| Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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nice job lyricaljoy, after i read your comment i looked at the lyrics again. i love these lyrics, so simple and direct. i don't think he is about to shoot yet. its all still in his mind. he is sitting at home, smoking a cigarette, he has just found his dads old gun "in a box of fun things And I don't even know what" he is innocent, young, very deeply hurt and so angry! he holds the gun in his hand and finally feels powerful, he imagines being at school the next day. 1st verse is in 3rd person and future. he sees himself in the scene: "He'll (he will) look around the room, He won't tell you his plan" this cool cowboy kid with his cigarette and his gun sees "all other kids with the pumped up kicks" running from him now! in the 2nd verse he is back at home, looking at his cigarette , talking "Daddy works a long day He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late And he's bringing me a surprise" he knows he is going to get beaten "Because dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice" he was supposed to take the frozen dinners out and he isn't going to. he has waited for a long time for this, to stand up to his dad. now he is ready. "I reason with my cigarette And say your hair's on fire You must have lost your wits, yeah" i love this, in all innocence he projects himself onto his burning cigarette and says what he knows is true. "your hair's on fire and you must have lost your wits, yeah" for those who think this song sets a bad example kids, i disagree. this is not a song that glamorizes guns, violence or abusive behavior (as some do). this is a song about the overwhelming pain of a young boy. about what he is feeling and what he is thinking about doing. it doesn't make it seem cool to shoot up your class. it makes it look tragic. i don't think its just about a single event either. its about all of them. and its about anyone in this situation. i imagine most of us have felt overwhelmed and powerless at some point in our lives and fantasized about making it different, or covered it up very well! if anything i think this song could make someone that feels like this boy, feel less isolated by seeing that they are not alone in it. and hopefully choose a better path than some have chosen in the past. |
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