uh uh

ah ah

uh chaka oh taka taka
uh chaka oh taka taka
uh chaka oh taka taka
uh chaka uh uh

i guess i wasn’t feeling ok

i felt that space & time went back & forth & sideways

i’m putting out fires all over the place

i guess it knocked me sideways

oh

she made me go uh uh uh

uh

uh uh

uppercase and underlined

we are as prickly as a couple of porcupines

i’m putting out fires all over the place

pick a letter lower down the alphabet

oh

she made me go uh uh uh

uh

uh uh

oh sock it to me
oh sock it to me
oh sock it to me

i’m putting out fires all over the place

i guess it knocked me sideways

oh

she made me go uh uh uh

uh

uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

i spy with my little eye something beginning with c

i arrange my records alphabetically

i’m putting out fires all over the place

pick a letter lower down the alphabet

oh

she made me go uh uh uh

uh

uh uh uh uh uh uh uh


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    My Interpretation

    I think this song is about A, who is really geeky, organized and caught up in words and letters, playing childish games like I Spy and "arrang[ing] [his] records alphabetically". But then A meets B, who messes up his organized view of things and suddenly A "[is]n't feeling ok" and "time [goes] back and forth and sideways", indicating A's confusion. Maybe B is a rival, or an acidic love interest, as A says the two are "prickly as a couple of porcupines". This situation is disorienting and "knock[s] [A] sideways", but it also rouses/excites A to be around B, against all better judgment. Thus A has to "[put] out fires all over the place," trying to get rid of his attraction to B. This however does not work, as A can't deny that B really gets them off (the "she made me go uh uh uh" chorus).

    Overall, it's about accepting chaos in your life and understanding that you can't rationalize everything, especially when it comes to human passions/emotions.

    RosencrantzFuckedGuildensternon September 14, 2013   Link

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