Something's wrong today
I cross the barricade
The police lines evaporate
What will I do with all this empty space
Seas part for my parade ?
Traffic stops to give me the right of way
How will I fill all this empty space
Just hold my breath and dive in

This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy

The hole is so big and the gap is so wide
Now you're humpin' me
With hip-hop beats every night
Put a cloud up over all I've done
And now I'm coming back
?

Hit the ball before they're gonna forget
No matter who I am
And see how low I can go
This beat could win me a grammy

This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy
This beat could win me a Grammy

In the hole all alone
I want a sympathy vote
I'll take a promenade
I'll take the scenic route
And I can't put a band aid over the ?
No matter who I am, I fucking am, just can't
Because I'm over remembering her
And her romeo
I wish I didn't know
This beat could win me a Grammy
Voices and memories
Like wind in dried grass
What will I do with all this broken glass
7 years of good luck
This beat could win me a grammy


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    The last couple lines ("Voices collaborate / Like wind in dry grass / What will I do with all this broken glass?") are a reference to T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men," lines 5-9: "Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats' feet over broken glass"

    "Hollow Men" takes place in a sort of purgatory/limbo "twilight kingdom" which is neither heaven nor hell, and is full of the denizens of the modern world who live empty/meaningless lives. The speaker of "Pop 1" is kind of in a similar situation, he sees everything (seas, traffic) weirdly making room for him so he has unimpeded movement, but his dominant feeling is of emptiness rather than freedom. His victories are meaningless.

    tommythecat42on August 13, 2011   Link

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