This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Nothing is certain at this time of day
You could reverberate you could decay
The mouse and the model are laughing at us
We'll risk it we're desperate for someone to trust
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in
By counting your blessings you wind up in debt
It starts with your family and camps in your bed
You Jekyl and hide it when you could have left
Your guard down your dress up you must be upset
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in
It's dark over here on the flip-side of reason
The teaser could be something easy like they did it in a book
You're a crook you're a fake you committed
If you did it say you did it if you didn't suck it up and say you did
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll tax them relax them and make them forfeit
The vote by a landslide the Jekyl and Hyde
Mackenzie macabre she's bonnie and Clyde
You could reverberate you could decay
The mouse and the model are laughing at us
We'll risk it we're desperate for someone to trust
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in
By counting your blessings you wind up in debt
It starts with your family and camps in your bed
You Jekyl and hide it when you could have left
Your guard down your dress up you must be upset
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in
It's dark over here on the flip-side of reason
The teaser could be something easy like they did it in a book
You're a crook you're a fake you committed
If you did it say you did it if you didn't suck it up and say you did
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
We'll tax them relax them and make them forfeit
The vote by a landslide the Jekyl and Hyde
Mackenzie macabre she's bonnie and Clyde
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I think No_One_Really may be on to something. I think it has a media-esque slant to it. “This time of day” may well be prime time - when the very best of the bullshit is doled out. “You could reverberate; you could decay.” The media can offer stimulating or decaying effects on the noggin, depending on the attitude of the beholder. We’re being manipulated by “the mouse and the model” - Mickey Mouse and mass-produced skinny women, the ultimate landlords of television and film. When we’re desperate with no-one left to trust, we'll still have our faithful box. “Let's start a new heart; the new charts are in. We'll take them, we'll break them, we'll make them give in.” The chorus and the rest of the song makes me think of reality TV – for every new season, there is a fresh batch of suckers to be fucked over for the entertainment of the brainless populace and the pockets of the media moguls. “By counting your blessings, you wind up in debt.” The nice guys are first off the cliff. “It starts with your family and camps in your bed” The all-pervading variety of reality TV programs. Stick whatever you like under the microscope: family life, sex, whatever. “You Jekyll and hide it” – You divide yourself a hundred of different personas for the benefit of the ratings. Let your guard down, your dress up” – Loosened morals and promiscuity make for better viewing. “The flipside of reason” is that wacky land of TV. “We'll tax them, relax them, and make them forfeit.” The producers are cheating the contestants out of their prize money. “The vote by a landslide, the Jekyll and Hyde.” Two-faced pretence makes for bloodier competition and more interesting contestants; the Jekyll/Hyde/Mackenzie/Macabre/Bonnie/Clyde aspects of the person win over the audience who collectively snap their little thumbs voting ‘til the cows came home, and, YES!, the bastard won!!!