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.
Get on top
Get on top
Hit me (get on top), come get me
Oh, I bite but she bit me (get on top)
Gorilla cunt illa
Sammy D and Salmonella (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm an ass killer
You're ill but I'm iller (get on top)
I'ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock and
Set you up to get on top
(Get on top) complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) all in time
Right on
Get up (get on top), come sit up
I light but she lit up (get on top)
Grasshopper, show stopper
The life of a wife swapper (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm a big bopper
You do but I wopper (get on top)
Exterminate my cause
You want to draw some straws
Be the one to see my flaws
Make me bleed with painted claws
(Get on top) complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) all in time
Right on
(Get on top)
(Get on top)
Hit me (get on top), come get me
Oh, I bite but she bit me (get on top)
Speed baller, Rhodes Scholar
Bottom bitch and a bottom dollar (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm a free faller
You hoot but I holler (get on top)
I'ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock and
Set you up to get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Hit me (get on top), come get me
Oh, I bite but she bit me (get on top)
Gorilla cunt illa
Sammy D and Salmonella (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm an ass killer
You're ill but I'm iller (get on top)
I'ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock and
Set you up to get on top
(Get on top) complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) all in time
Right on
Get up (get on top), come sit up
I light but she lit up (get on top)
Grasshopper, show stopper
The life of a wife swapper (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm a big bopper
You do but I wopper (get on top)
Exterminate my cause
You want to draw some straws
Be the one to see my flaws
Make me bleed with painted claws
(Get on top) complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) all in time
Right on
(Get on top)
(Get on top)
Hit me (get on top), come get me
Oh, I bite but she bit me (get on top)
Speed baller, Rhodes Scholar
Bottom bitch and a bottom dollar (get on top)
Come with me 'cause I'm a free faller
You hoot but I holler (get on top)
I'ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock and
Set you up to get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Lyrics submitted by The Marine
Get On Top Lyrics as written by John Anthony Frusciante Michael Peter Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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