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Fire Eye'd Boy Lyrics
Until the day you die, you'll always admit
That you were right, you were right
About all those things
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Until the day I die, Columbia I blame
Let us burn, back to life
To do it all again
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, gets his ass whipped
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, gets his ass whipped
That you were right, you were right
About all those things
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
Let us burn, back to life
To do it all again
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, gets his ass whipped
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy give em all the slip
Fire eyed boy, give em all the slip
If you gonna come, you better make it quick
Fire eyed boy, gets his ass whipped
Song Info
Submitted by
applesinmono On Oct 12, 2005
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I was listening to this today, in an excited and very competitive state.
I think the song is about an ambitious young person, ready to take on the world. He's "always right" and giving "em all the slip." And then at the end, the song wraps up by saying that the ambitions youngster doesn't really get that far.
Personally, I don't think this song is about drugs or hitler or anything that concrete - I think its more about the ideas of naivety and ambition.
I'm with you here, I just bought the self titled on vinyl the other day and the record slips are covered with what looks like kevin drew's notes/to do list on certain songs, and on Fire eye'd boy one of the notes says "Kill Peter Pan". Peter Pan being representative of an ambitious youth i guess.
I'm with you here, I just bought the self titled on vinyl the other day and the record slips are covered with what looks like kevin drew's notes/to do list on certain songs, and on Fire eye'd boy one of the notes says "Kill Peter Pan". Peter Pan being representative of an ambitious youth i guess.
kinda sad how an amazing song like this can lead to a bunch of low-minded people slinging insults at eachother about gender and theories... WHO CARES. just listen to the damn song and be happy, or whatever it is you are.
This song is beautiful.
This song is beautiful.
Fire Eyes = Proud/ Passionate personality?
Fire Eyes = Proud/ Passionate personality?
Columbia is a western province of canada, where the band is from.
Columbia is a western province of canada, where the band is from.
To me this song is about a young man (maybe in high school/ college?) who is a proud person and doesn't take shit from anyone, although this does lead him to get his ass whipped occassionally. He's a tough guy. He blames columbia (presumably his home-town) for his problems because he probably can't find anyone there who understands him...
To me this song is about a young man (maybe in high school/ college?) who is a proud person and doesn't take shit from anyone, although this does lead him to get his ass whipped occassionally. He's a tough guy. He blames columbia (presumably his home-town) for his problems because he probably can't find anyone there who understands him...
He's fired up and determined, but he keeps getting pushed down. We're all cheering for him to finally give em all the slip. What does Columbia I blame mean? This song is awesome.
This is definitely my favorite song off of the new album.
This song is so beautiful, love the band, love the music.
Catchy tune!
I think it's "you always had lived" instead of "you always had left"...
amazing
i really love how this song has such a catchy beat. my favourite on the album as well. i'm not too sure if the ending seems right though... hmm maybe just me
the video for this song is absolute genius