This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
forget your court date
lock me away, the world waits
cuffs cut deep to the bones
we're trying to sleep, we're trying to sleep
i hope these hands, WOAHH-OHH-OHH
can turn back time
and time to be again and we're losing this one,
but still i'm sane
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x6
you stole tapes and a flashlight
on a summer night from my car
i felt something in a lightning storm
with heavy rain and thunder like melted storm, yeah
when everything seems to wash away
i want to put just two feet on the
ground, ground, ground, ground, ground!
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x12
lock me up, officer
what a mistake i made
yea yeah, take me away
i say this to myself
close the door on myself
yea yeah, take me away
i felt something in a lightning storm
with heavy rain and thunder like melted storm, yeah
when everything seems to wash away
i want to put just two feet on the
ground, no, no, no, no!
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x12
lock me away, the world waits
cuffs cut deep to the bones
we're trying to sleep, we're trying to sleep
i hope these hands, WOAHH-OHH-OHH
can turn back time
and time to be again and we're losing this one,
but still i'm sane
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x6
you stole tapes and a flashlight
on a summer night from my car
i felt something in a lightning storm
with heavy rain and thunder like melted storm, yeah
when everything seems to wash away
i want to put just two feet on the
ground, ground, ground, ground, ground!
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x12
lock me up, officer
what a mistake i made
yea yeah, take me away
i say this to myself
close the door on myself
yea yeah, take me away
i felt something in a lightning storm
with heavy rain and thunder like melted storm, yeah
when everything seems to wash away
i want to put just two feet on the
ground, no, no, no, no!
yea yeah
yea yeah
yea yeah x12
Lyrics submitted by eyeswide_open
Yea Yeah Lyrics as written by Matthew Johnson Kimberly Schifino
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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d00d, correct me if you see anything, 'cause there were a few lines that i really had no idea about so i filled it with something that kinda sounded right and made a little sense.
and OMFG, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
oh, and this is what Matt said the song was about...
"I stress out really easily. I get bad anxiety. I get really stuck on things, like things you can’t control… It’s basically about not worrying about things you can’t change. I remember once I got this ticket for drinking on the street. And it was such not a big deal, but it was a Friday night and it ruined my whole night. I was like, “Man, what bad luck! I could’ve just waited another block and opened [the drink] when I got to the party.” Little things that just build up and bum me out— that’s what the song is about."
I found it interesting. Their music is composed so happy and this song has such a deep twisted meaning. It makes me remember a book by Camus called the Outsider. But they are really really happy through it all, which makes me happy. It reminds me alot of Happy Hardcore. But these guys are great like and indie punk rock. Kay, I hoped you enjoyed it too.
this song is so much fun live, matt and kim have a great energy about them.
"i want time to be a game" instead of "and time to be again"
alright, i fixed it. and thanks :]
Matt and Kim are so much fun that you dont even realize that the song is really deep.
I always thought the lightening part went "I found something in a lightening storm" not felt.
Other than that, I just think this song is about how ridiculous things can turn out before you know what has happened.
i thught the line "i want to put just two feet on the ground," was, " I walk here with just two feet on the ground"
and the line"lock me up, officer what a mistake i made" was, "lock me up, officer one mi-stake i made" and thats it
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