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.
What about the time?
You were rollin' over
Fall on your face
You must be having fun
Walk lightly!
Think of a time.
You'd best believe
This thing is real
Put away that gun
And this part is simple
Try to recognize
What is in your mind
God help us!
Help us lose our minds
These slippery people
Help us understand
What's the matter with him? (He's alright!)
I see his face (The lord won't mind)
Don't know no games (He's alright)
Love from the bottom to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
I remember when
Sittin' in the tub
Pulled out the plug
The water was runnin' out
Cool down
Stop acting crazy
They're gonna leave
And we'll be on our own
Seven times five
They were living creatures
Watch 'em come to life
Right before your eyes
Backsliding!
How do you do?
These slippery people
Gonna see you through
You were rollin' over
Fall on your face
You must be having fun
Walk lightly!
Think of a time.
You'd best believe
This thing is real
Put away that gun
And this part is simple
Try to recognize
What is in your mind
God help us!
Help us lose our minds
These slippery people
Help us understand
What's the matter with him? (He's alright!)
I see his face (The lord won't mind)
Don't know no games (He's alright)
Love from the bottom to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
I remember when
Sittin' in the tub
Pulled out the plug
The water was runnin' out
Cool down
Stop acting crazy
They're gonna leave
And we'll be on our own
Seven times five
They were living creatures
Watch 'em come to life
Right before your eyes
Backsliding!
How do you do?
These slippery people
Gonna see you through
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Slippery People Lyrics as written by Christopher Frantz Chris Frantz
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I agree with the analysis that this is a song about religion and the slippery people are religious leaders and the religious aspects of ourselves.
Further to what other people have said I think this song revolves arround the internal conflict between mans rational side and religious thinking that comes to many of us naturally as a coping mechanism for, among other things, the problems made by other religious people. So for instance the second versus starts out as this calm rational coping:-
"Put away that gun This part is simple Try to recognize What is in you mind"
but then when rationality reveals the woes of the world it degenerates into fleeing from rationality to relgion to cope with the religious:-
"God help us! Help us loose our minds These slippery people help us understand"
Then in the final verse we see the protagonist trying to cope with religion by consoling himself that it'll go away in time: -
"Cool down Stop acting crazy They're gonna leave And we'll be on our own"
before having a religious vision himself:-
"Seven times five They were living creatures Watch 'em come to life Right before your eyes"
Rebeling against this relgious thought which his rational side sees as a backward step: -
"Backsliding!"
Before acknowledging his vision, accepting it and getting on with his life with the help of his religion:-
"How do you do? These slippery people Gonna see you through"