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Blinded by the Lights Lyrics
Thats the one, Oy
How did he not find the baggy, with his hand in my shoe?
Way too close for me, ah well at least they allowed me through.
Should be a good night in here, Ramo in the main room,
people keep pushing me though, no reception on the phone.
And i'm thinkin'...
(Light are blinding my eyes)
They said they'd be here they said, they said in the corner,
and im thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
these look well speckly, bit of green and blue,
freeze is well cheap though, so i'll take three if i need to.
Right im on the plan, i wish the bouncers would go away,
borrow water off this man, here goes nothing OK,
and i'm thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
Thats proper rank, that tastes like hairspray
And i'm thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
I hate coming to the entrance, just to get bars on my phone,
you have no new messages, so why haven't they phoned?
Menu, write message, so where are you and Simone?
Send message, dans number, where've they gone?
And im thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
Why's the message pending? where the fuck are ya?
And i'm thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
Hmm, brandy or beer? Waters a good idea,
wish that bar lady'd appear; and come serve over here.
where the fuck could they be? still not over in the corner,
this nights a tragedy, i keep thinking i saw her.
and i'm thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
No thats not them, thats not them either...
And i'm thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
I'm still not feeling anything, this has got to be a dud.
It's been ages since i necked it, and smoked six tabs too n'all.
Belly's not even tingling, i just feel a bit pissed..
No-one looks like minglin', i cant see her or him..
And im thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
I'm gonna do another i think. Yeah, one more, these are shit.
And i'm thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
These toilets are a piss take, queue's bigger than the door.
Gotta get rid of this pill taste, what are they chattin so much for?
Glad i'm not a girl in this place, they'll be here til dawn.
Sure my belly's tingling a bit, somethings happening im sure.
And im thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
Maybe i shouldnt have done the second one, i feel all fidgety and warm...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
Whoa, everything in the room is spinning, i think i'm going to fall down,
my heart's beating to quick, i'm fucking tripping out.
I wonder whether they got in, turned away no doubt.
Who cares, this is a tune coming in, that who where hes like..
im thinkin'...
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
My eyes are rolling back, i'm rubbing my thighs with my hand.
And i'm thinkin'...
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
Yeah yeah they cheer - can they see my hand in the air?
Need to wave 'em over here. Swear Simone's kissing Dan.
My head is twisted sever, body's rushing everywhere,
They could have texted me when they were near, but i'm fucked and i don't care.
(Lights are blinding my eyes)
What was i thinkin' about? Ah who cares, i'm maaaashed.
(People pushin' by, and walkin' off into the night)
Totally fucked, cant hardly fuckin' stand.
This is fuckin amazing; argh.
Song Info
Submitted by
machineofgod On May 04, 2004
More The Streets
Dry Your Eyes
The Irony Of It All
Fit But You Know It
Empty Cans
Don't Mug Yourself
This song is great, but definitely not about having a good time. He describes perfectly how you can feel really shit and lonely and paranoid in a club, but pills can overwhelm that feeling. It's like he's fighting against them because everything's wrong, but in the end just has to give in.
is it just me or does this song sort of have a weird eerie edge to it?
@pumkinhed 17 years later and I'm your first reply, I wonder if you forgot about this comment? Anyhow, the eerie edge probably comes from the use of flat notes by whoever produced the song. It's one of the things I've noticed from messing around with a piano is that if you switch from the white notes to the black notes or vice versa at just the right moment it can create a more darker, slightly off key sound that we associate with negative emotions. Of course I might be miles off but that's usually what causes it. Either that or...
@pumkinhed 17 years later and I'm your first reply, I wonder if you forgot about this comment? Anyhow, the eerie edge probably comes from the use of flat notes by whoever produced the song. It's one of the things I've noticed from messing around with a piano is that if you switch from the white notes to the black notes or vice versa at just the right moment it can create a more darker, slightly off key sound that we associate with negative emotions. Of course I might be miles off but that's usually what causes it. Either that or one of the oscillators on the synth has been slightly detuned.
4 words: fuckin' amazing
the synth dub in this song is killer and is such a late night jam. musically, nothing on this album can really compare (but empty cans comes in a close second) mike skinner outdid himself with beauty on this one.
"Maybe i shouldnt have done the second one, i feel all fidgety and warm..." a song about trying to meet up with some friends, probably his love interest, at a club and not finding them. in the mean time, skinner takes some pills and starts trippin' out.
with the storyline of this album (life is tough, find a girl, life gradually gets better, then a fade in love from the girl and evenutally a breakup) this is a nice in between events, chill song.
and a word about the last 2 tracks on the album, dry your eyes and empty cans: its a good way to sum up the end of a breakup, a very well-crafted, sad song about lost love, and then an angry angst-filled revenge-type song reolving into a rather nice string piece of realization of actions and that everything is ok. just something me and my friend talked about in the car while listening to this album.
oh yea, should be "2 words" or "this is fuckin' amazing"
whatever
weak become heroes of the new album innit, juss this is right in the club, the other remenissing bout the clubs - best tunes on each album 2
Skinner describes his trip perfectly.
Anyone who didnt know what its like before, does now.
this song is just another brilliant one off the album. this is 1 of the best albums i've heard in along time
Describes how you feel on one of them brilliant drug fueled night
ha ha a good old E trip...he decribes evrything perfectly
I saw the video for this song, amazing and kind of sad. Evidently Dan is a friend and Simone is his girlfreind. If you want to go see it just google 'The Streets' and one of the first couple links has the video.