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.
Only bored as I get older
Find the ways to (cult)
Cult of time
Only bored as I get older
Find new ways to spend my time
I'm a gold digging man
Find my money, find my land
I'm a gold digging man
I won't rest 'til I buy your land
In sweetness comes suffering
I won't rest till I can't breath
I can't breath with you
Looking at me
I get bored as I get older
Can you help me figure this out?
Come on, come on
"I lived on a table, I don't know where to go.
I know my friends would,
I know where my friends are now.
I lived on a farm, yeah.
I never lived on a farm.
Where did my friends go?
Where did my friends go?"
What do you do when you're sleeping?
Where do you go when you said:
"I don't need nobody on my bond"
"I don't need nobody on my bond"
Where do your friends go?
Where do they see you?
What did you want to be?
Ah shut the hell
Shut your mouth
Find the ways to (cult)
Cult of time
Only bored as I get older
Find new ways to spend my time
I'm a gold digging man
Find my money, find my land
I'm a gold digging man
I won't rest 'til I buy your land
In sweetness comes suffering
I won't rest till I can't breath
I can't breath with you
Looking at me
I get bored as I get older
Can you help me figure this out?
Come on, come on
"I lived on a table, I don't know where to go.
I know my friends would,
I know where my friends are now.
I lived on a farm, yeah.
I never lived on a farm.
Where did my friends go?
Where did my friends go?"
What do you do when you're sleeping?
Where do you go when you said:
"I don't need nobody on my bond"
"I don't need nobody on my bond"
Where do your friends go?
Where do they see you?
What did you want to be?
Ah shut the hell
Shut your mouth
Lyrics submitted by moonmaster
He Would Have Laughed Lyrics as written by Bradford Cox
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can someone explain to me how this relates to Jay Reatard?
Its all pretty abstract but this is what I take from it:<br /> <br /> Jay Reatard seemed like a way restless guy (only bored as I get older) and was a totally relentless performer/musician (I won't rest til I can't breath). His music has a brazen confidence and sort of this brutal undercurrent to it too. Even when he was fucking around with mellower sounds, it has an effortless quality; like yeah, I can do something in this style too and do it better than the people who turned me on to it (i'm a gold diggin man / i won't rest til I buy your land).<br /> <br /> Like a lot of brilliant performers, he seemed to relish being center of attention. Yet the guy also seemed to have major issues dealing with the same attention and people in general (sweetness cum suffering / in sweetness comes suffering / I can't breath with you / looking at me). A cliched contradiction but yeah we all know people like that.<br /> <br /> I think the last third of the song is when things get real dark, its sung pretty much like a drunken rant and runs in and out of coherence (i lay on a table / i lived on a farm, yearh / i never lived on a farm). Jay's entire band quit one day while on tour 3 months before he died (where did my friends go / I don't need nobody on my bond), his reaction on twitter was: "Band quit! Fuck them! They are boring rich kids who can't play for ahit anyways ... Say hello to your ugly and boring wifes opps I mean lifes guys suck it" The last part of the song sounds to me like Jay all fucked up, burned up by his own ambition and dying alone.<br /> <br /> I didn't know Jay at all or even his real name so what a load of bullshit for me to write but I'm talking more about the persona that came through in the media and this song rather than the actual person, obv. only people who knew him would know whats for real.<br />
Is there an interview where bradford cox connected Jay Reatard to this song?