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We used to leave the blue lights on
And there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free
Faux punk fatigues
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done, no
None of them want to fight me
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
Get back in town
I want to paint it black
I want to get around
Easy living crowd, so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong, but
No one here wants to fight me, like you do
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
I try to be so nice
Compromise
Who gets it good?
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Beats me
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Combat baby, come back baby
Combat baby, come back
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby
Combat baby, come back
How I miss your ranting
Do you miss my all time lows?
And there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free
Faux punk fatigues
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done, no
None of them want to fight me
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
Get back in town
I want to paint it black
I want to get around
Easy living crowd, so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong, but
No one here wants to fight me, like you do
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
I try to be so nice
Compromise
Who gets it good?
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Beats me
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Combat baby, come back baby
Combat baby, come back
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby
Combat baby, come back
How I miss your ranting
Do you miss my all time lows?
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Well, yeah, I do believe it is about missing someone.
The song gives off an impression of two people who knew each other very well. I don’t think they engaged in fights like the ones we normally depict in our minds, but rather they challenged each other (not necessarily to prove superiority, but to introduce a new way to look at something). They were both individuals unlike everyone who were alike in that manner, but they constantly challenged each other because well, each had a creative way of thinking.
She misses being subjected to a new idea or being proved wrong. “I want to be wrong but No one here wants to fight me like you do”.
They were rebellious. And when I say rebellious, I don’t mean like the “let’s do drugs-let’s be anarchists-let’s blow shit up” type thing. They did things together that others wouldn’t normally take pleasure out of.
Hence the line:
“Get back in town, I wanna paint it black…”
I’m not suggesting that she wants to literally paint the town black. But the speaker in the song wants that person back in order to have fun again and do something crazy. Everyone around is probably dull and lacks vitality and they’re “faux punk fatigues”. If the other person was around they could “fight off the lethargy”.
I mean, I don’t know…maybe I’ve just been listening to it too much lately. Or it could be that’s nearly 2 in the morning and I lack caffeine.
most definately this is what the song is about. like, in my mind, i see a group of people that would have really heated intelligent debates, both testing the limits of their minds, and one day, for whatever reason, the "combat baby" leaves, perplexing his ex-lover, who is lost pining the diversity he brought to her life, even if it wasn't the healthiest.