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This town is full of monsters
Holding hands with other monsters
And attempting to be human beings
Shuffling around the shops
And waving at balloons
This town is full of monsters
Sitting on park benches
Eating little packets of sultanas
Licking chocolate off their chubby little fingers
And I don't know why it is they scare me
But they do
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that all my friends from school
Are turning into monsters
Picking patterns out for curtains
Making friends with all the other monsters
Pushing other little baby monsters Around the shops in prams
This town is full of monsters
Peeping out from under parks
In multi-storey car park
Evil little eyes like fairy lights
Blinking in the dark
This town is full of monsters
Making out with other monsters
Picking sweetcorn out of their teeth
Dipping yissy little fingers
In the pick n mix
And I don't even know why it is it scares me
But it does
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that the people I used to love
Are turning into monsters
Getting married having babies
Telling me how great their life is
And how happy I would be if I could
Just be more like them
Holding hands with other monsters
And attempting to be human beings
Shuffling around the shops
And waving at balloons
Sitting on park benches
Eating little packets of sultanas
Licking chocolate off their chubby little fingers
But they do
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that all my friends from school
Are turning into monsters
Picking patterns out for curtains
Making friends with all the other monsters
Pushing other little baby monsters Around the shops in prams
Peeping out from under parks
In multi-storey car park
Evil little eyes like fairy lights
Blinking in the dark
Making out with other monsters
Picking sweetcorn out of their teeth
Dipping yissy little fingers
In the pick n mix
But it does
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that the people I used to love
Are turning into monsters
Getting married having babies
Telling me how great their life is
And how happy I would be if I could
Just be more like them
Song Info
Submitted by
mute_air On Aug 11, 2005
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So there are adults .. being adults and families with children and this scares him, that idea of growing up. i adore this song. And i think the last line sums up the song pretty well. The thought that if he were to grow up and join them, he wouldn't be scared anymore, but rather happy...
I took it as the other people are telling him how happy he'd be if he grew up. Not him saying that.
Yeah, I think it's NOT him saying that. There are people growing up and being adults (or the harsher way of putting it would be "conforming") and he doesn't really blame them for doing that because they are just "attempting to be human beings" but he does blame them for "Telling me how great their life is/ And how happy I would be if I could/ Just be more like them ".
Anyway, this is one of my favourite The Boy Least Likely To songs.
I think you guys have got it. People around him are changing. Growing up too fast, maybe. He just wants to keep his innocence. I love the child-like charm on The Best Party Ever. Definitely one of their best songs.
Actually the band told me that this song is about the crazy town they grew up in, and the people in it. That could probably be interlinked with what you all said.
Hahaha, I love this song.
On the CD he says, "And pretending to be human beings." Which sort of messes with some of your "meanings".
I think there's an existencialist twist behind this song. It's not just about growing up, but being part of the system, being part of the crowd. It's about people giving more importance to things than to living ("picking patterns out for curtains"). Sad thing is that everyone eventually will turn into one of these money-hungry, consumerist "monsters".
good job paris! i agree :)
I thought this song was about halloween.