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.
Early in the eighties
The break dancers were strong
But we destroyed their discos
The day and all night long
Our loudness was incredible
Our metal alcoholical
Zombies attacked us from behind
But we survived the Berlin nights
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
And then we joined the beer wars
Invasion chemical
We puked into the tour bus
The morning after smell
Our loudness was incredible
Our metal alcoholical
There knocked an alien at my door
Meaning of life? it asked me for
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
We won't be stone cold sober
Like our two faced manager
We do the tankard club tour
No groupies there at all
Our loudness is incredible
Our metal alcoholical
We still destroy all discos
The kings of beer are back, let's go
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly,
Fat and still alive
The break dancers were strong
But we destroyed their discos
The day and all night long
Our loudness was incredible
Our metal alcoholical
Zombies attacked us from behind
But we survived the Berlin nights
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
And then we joined the beer wars
Invasion chemical
We puked into the tour bus
The morning after smell
Our loudness was incredible
Our metal alcoholical
There knocked an alien at my door
Meaning of life? it asked me for
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
We won't be stone cold sober
Like our two faced manager
We do the tankard club tour
No groupies there at all
Our loudness is incredible
Our metal alcoholical
We still destroy all discos
The kings of beer are back, let's go
Ugly, fat and alive
Twenty years of thrash 'til death
Ugly, fat and alive
Bangin' 'til our final breath
Ugly, fat and alive
Always held the bottles high
Ugly, fat and still alive
Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly,
Fat and still alive
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fat and ugly yuk !!!!!!