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The Go in the Go-For-It Lyrics
The talk- it got so loud
the songs cut out
well that's when i'd had enough
of all their talk and stuff
i had to bring it down
to more level ground
where my only company
is wind blowing through the leaves
my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it
when they expected that
they instead got this-
the broken but pretty mess
what they care i could care less
my farewell e-mail reads
farewell to thee
i'll pass through your world with ease
like wind blowing through the leaves
my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it
despite the facts ??
i shook my head and went
guess who lost the go in the go for it
the go in the go for it
the songs cut out
well that's when i'd had enough
of all their talk and stuff
to more level ground
where my only company
is wind blowing through the leaves
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it
they instead got this-
the broken but pretty mess
what they care i could care less
farewell to thee
i'll pass through your world with ease
like wind blowing through the leaves
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it
i shook my head and went
guess who lost the go in the go for it
the go in the go for it
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It reminds me of the feeling I have when I walk out on a job. You buy into all the corporate bull, or at least give the appearance of so doing, you have a real 'go for it' attitude. Then it just leaves you one day and you walk down the road. The contrast of being free "Like wind blowing through the leaves" and existing in their world of emails and faxes is one I've felt and sure many have. I appreciate there's a metaphorical meaning beneath this too. But this is the immediate interpretation.
i always like to think of this song as being about society in general: the world tries to brainwash you, the best way to deal with it is just to laugh and say you don't care. i know that that isn't what the song really means, but that's what it means to me.
I reckon it's about suicide.
I reckon it's about suicide.
Seems to be about the way the media percieves Grandaddy.
"when they expected that they instead got this- the broken but pretty mess what they care i could care less"
Self explanatory - Grandaddy don't care what the media are saying, good or bad, they just do what they love and that's the way it's gonna stay.. one of the many things i love about this band.
The line where the questions marks are is: "Despite the faxes sent"
...and by "questions marks" I mean "question marks."
oops. I promise I'm literate.
the lyrics contain a few references to earlier Grandaddy....
"A broken but pretty mess" = A Pretty Mess by This One Band (early E.P.)
"Farewell to thee" = "Fare Thee Not Well Mutineer" (rare g'diddy track)
also, I think the line is "Despite the fax I sent"....