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.
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
Two days before I finally snap from (?) a gig
I was being a twat the bass player behind the (?) cap he's Belgium another bright screaming gang
Johnny drums see peeps leaving trailing gaps putting face cream on between the breaks and tracks
I needed to stop this, draw the last of my ways
Twenty minutes to go the floor manager says
Been a long summer (?) band's an age I wanna dry my eyes and all the band on the stage
(I wanna see the whole crowd in Belgium)
Dead silence not very nice to feel so depressed and violent
(He's fuckin' puttin' moisturizer on, he's fuckin' moisturisin' his face... I know yeah)
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
(Some cunt is bringin' up a load of fucki'n shithole streets hats)
Oi, oi, (?) down the day before the crafts the hats were bought by Warner staff thought they were fakes,
Not thought to ask
So I (?) the audience found under the stage but I'd only just spoken Ted Mayham has never seen me so
Darn broken
The very next day in bed in London
With a girl I have little memory of
Unable to feel anything much which was the reason why I bought my first suit
Wasn't thinking at that bit on stage
The fake streets hats were actually not fake!
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
(My ears who's that cunt? tell him to fuck off man "the streets" no look what what oh yeah no go go go yeah mate stop (?) you know it is made so hard)
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
Two days before I finally snap from (?) a gig
I was being a twat the bass player behind the (?) cap he's Belgium another bright screaming gang
Johnny drums see peeps leaving trailing gaps putting face cream on between the breaks and tracks
I needed to stop this, draw the last of my ways
Twenty minutes to go the floor manager says
Been a long summer (?) band's an age I wanna dry my eyes and all the band on the stage
(I wanna see the whole crowd in Belgium)
Dead silence not very nice to feel so depressed and violent
(He's fuckin' puttin' moisturizer on, he's fuckin' moisturisin' his face... I know yeah)
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
(Some cunt is bringin' up a load of fucki'n shithole streets hats)
Oi, oi, (?) down the day before the crafts the hats were bought by Warner staff thought they were fakes,
Not thought to ask
So I (?) the audience found under the stage but I'd only just spoken Ted Mayham has never seen me so
Darn broken
The very next day in bed in London
With a girl I have little memory of
Unable to feel anything much which was the reason why I bought my first suit
Wasn't thinking at that bit on stage
The fake streets hats were actually not fake!
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
If you don't like what's going down
You need to change something round
And what you can't change you've got to change the way you thought about
(My ears who's that cunt? tell him to fuck off man "the streets" no look what what oh yeah no go go go yeah mate stop (?) you know it is made so hard)
Lyrics submitted by h_driver13, edited by milom
Fake Streets Hats Lyrics as written by Michael Geoffrey Skinner
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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