In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
All the junkies they know my name
And every city looks the fucking same
And the derelicts who roam the streets are all the same
And the scum surfaces up and has no one to fucking blame
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Why all the prostitution right about midnight
And the junkies hives are trying to get tight
And I'm trying to find some ultra sound
But there's no fucking way to get out of this hell
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Yah! Your fuckin done!
And every city looks the fucking same
And the derelicts who roam the streets are all the same
And the scum surfaces up and has no one to fucking blame
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Why all the prostitution right about midnight
And the junkies hives are trying to get tight
And I'm trying to find some ultra sound
But there's no fucking way to get out of this hell
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Game over its no fun
Got me on the run
I'm gonna go get my gun
Blam blam blam your done
Yah! Your fuckin done!
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Travis Bickle was the main character in Taxi Driver, and this song is sung from his POV. BTW, Taxi Driver is one of the best movies ever made, and if you haven't seen it yet, you really should go rent it.
Yeah, i think it's probably De Niro's best movie, either that or The Deer Hunter. Great song, it's basically about the frustration you feel seeing the dark underbelly of a city and being unable to get out. You kinda have to watch the movie to really get it the way they meant.
Yes, a song about the protagonist from Robert DeNiro's Taxi Driver. Anyone else find a similarity betwween this song and the Clash's Red Angel Dragnet?
i love red angel dragnet. i love taxi driver, too. best movie.
fuck yea that was a kick ass movie. just about him and cross the streets alone at night in the dark and how it is when your a punk and youll know exactly how he felt
FUCK YEAH, this song gets me pumped. This song is about how Travis Bickle (the badass psychopathic protagonist from the film Taxi Driver) lashes out after he can no longer stomach all the crime and corruption in the streets of New York and goes on a shooting spree against some pimp-"suck on this" and he shoots him in the gut.
Taxi Driver is a phenomenal film (in my opinion it should have won best picture, De Niro-a really gifted actor-should have won best actor, and Scorsese should have won best director but the oscars are bullshit and they gave it to Rocky. Shows what the academy knows, I'm an actor so I do know film and acting).
"You talkin to me."
i actually just watched that movie for the first time yesterday (yeah, b/c of the song) and i liked it. it was good but different then other movies. idk, u have to watch it to get what they ment you have to watch the movie like shadow said.
Joe Strummer loved Taxi Driver (and for a time had a Travis Bickle mohawk). So, yeah, I do see a similarity with Red Angel Dragnet.
I'm going to have to watch this movie, it sounds amazing.