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.
We love tinsel town
Plastic fantastic
I can feel it when you talk
See it when you walk that way
I'm gonna swim 'cross the ocean
In the black of night
You can never see the depths
Never reach the distant shore
Plastic fantastic
I really think it's cool
Children will be children
I don't wanna go to school
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it?
Plastic fantastic
Something you just gotta see
I'm a sc-fi baby of the twenty-first century
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it
Plastic fantastic, don't really need it
Look here right now
In my neighborhood
Yeah, got to do something
It's got to be something good
Burn, tiger, burn, run just as fast as you can
We're gonna build you a concrete jungle
Cause we don't really understand
It's a shame
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it?
Plastic fantastic, don't really need it
I know you from another world
You're everywhere in general
And no place in particular
I can feel it when you talk that way
Plastic fantastic
I really think it's cool
Burn, tiger, burn, run just as fast as you can
Plastic fantastic, something you just gotta see
I'm a sc-fi baby of the twenty-first century
That's me
Plastic fantastic, I can feel it when you talk
See it when you walk that way, bye bye
Plastic fantastic
I can feel it when you talk
See it when you walk that way
I'm gonna swim 'cross the ocean
In the black of night
You can never see the depths
Never reach the distant shore
Plastic fantastic
I really think it's cool
Children will be children
I don't wanna go to school
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it?
Plastic fantastic
Something you just gotta see
I'm a sc-fi baby of the twenty-first century
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it
Plastic fantastic, don't really need it
Look here right now
In my neighborhood
Yeah, got to do something
It's got to be something good
Burn, tiger, burn, run just as fast as you can
We're gonna build you a concrete jungle
Cause we don't really understand
It's a shame
Plastic fantastic, do ya believe it?
Plastic fantastic, don't really need it
I know you from another world
You're everywhere in general
And no place in particular
I can feel it when you talk that way
Plastic fantastic
I really think it's cool
Burn, tiger, burn, run just as fast as you can
Plastic fantastic, something you just gotta see
I'm a sc-fi baby of the twenty-first century
That's me
Plastic fantastic, I can feel it when you talk
See it when you walk that way, bye bye
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Plastic Fantastic Lyrics as written by Kevin Sean Mills James William Mitchell
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