the spot (You talk quite a bit when I'm not paying attention, but when I respond? Jackass.) You had the pointless snide remarks (Think before you speak, and then don't.) Of hammerheaded sharks (You, and critics like you, feed on the blood of good bands.) The pot will call the kettle black (Yeah, I'm talking to you. Get out YOUR fucking guitar.) It's a drunken punchup at a wedding, yeah (etc etc.)

    Was that so hard? Also, the people that argue simplicity. Thom Yorke got an English degree at Exeter. Really.

    bentheindividualon March 04, 2010   Link

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