I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
There are people going hungry far away
They've got nothing on their plates
And you're filling your fat face
With every different kind of cake
If you ever go lardy, or go lame
I will drop you straight away
Oh that's the chance you're gonna take
For every stupid thing you say
There are people going lonely, and they'll stay
Lonely far into the year
Cause you're making blinkers fashionable
And fashionably you'll say,
"All is equal in love and war"
And I'm sorry, but I've got some things to do
And you pretend to read a book
You'll never finish till the day
That the author dedicated
To a century of fakers
They took your mold and they burned it
On the fire in history today
Yeah the author dedicated
To a century of fakers
He was an anarchist
He tried his best but it wasn't good enough
La la la la la
Did I say I would see you soon? Well I'm sorry
But I just came off my bike
And my face is scarred
And chance has barred me seeing you tonight
I was over the other side of the city
And if the truth be known I'd say
That you look great from there
Before you shaved your golden hair today
Everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
They took you mold and burned it
On the fire of history today
Everybody's trying to make us
Another cool decade of fakers
And everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
Everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
They've got nothing on their plates
And you're filling your fat face
With every different kind of cake
If you ever go lardy, or go lame
I will drop you straight away
Oh that's the chance you're gonna take
For every stupid thing you say
There are people going lonely, and they'll stay
Lonely far into the year
Cause you're making blinkers fashionable
And fashionably you'll say,
"All is equal in love and war"
And I'm sorry, but I've got some things to do
And you pretend to read a book
You'll never finish till the day
That the author dedicated
To a century of fakers
They took your mold and they burned it
On the fire in history today
Yeah the author dedicated
To a century of fakers
He was an anarchist
He tried his best but it wasn't good enough
La la la la la
Did I say I would see you soon? Well I'm sorry
But I just came off my bike
And my face is scarred
And chance has barred me seeing you tonight
I was over the other side of the city
And if the truth be known I'd say
That you look great from there
Before you shaved your golden hair today
Everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
They took you mold and burned it
On the fire of history today
Everybody's trying to make us
Another cool decade of fakers
And everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
Everybody's trying to make us
Another century of fakers
Lyrics submitted by girlboyrevolt
A Century of Fakers Lyrics as written by Isobel Campbell Christopher Geddes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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yeah i dont understand fake people its like theyre too busy trying to keep up with everyone else and do the right things that they never see the beauty of things that are real.