| Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| BTW, for a song about dealing with the pressures of stardom and the music industry, see "Future Foe Scenarios" | |
| Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is about being in a relationship that is breaking up. "When you see yourself in a crowded room, Do you think I'll snitch? Are you pistol whipped? Will you step in line or release this glitch? Do you think she'll sleep with the panic (switch)?" -- here, the writer is describing being in a room with someone with whom he/she is cheating. The writer is wondering if the cheating partner thinks his/her conscience will get to him/her and that the writer will blow the whole thing by telling his/her significant other. Then, the writer is wondering if the cheating partner will keep things on the down low, or will this person "release the glitch". Is this person going to hold his/her finger over the button that could detonate the writer's entire relationship. ** I keep emphasizing "the writer" because all of the songs are credited to SSPU, so we're never really sure who wrote which song/line |
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| Silversun Pickups – Future Foe Scenarios Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it's about how a band that is on the rise may find that some of their friends and "indie" counterparts are not stoked for them. "this revolution baby proves who you work for lately who do you work for baby and does it work for you lately" The revolution being the indie rock scene of Siverlake, Los Angeles, CA. Signing with a label would be who one "works" for. The song seems to describe when they discovered that some of their old friends, who they may have been very close to, may not be supportive of their move into the big time. "That's when it turned on me where bobby pins hold angel wings it's alright " Hence, "and there's no way to know our future foe scenarios" |
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| Silversun Pickups – There's No Secrets This Year Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Or leaving one's significant other to go away on tour, feeling guilty about doing so | |
| Silversun Pickups – It's Nice to Know You Work Alone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Levees breaking and stained pillowcases. Hmm, I think we're talking about uncontrollable crying. | |
| Silversun Pickups – It's Nice to Know You Work Alone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| no, that's Nicki and Brian switching off on vocals | |
| Silversun Pickups – Common Reactor Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| What about if it was the child who was abandoned, perhaps by a mother/grandmother/sister who passed away? The feeling of helplessness what may overwhelm someone when you cannot stop their death? | |
| Silversun Pickups – Catch and Release Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song is about an illicit hookup. The line, "hope its truly worth the parting" seems to indicate that this hookup will be the death of another relationship. The line "do you see how the wind in your hair now feels differently" might be meant to describe the feeling of being with a new partner, or perhaps how this hookup reminded the writer of what sensations were like when he/she was single. | |
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