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.
Yeah
Two
Three
Four
I wanna be a champion
I wanna be best friends with Marilyn Manson and
Call my manager and tell him stop managing
Cause all the future plans they may all be cancelling then
I wanna drink so much that I can't stand up from where I'm sitting and
Do so much Coke, Dr. Pepper can't even out sniff me and
Even Santa Claus is just as real as a wrestler
I knew all my presents were in my mom's dresser
So, fuck being famous
I just wanna be hated
Fuck the generation
I just want to be sedated
Fuck being cool
Fuck the whole school
I wanna swim naked
So, I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'm spiking everybody's Kool-Aid
Buy a couple castles and make every bum a roommate
Keep it groovy
On a two way
Living loosely
But for Juicy
(Whatever goes here)
And they loving it like who say
Yours truly
(Idk)
Stay tripping like a suitcase
Don't shoot me
Sh-shoot me
Unless it's with your camera
In that case, it's spectacular
I'm seasoned like a calendar
(UH?)
They cleaner than a janitor
And I make em say AYE! like we in Canada
Cause I wanna be a champion
I wanna pop pop pop pop
More than Hanson did want to be
I wanna be Morisette than Alanis
Then I wanna spend at least a million bucks on cannabis
Don't wanna never ever ever stop being faded
Always rolling on tongues like R's in the Spanish language
R-rrrreal shit
Bear sing the hook and make them feel the shit!
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
Two
Three
Four
I wanna be a champion
I wanna be best friends with Marilyn Manson and
Call my manager and tell him stop managing
Cause all the future plans they may all be cancelling then
I wanna drink so much that I can't stand up from where I'm sitting and
Do so much Coke, Dr. Pepper can't even out sniff me and
Even Santa Claus is just as real as a wrestler
I knew all my presents were in my mom's dresser
So, fuck being famous
I just wanna be hated
Fuck the generation
I just want to be sedated
Fuck being cool
Fuck the whole school
I wanna swim naked
So, I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'm spiking everybody's Kool-Aid
Buy a couple castles and make every bum a roommate
Keep it groovy
On a two way
Living loosely
But for Juicy
(Whatever goes here)
And they loving it like who say
Yours truly
(Idk)
Stay tripping like a suitcase
Don't shoot me
Sh-shoot me
Unless it's with your camera
In that case, it's spectacular
I'm seasoned like a calendar
(UH?)
They cleaner than a janitor
And I make em say AYE! like we in Canada
Cause I wanna be a champion
I wanna pop pop pop pop
More than Hanson did want to be
I wanna be Morisette than Alanis
Then I wanna spend at least a million bucks on cannabis
Don't wanna never ever ever stop being faded
Always rolling on tongues like R's in the Spanish language
R-rrrreal shit
Bear sing the hook and make them feel the shit!
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be hanging from a streetlight
Singing out my favorite song
Singing out my favorite song
I can feel it in the air tonight
I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
I'll be skinny dipping in the summer
With nothing but a gold chain on
Screaming money ain't a thing
Everybody sing!
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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