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.
Ahh, hah, ha-ha ha-UHH-ah [Repeat: x 4]
Everybody let's go!
Little, Red, Riding, Hood, went riding on her bike
She got just a little distracted 'cause she see something she liked
Just because it ain't grandma's house don't mean that it's all good
'Cause no one cares, if she's in there, and the wolf's still in the woods
(Beautiful losers)
To you they might look beautiful, but they're rotten in the inside
(Beautiful losers)
When there's so much dirt up under the cupboard
There's a big ol' lump that can't hide, c'mon!
Here they go again, wearing disguises to a friend
Watch the bullets ricochet, off of the Hummer like
Blam ba blam, blam ba blam, hey hey
You know they won't succeed, you know relentless they will be
You should tell 'em clear the way
And tell 'em to step back, back ba back, hey hey!
[Chorus]
Kill joy, kill joy, a kill joy, a kill joy
Watch them bullets ricochet like
Blam ba blam, blam blam ba blam blam
Kill joy
Everybody let's go!
Think back when you've met them, you'll see it in their glances
That's the seed, that led to trees, which eventually led to branches
Cold, as a snowball, downhill to avalanches
Believe you me when the world is coldest when the devil does his dances
(Beautiful losers)
Don't you wonder why, you always end up in last?
(Beautiful losers)
Well I will bet you anything, that it's come up from you past
Wake up little boy, there's no spaceship here employed
Cause that they shut away, like
Damn da damn, damn da damn, hey hey
You're impoverished at your knees
But you gotta stand up and face the fees
And that's when you say, get your shoulder up
Dap ta dap, dap ta dap, hey hey
[Chorus]
Ahh, hah, ha-ha ha-UHH-ah [Repeat: x 4]
Everybody let's go!
[echoes]
Kill joy
An N-E-R-D film, starring... YOU!
Also starring, HIM
Color provided by, "Seeing Sounds"
Good night
Ahh-Aww!!!
Everybody let's go!
Little, Red, Riding, Hood, went riding on her bike
She got just a little distracted 'cause she see something she liked
Just because it ain't grandma's house don't mean that it's all good
'Cause no one cares, if she's in there, and the wolf's still in the woods
(Beautiful losers)
To you they might look beautiful, but they're rotten in the inside
(Beautiful losers)
When there's so much dirt up under the cupboard
There's a big ol' lump that can't hide, c'mon!
Here they go again, wearing disguises to a friend
Watch the bullets ricochet, off of the Hummer like
Blam ba blam, blam ba blam, hey hey
You know they won't succeed, you know relentless they will be
You should tell 'em clear the way
And tell 'em to step back, back ba back, hey hey!
[Chorus]
Kill joy, kill joy, a kill joy, a kill joy
Watch them bullets ricochet like
Blam ba blam, blam blam ba blam blam
Kill joy
Everybody let's go!
Think back when you've met them, you'll see it in their glances
That's the seed, that led to trees, which eventually led to branches
Cold, as a snowball, downhill to avalanches
Believe you me when the world is coldest when the devil does his dances
(Beautiful losers)
Don't you wonder why, you always end up in last?
(Beautiful losers)
Well I will bet you anything, that it's come up from you past
Wake up little boy, there's no spaceship here employed
Cause that they shut away, like
Damn da damn, damn da damn, hey hey
You're impoverished at your knees
But you gotta stand up and face the fees
And that's when you say, get your shoulder up
Dap ta dap, dap ta dap, hey hey
[Chorus]
Ahh, hah, ha-ha ha-UHH-ah [Repeat: x 4]
Everybody let's go!
[echoes]
Kill joy
An N-E-R-D film, starring... YOU!
Also starring, HIM
Color provided by, "Seeing Sounds"
Good night
Ahh-Aww!!!
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Kill Joy Lyrics as written by Pharrell Williams
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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