Swim, swim, swim, swim, swimming
Stay in your lanes
Swim, swim, swim, swim, swimming
Just stay in your lanes

No bombing and no heavy petting
So just stay in your lanes
Verruca socks and not forgetting to
Just stay in your lanes

Madames and monsieurs please return to your cubicles x 8

Latchmere's got a wave machine

Oo oo oo oo oo oo
Oo oo oo oo oo x 4

Came out of the changing rooms
Absolutely nothing had changed
So I stayed in your lanes

Came out of the changing room
And absolutely sod all had changed
So I'll stay in your lanes

Speedo, speed wise
Speedo, speed wise
Speedo, speed wise
So I stayed in your lanes

Bebop?

Stay in your

Madames and monsieurs please return to your cubicles x 8

Latchmere's got a wave machine

Oo oo oo oo oo oo
Oo oo oo oo oo x 2

Stay in your lanes
Stay
Just stay in your lanes
Stay
Just stay in your
La-ah-ah-ohh-ohh

Latchmere's got a wave machine


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    "came out of the changing room and absolutely F**k all had changed" second time round (Y)

    allybamalamon September 03, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    oi blokes. this band here is the next big thing since the tricycle. very catchy tune and classy music videoo.

    OMFGYourSoIndieon August 25, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    adore this song, its about a swimming pool in latchmere in case you were wondering...

    alex_and_raon January 23, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    ...that has a wave machine? yeah, love this song, my favorite by this lovely little band.

    georgieon January 29, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    it's:

    'speedo's speed by'

    and

    'Paedo Paed by'

    birdoiammeon May 27, 2007   Link
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    its about the latchmere leisure centre in battersea in london it has a wave machine and cubicles

    ohhaiion July 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    To above: the single version says sod all.

    And, according to their interview on Xfm, the hidden meaning is 'the little things in life are what matter. if someone doesn't matter to someone else, it still means a lot to you'

    loiiison January 12, 2008   Link
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    Stay in your lanes - metaphor for restrictive rules of society.

    No bombing and no heavy petting. Don’t get violent or sexual.

    Veruca socks - metaphor for condoms?

    Madames and monsters return to your cubicles. You kids have been getting too frisky. Get back to your rooms.

    Latchmere’s got a wave machine. Maybe the wave machine will shake things up.

    Maybe the whole thing is a metaphor for puberty/adolescence. Maybe the wave machine is the hormonal changes that will shake up the strict rules of childhood.

    rafe107554on January 27, 2023   Link

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