This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Oh you know how it is
Wake up feeling blue
And everything that could be wrong is
Including you
Black clouds and rain and pain in your head
And all you want to do is stay in bed
But if you do that you'll be missing the world
Because it doesn't stop turning whatever you heard
If you do that you'll be missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah you know how it is
Wake up feeling green
Sick as a dog and six times as mean
You don't want to sing you don't want to play
You don't want to swing you don't want to sway
All you want to do is nothing
On a day like today
But if you do that you'll be missing the world
Because it doesn't stop turning whatever you heard
If you do that you'll be missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and have some fun
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and get it on (on, on, on)
Get up get out and get gone (gone, gone)
You have to get up get out and get living
Yeah this is really it
So you know how it is
Wake up feeling gray
Nothing much to think and nothing much to say
Don't want to talk don't want to try
Don't want to think don't want to know
Who what where when or why
Oh but you do that and you're missing the world
Yeah it's happening right now whatever you heard
You do that and you're missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and have some fun
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and get it on (on, on, on)
Get up get out and get gone
You have to get up get out and get living
Yeah this is really it
Wake up feeling blue
And everything that could be wrong is
Including you
Black clouds and rain and pain in your head
And all you want to do is stay in bed
But if you do that you'll be missing the world
Because it doesn't stop turning whatever you heard
If you do that you'll be missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah you know how it is
Wake up feeling green
Sick as a dog and six times as mean
You don't want to sing you don't want to play
You don't want to swing you don't want to sway
All you want to do is nothing
On a day like today
But if you do that you'll be missing the world
Because it doesn't stop turning whatever you heard
If you do that you'll be missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and have some fun
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and get it on (on, on, on)
Get up get out and get gone (gone, gone)
You have to get up get out and get living
Yeah this is really it
So you know how it is
Wake up feeling gray
Nothing much to think and nothing much to say
Don't want to talk don't want to try
Don't want to think don't want to know
Who what where when or why
Oh but you do that and you're missing the world
Yeah it's happening right now whatever you heard
You do that and you're missing the world
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and have some fun
You have to get up get out and get gone
Yeah get up get out and get it on (on, on, on)
Get up get out and get gone
You have to get up get out and get living
Yeah this is really it
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Amazing
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
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I'd like to comment thank you. I hear this song and I hear a beautiful, uplifting and inspiring quality. My first thought is that the song deals with feelings of depression and hopelessness and it tells you directly, almost aggressively that life is, well, alive so why feel like death when you could discover the world, even if you encounter sorrows more often then happiness.
I figured out a little thing he adds at the end on Wild Mood Swings... it's barely audible but it's funny. I think he says, "It's got to be jazz, that's what she wants."
Yeah... i find this song so selfbuilding and optimistic!
I agree w/ all esp, ming ming and sorrywrongnumbah. This is one of my inspiration songs. It motivates me to want to do something instead of laying around and being lazy. I love when Robert says "All you want to do is NOTHING"!!!!!! I also love when, near the end, he says "it's happening right NOW" I love the way he pronunciates...Love this song, it rocks!
why,arent people commenting...it makes me sad owell...
I completely agree with ming ming. Whenever I want to wallow in self-pity and think that nothing will ever get better, I put on "Gone!" and it's instant motivation. Robert's saying that things will never improve unless you do it yourself, and that's damn right.
I have to agree that all of the above comments are correct, however, I just wanted to add that the line:
"NOTHING MUCH TO THINK AND NOTHING MUCH TO SAY DON'T WANT TO TALK DON'T WANT TO TRY DON'T WANT TO THINK DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN OR WHY..."
has to definitely be about not wanting to go to school, considering the "who what where when or why" line.
@curefan919 - if you look at the context it's in I have to disagree... I think he's talking about the overal disinterest in everything depression causes...<br /> <br /> o/' so you know how it is / wake up feeling gray / nothing much to think and nothing much to say / ... o/'
Easily the highlight of the Wild Mood Swings album. Kind of odd lyrics for The Cure, but it's a good song all the same.
This song has the same meaning as Doing The Unstuck on the album Wish.
"That it's never too late To get up and go..." (Doing The Unstuck)
"If you do that you'll be missing the world You have to get up, get out and get gone!" (Gone!)
The basic message: Life is too short so just get on with it!
wild mood swings should have been an EP not LP. it has great songs and some b-sides anyway this is one of my favortite. not only is the use of the horns a great sound but the message is so uplifting. you can't just sit around feeling sorry for yurself because the world doesn't stop for you. you have to make it happen. you have to get up, get out and get gone. shake off those blue feelings, take a couple xanax and get happy. i was in a love triangle around the time WMS was released. i always was feeling blue bc i ws in love witha married woman who ws my girlfriend before she got married. so i decided to follow the cure on the east coast at the end of the tour. and this was my motto. i even put letter stickers n my truck that said, get up, get out and get gone. i loved it. i got to see them play plainsong in VA for the first time since the disintegration tour. plus the last two shows at radio city music hall were incredible. after wish i thought they were done but after seeing WMS tour i knew robert had much more to give. what's funny is the albany NY show was 9-11-96. kind of a wierd date. i still have a poster with the date on it that i tore off the venue wall. i sold videos to get from city yo city. jube productions were my videos. always sold with a nice cover and good quality and i thank the people that made that trip possible