Take your payroll
And your lottery
There's a place I know
There's a robbery
And I swear I'll never tell
If you swear you'll never tell
And we'll all make out so well
We will all make out so well
Head on with my hate
Into the lights ahead
I'm amazed that I'm still standing
And I demand that we all blend in
I'm amounted
Just the same old
Glitter story
From the sea floor
Metamorphosis
And I can't change back for you
I will not change back for you
I must live in skin that's new
I'm a livid skin that's new
Head on with my hate
Into the lights ahead
I'm amazed that I'm still standing
And I demand that we all blend in
I'm amounted
Turn your insides out to the outside
Turn the outside in to the inside
Trade your outside in for the inside
Turn it around again
Turn your insides out to the outside
Turn the outside in to the inside
Trade your outside in for the inside
Turn it around again
I'm amounted
And I can't change back for you
No I can't change back for you
And your lottery
There's a place I know
There's a robbery
And I swear I'll never tell
If you swear you'll never tell
And we'll all make out so well
We will all make out so well
Head on with my hate
Into the lights ahead
I'm amazed that I'm still standing
And I demand that we all blend in
I'm amounted
Just the same old
Glitter story
From the sea floor
Metamorphosis
And I can't change back for you
I will not change back for you
I must live in skin that's new
I'm a livid skin that's new
Head on with my hate
Into the lights ahead
I'm amazed that I'm still standing
And I demand that we all blend in
I'm amounted
Turn your insides out to the outside
Turn the outside in to the inside
Trade your outside in for the inside
Turn it around again
Turn your insides out to the outside
Turn the outside in to the inside
Trade your outside in for the inside
Turn it around again
I'm amounted
And I can't change back for you
No I can't change back for you
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The verses tell of Dave shedding the things that distracted himself from being the real him. The chorus is Dave saying that he's surprised that he's still able to go on with all of the things life has thrown at him and maybe that's where the cynicism of this new skin comes from. He demands that we all blend in and stop being so fake.
The last part of the song that starts with 'turn your insides out to the outside' is what made it so concrete for me. Switch the person you are inside of you that you might hide from others for the person you give to people, the outside person that doesn't offend or cause any waves. Trade your inside out for the outside, turn your insides out to the outside, etc., etc.
Also, the live-in skin is the skin where you're yourself and you can't change back for anyone, you won't change back for anyone, you're a live-in skin that's new.
And, of course, when I say Dave, I don't mean him in particular, I mean the narrator he's writing for, if that be him or if it was just an idea.
Take your payroll and lottery, could refer to the fact that Dave worked hard for his money from Nirvana, but it was also a matter of luck that he was in a successful band like Nirvana, the robbery was Kurt's death and so he takes the money from Nirvana and Starts the Foos, but doesn't want to ride on the back of Nirvana's success, I swear I'll never tell.
Head on with my hate, Dave hated all the constant referrals to Nirvana and the accusations that he had no right to be writing and playing after Kurt's Death, into the lights ahead, stage lights. I amazed that I'm still standing and demand we all blend in.
Dave is amazed he has a chance to continue doing what he loves and wants the Foo fighters to be recognized as a Band.
This is a killer song even. if I got it wrong
really great song tho, and i have no idea what it means, other than something about some big money-making scheme.
I'm amounted, All Dave's experience from Nirvana and his musical experience have amounted to where he is at in the the Foo Fighters.