He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
We're trapped in the ribcage of a wilder beast.
Come join the feast.
Sit down at the head of the table
We'll eat our way out now
The orangutan is quite content, sipping its champagne.
The minotaur has lost its cool, it's time to start his reign.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Roll up, roll up,
I am your host.
The father, the son and the,
Holy ghost.
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
Ohhhhhh... Go!
I'm swinging from a chandelier
I'm swinging from a chandelier
I'm swinging from a chandelier
Let's crash the party!
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this night just fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this night just fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Come join the feast.
Come join the feast.
Come join the feast.
Sit down at the head of the table
We'll eat our way out now
The orangutan is quite content, sipping its champagne.
The minotaur has lost its cool, it's time to start his reign.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Roll up, roll up,
I am your host.
The father, the son and the,
Holy ghost.
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
I will not let you escape
Ohhhhhh... Go!
I'm swinging from a chandelier
I'm swinging from a chandelier
I'm swinging from a chandelier
Let's crash the party!
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this carcass fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this night just fit for a king.
Now raise your glass, let's make a toast.
Let's make this night just fit for a king.
Come join the feast.
Come join the feast.
Come join the feast.
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
The Night We Met
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
This song really could mean anything. It could be about a literal feast or party that is simply out of control where it appears as if animals were running the show. Or it could be about the nature of their music or shows, which are energetic, out of control, and fun. Regardless, you are invited to join them in the fun and live a little.
Those lyrics look a little off but oh well
I love this song
Seen it live twice and its amazing Especially when you're one of the few people that know it
Mint band
Isn't it "Rou is swinging from a chandelier" cause when thet play it live he swings on the light racks.
I'm amazed at how far this band have come in the past two years... when I first heard of them, they were playing at a school gig in my hometown (stevenage). We always knew they'd be famous someday :P
i'm sure he says 'i'm swinging' not Rob or Rou. It makes the most sense. I wish we had the proper lyrics :(
the [...] after "holy ghost" is "i will not let u escape" trust me i saw a live video and he says it soo clearly
We're trapped in the ribcage of our enemies (Come join the feast) ??? the head of a tight force Well, either way I'll know
The arangatang is quite content, Sipping his champagne The minotaurhas lost its cool, It's time to start his reign
So Raise your glass and make a toast Let's make this... So Raise your glass and make a toast Let's make this...
Roll up, roll up, I am your host The father, the son and the... holy ghost I am a leader again [repeat a few times]
I'm swinging from a chandelier I'm swinging from a chandelier I'm swinging from a chandelier
LET'S DRESS TO PARTY! (Live: Let's crash the party)
Come join the Feast COME JOIN THE FEAST Come join the Feast
love it! wakes me up in the mornin and puts me in the mood for raves! woot!
i have the demo version and the words are different
it's "now raise your glasses make a toast"