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.
Whether you're in LA, sunny, laid-back LA
Whether you're in New York, comfort 'round your block
Whether you're in the UK, where the sky is dark
And the grass is kinda green, you know, like Central Park
Still my favorite place in this whole wide world
Has got to be in the middle of the ocean floor
I see you poking out of the ocean, paradise on Earth
The fiftieth state, what? Hawaii
Ooh
Ooh
All I wanted to get, bit of something different
Oh, oh, oh
A nuclear disaster might be on our way
But I don't care, I'm in the USA
Whether we're drunk or stoned, or we're sober and old
If I'm with you, I'm a happy man
If you feel safe and cold while you count your gold
If your problem is you can't find your remote control
Still my favorite person in this whole wide world
Is the woman who can understand every word
And when she speaks to me, she makes me see the world
As my favorite place, Hawaii
We got it made
Oh
Yes, I know
Can we go
By plane or boat
Oh, yeah
Whether you take it slow, or you let me go
Whether you tell me something that I did not know
Whether you're neat and polite, or you scream and fight
Whether you keep something from me that I would not like
Still my favorite attitude in this world so far
Is the friendly spirit of an iron heart
I like the way folks are in this most special place
I don't care what happens, I'm taking a plane
Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
Kauai or Oahu, Molokai or Lanai
Maui and the big guy, AKA Hawaii
Hawaii, Hawaii
Hawaii, Hawaii
Ooh
Ooh
All I wanted to do was something different
Oh, let me in
Cut off from Malaysia, back in who knows when
Oh we got kinda lost
But my God, what a place
I profess, Air Force Jets
Cannot take away my soul
Whether you're in New York, comfort 'round your block
Whether you're in the UK, where the sky is dark
And the grass is kinda green, you know, like Central Park
Still my favorite place in this whole wide world
Has got to be in the middle of the ocean floor
I see you poking out of the ocean, paradise on Earth
The fiftieth state, what? Hawaii
Ooh
Ooh
All I wanted to get, bit of something different
Oh, oh, oh
A nuclear disaster might be on our way
But I don't care, I'm in the USA
Whether we're drunk or stoned, or we're sober and old
If I'm with you, I'm a happy man
If you feel safe and cold while you count your gold
If your problem is you can't find your remote control
Still my favorite person in this whole wide world
Is the woman who can understand every word
And when she speaks to me, she makes me see the world
As my favorite place, Hawaii
We got it made
Oh
Yes, I know
Can we go
By plane or boat
Oh, yeah
Whether you take it slow, or you let me go
Whether you tell me something that I did not know
Whether you're neat and polite, or you scream and fight
Whether you keep something from me that I would not like
Still my favorite attitude in this world so far
Is the friendly spirit of an iron heart
I like the way folks are in this most special place
I don't care what happens, I'm taking a plane
Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
I said Hawaii, Hawaii
Kauai or Oahu, Molokai or Lanai
Maui and the big guy, AKA Hawaii
Hawaii, Hawaii
Hawaii, Hawaii
Ooh
Ooh
All I wanted to do was something different
Oh, let me in
Cut off from Malaysia, back in who knows when
Oh we got kinda lost
But my God, what a place
I profess, Air Force Jets
Cannot take away my soul
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"Still my favorite place in this whole wide world has got to be in the middle of the ocean's floor"
Damn, this song is catchy. I can't stop listening to it. Probably their most "fun" song. Shame it didn't make it to the album.
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I quite like this song. I think the first part of the lyrics are clear enough : people who live in the USA think nothing can happen to them ("A nuclear disaster might be on our way, I don't care I'm in the USA"), they feel safe because they are rich and so they think they have everything they want ("If you feel safe and cold while you count your gold. If your problem is you can't find your remote control."). That's what I think... And why are some sentences between braces ? I can't hear them in the song...
"I think the first part of the lyrics are clear enough : people who live in the USA think nothing can happen to them ("A nuclear disaster might be on our way, I don't care I'm in the USA"), they feel safe because they are rich and so they think they have everything they want"<br /> <br /> sorry to be correcting you 3 years after your post but this line is reffering to hawaii's distance from north korea.
Great song that def should have been on the album.That and modern girls and old fashioned men.
hoo-waa-a-iiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Strokes song ever.
I love this song! and it reminds me of when i staid in hawaii for a few months. The song takes me back and i feel the same as i did. care-free. heh even the "Oh, we got kinda lost, but my god, what a place. I profess, Airforce jets cannot take away my soul." love it.
and - instead of "iron heart" i do believe it's "Islander" only he says it "I-lan-na"
i live in malaysia...n i'm so happy my country name is on the lyric...huhuhuhu
i live in oahu. huzzah!