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.
Keep your distance
You're in the race (?)
Caress me
In your eye I've got better things to do
This will hurt someone
White walls, windows
Charity(?)
Courage(?), defenders(?)
Comfort me and bring me something sharp
This will hurt someone
Someone else
This will hurt someone else
Calm down, think carefully
Seen it all before
Mind your own fucking business
Seen it all before
What I would give for your eyes
Seen it all before
You would never blink again
Seen it all before
Faces on top of more faces
This bullet in your chest, the world is yours
Each word, you suck it through a straw
It's so predictable, it's policy, uh
This will hurt someone
Someone else
Each word, you suck it through a straw
It's so predictable, it's policy
You're in the race (?)
Caress me
In your eye I've got better things to do
This will hurt someone
White walls, windows
Charity(?)
Courage(?), defenders(?)
Comfort me and bring me something sharp
This will hurt someone
Someone else
This will hurt someone else
Calm down, think carefully
Seen it all before
Mind your own fucking business
Seen it all before
What I would give for your eyes
Seen it all before
You would never blink again
Seen it all before
Faces on top of more faces
This bullet in your chest, the world is yours
Each word, you suck it through a straw
It's so predictable, it's policy, uh
This will hurt someone
Someone else
Each word, you suck it through a straw
It's so predictable, it's policy
Lyrics submitted by necrophage, edited by billpuppies, AAMM, inval1d
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This is a very interesting song, but I don't think it's exclusively about R. Budd Dwyer, I think the fact that the title of the song is a memorable line from Scarface is more than just a coincidence.
For one thing, FNM did a cover of the theme from Scarface during their reunion tour, so they're definitely at least aware of the link. I think this song is about paranoia. This is represented by Budd Dwyer', a man who went from being a respected politician to killing himself on live TV, and Tony Montana in Scarface going from a drug kingpin where the world was his, to his entire world falling down around him and ending up dead in a pool of blood in his own home, due to paranoia leading him to make the wrong decisions.
The lyrics "oh, What I would give for your eyes/I've Seen it all before You'd never blink again Seen it all before" reflect the theme of paranoia brilliantly.
thanks for the first response, not many know of this song... ill try to update the lyrics
Its definetly about Budd dwyer. the guy who shot himself in a live press conference. thats the sample they use in the song.
we need to get rare fnm songs like this the big kahuna, I wonf forget you, hippy jam song, etc. into rotation
Yeah definately, i reacon some of their rarer songs are some of their best. like this one. i love the 'aim fire' at the begining and the elephants it reminds me of a military campaigne which kinda ties into the 'world is yours' idea. its pretty unrelated to the rest of the song though
This is my fav song ever can someone please correct the lyrics though?
Are the elephants considered percussion or brass?
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