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.
Oh Paddy put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Then neither am I, oh my oh my
Do your sums
Work out a fairer way
If it comes undone
Just paper over the cracks
And there ain't no turning back
Oh on The Sun
They make you out to be a tearaway
Comes undone
Ah I just spoke to Matt
Pat, they want the money back
Ah put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Oh my Oh my Oh my
Do your sums
Work out a fairer way
Can you play no fun
Oh what you think of that
Cause they wanted but
You better pipe down
You got the right sound
Put the pipe down
Oh my Oh my Oh my
Na, na-na, na-na
Oh Paddy put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Neither am I, oh my oh my
Oh Paddy put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's the right sound
Oh my Oh my Oh my
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Then neither am I, oh my oh my
Do your sums
Work out a fairer way
If it comes undone
Just paper over the cracks
And there ain't no turning back
Oh on The Sun
They make you out to be a tearaway
Comes undone
Ah I just spoke to Matt
Pat, they want the money back
Ah put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Oh my Oh my Oh my
Do your sums
Work out a fairer way
Can you play no fun
Oh what you think of that
Cause they wanted but
You better pipe down
You got the right sound
Put the pipe down
Oh my Oh my Oh my
Na, na-na, na-na
Oh Paddy put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's not the right sound
Neither am I, oh my oh my
Oh Paddy put the pipe down
If you got the right sound
If it's the right sound
Oh my Oh my Oh my
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Pipedown Lyrics as written by Patrick Walden Peter Doherty
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