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.
Columbia: It was great when it all begain
I was a regular Frankie fan
But it was over when he had the plan
To start a working on a muscle man
Now the only thing that gives me hope
Is my love of a certain dope
Rose tints my world keeps me
Safe from my touble and pain
Rocky: I'm just seven hours old
Truly beautiful to behold
And somebody should be told
My libido hasn't been control
Now the only thing I've come to trust
Is an orgasmic rush of lust
Rose tints my world and keeps me
Safe from my trouble and pain
Brad: It's beyond me
Help me mommy
I'll be good you'll see
Take this dream away
What's this?
Let's see
I feel sexy
What's come over me?
Woo! Here it comes again
Janet: Whoa, I feel released
Bad times deceased
My confidence has increased
Reality is here
The game has been disbanded
My mind has been expanded
It's a gas that Frankie's landed
His lust is so sincere
Frank: What ever happeed to Faye Wray?
That delicate satin draped frame
As it clung to her thigh,
How I started to cry
Cause I wanted to be dressed just the same
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure
Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh
Erotic nightmares beyond any measure
And sensual day dreams to treasure forever
Can't you see it?
Woah oh oh
Don't dream it be it
Don't dream it be it
Dr Scott: We've got to get out of this drap before this decadence saps our wills. I've got to be strong and try to hang on, or else my mind may well snap and my life will be lived for the thrills
Brad: It's beyond me
Help me mommy
God bless Lily St. Cyr
Frank: My my my my my my my my
My my my my my
I'm a wild and untamed thing
I'm a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me
Safe from my trouble and pain
We're a wild and untamed thing
We're a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me safe from my trouble and pain
We're a wild and untamed thing
We're a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me safe from my trouble and pain
Riff-Raff: Frank-N-Furter it's all over
Your mission is a failure
Your lifestyles too extreme
I'm your new commander
You are now my prinoser
We return to Transylania
Prepare the transit beam
Frank: Wait, I can explain.
I was a regular Frankie fan
But it was over when he had the plan
To start a working on a muscle man
Now the only thing that gives me hope
Is my love of a certain dope
Rose tints my world keeps me
Safe from my touble and pain
Rocky: I'm just seven hours old
Truly beautiful to behold
And somebody should be told
My libido hasn't been control
Now the only thing I've come to trust
Is an orgasmic rush of lust
Rose tints my world and keeps me
Safe from my trouble and pain
Brad: It's beyond me
Help me mommy
I'll be good you'll see
Take this dream away
What's this?
Let's see
I feel sexy
What's come over me?
Woo! Here it comes again
Janet: Whoa, I feel released
Bad times deceased
My confidence has increased
Reality is here
The game has been disbanded
My mind has been expanded
It's a gas that Frankie's landed
His lust is so sincere
Frank: What ever happeed to Faye Wray?
That delicate satin draped frame
As it clung to her thigh,
How I started to cry
Cause I wanted to be dressed just the same
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure
Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh
Erotic nightmares beyond any measure
And sensual day dreams to treasure forever
Can't you see it?
Woah oh oh
Don't dream it be it
Don't dream it be it
Dr Scott: We've got to get out of this drap before this decadence saps our wills. I've got to be strong and try to hang on, or else my mind may well snap and my life will be lived for the thrills
Brad: It's beyond me
Help me mommy
God bless Lily St. Cyr
Frank: My my my my my my my my
My my my my my
I'm a wild and untamed thing
I'm a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me
Safe from my trouble and pain
We're a wild and untamed thing
We're a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me safe from my trouble and pain
We're a wild and untamed thing
We're a bee with a deadly sting
You get a hit and your mind goes ping
Your heart'll thump and your blood will sing
So let the party and the sounds rock on
We're gonna shake it till the life has gone
Rose tint my world keep me safe from my trouble and pain
Riff-Raff: Frank-N-Furter it's all over
Your mission is a failure
Your lifestyles too extreme
I'm your new commander
You are now my prinoser
We return to Transylania
Prepare the transit beam
Frank: Wait, I can explain.
Lyrics submitted by warped1_02
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