This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
All the way up here
I was thinking it over
I wished we could drink some beer
And work it out
My lungs were burning
I was starting to worry
I couldn't catch my breath
Or slow my heart beat
We took your photograph
We thought we'd would have a few good laughs
At your expense
Here You thought we were your friends
I guess now you know
Or do you?
Are they really people like that?
Or is this guy just..
Making shit up
for pity parties
and feeling sorry for himself?
we were begging for mercy
You were holding a gas can
You had our hands tied
behind our backs.
I started crying
Cause I thought it was over
You pulled a matchbook
from your back pocket.
We took your photograph
We thought we'd have a few good laughs
At your expense
Here You thought we were your friends
I guess now you know
We knew you were half and half
But we never knew you were a psychopath
Or that you'd have the last laugh
I guess now we know
I was thinking it over
I wished we could drink some beer
And work it out
My lungs were burning
I was starting to worry
I couldn't catch my breath
Or slow my heart beat
We took your photograph
We thought we'd would have a few good laughs
At your expense
Here You thought we were your friends
I guess now you know
Or do you?
Are they really people like that?
Or is this guy just..
Making shit up
for pity parties
and feeling sorry for himself?
we were begging for mercy
You were holding a gas can
You had our hands tied
behind our backs.
I started crying
Cause I thought it was over
You pulled a matchbook
from your back pocket.
We took your photograph
We thought we'd have a few good laughs
At your expense
Here You thought we were your friends
I guess now you know
We knew you were half and half
But we never knew you were a psychopath
Or that you'd have the last laugh
I guess now we know
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Gas and Matches Lyrics as written by David Shannon Bazan
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
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I like this one. No one else does?
this song caught my attention more so then the others
This one seems to be about a trio of friends, in which one becomes alienated and is ridiculed by the other two. After he becomes fed up, he ties the others together, and lights them on fire.
Pretty cool, really.
Sometimes this is how I feel towards my friends.
This band is amazing live. (Bumbershoot 2005)
As Jimmy Stewart once said, "be nice to people, and they will be nice to you." It never hurts to be a good friend to someone.
I dig this song a lot. It's on my playlist and it always gets me to pause and listen. My question is about the last verse. "We knew you were half and half"... What do you think THAT means?