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Fraud in the 80s Lyrics
Don't put your hand in the pockets that feed you
You might not get it out
Remember the weight of the yellowish night
No cat is for this dull world
I spent a long time trying to see through
People trying to call me out
Remember the weight of the glorious night
That's just so we drink it in
See the glow up above
See it glow telling us to reign the streets of London
Like the lords of other towns
The glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown
And you will surely find this news pleasing to your ears
See the glow up above
See it glow telling us it rained the streets of London
Like it pours on other towns
But the glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown
And you will surely find this news pleasing to your ears
You can surely try to be more alive
You might not get it out
Remember the weight of the yellowish night
No cat is for this dull world
People trying to call me out
Remember the weight of the glorious night
That's just so we drink it in
See it glow telling us to reign the streets of London
Like the lords of other towns
The glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown
See it glow telling us it rained the streets of London
Like it pours on other towns
But the glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown
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Submitted by
soy_sauce On Mar 29, 2006
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I'm not really sure what this song means, but I do know that it makes me increbibly happy and want to dance!
On Subterranean the band members said it was a dis track about new bands coming out that sound like 80's bands. They said these new bands were unoriginal and "no longer needed"... but I really don't see that in the lyrics at all.
I can see what Muffinhead is saying in te lyrics a little. For example, the first two lines "Don't put your hand in the pockets that feed you / You might not get it out" could be the band telling these pseudo-80's bands that it's ok to draw influence from 80's bands, but to be careful not to get too drawn into that and end up not being able to escape the 80's sound... or something (I'm bad at explaining things)
Also, the last line "You ould surely try to be more alive" is more evidence of this.
"I'm not really sure what this song means, but I do know that it makes me increbibly happy and want to dance!"
me too! this song is just magic...
yeah, i saw that this was a dis song. which in my mind makes it even bettter.. i just wonder who theyw ere talking about.. like which bands..
Fraud IN the 80s makes me think these "poser" bands aren't current bands but rather bands back then that tried too hard to be like bands that were big at the same time. Yikes, was that a run-on sentence or WHAT?! Heh
This song makes me think of cheerleaders jumping around dancing, anyway it certainly makes me happy too.