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Some people are just all show
Well, I don't mind that if the show is worth watching
But it's all bark and no tree
What's more ironic than a hippie in Versace?
It's all peace and love and limousines
You got the right message, but the wrong intentions
How can you be touchy-feely when you've lost touch?
I think it's time we had a little intervention with you
Hey now, wake up
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
There's no better friends than the, the kind you pay
If they don't balance, great - then the door will keep revolving
It's a tight circle of the chosen few
Well, how'd you manage that with the recipe involving
Just a pinch of sweetness and a cup of angst?
Mix it all up - you're the all-purpose flour
Though it looks delicious, something smells bad
I don't think I'd last a half an hour with you
Hey now, wake up
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
What's it like to love you
When there's no one else above you
And no one gets to know you?
Well, who'll be there to show you (via satellite)?
It's like making love to a TV
It's kinda novel, but it's miles away from satisfying
Your hangers-on say it's a great deal
But what you're selling, there's no chance in hell that I'll be buying
Hey now, wake up
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
Well, I don't mind that if the show is worth watching
But it's all bark and no tree
What's more ironic than a hippie in Versace?
It's all peace and love and limousines
You got the right message, but the wrong intentions
How can you be touchy-feely when you've lost touch?
I think it's time we had a little intervention with you
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
If they don't balance, great - then the door will keep revolving
It's a tight circle of the chosen few
Well, how'd you manage that with the recipe involving
Just a pinch of sweetness and a cup of angst?
Mix it all up - you're the all-purpose flour
Though it looks delicious, something smells bad
I don't think I'd last a half an hour with you
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
When there's no one else above you
And no one gets to know you?
Well, who'll be there to show you (via satellite)?
It's kinda novel, but it's miles away from satisfying
Your hangers-on say it's a great deal
But what you're selling, there's no chance in hell that I'll be buying
And lose the makeup
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth
She makes you wanna know her
When you don't know what it's worth
Now you really wanna show her
How she's just so down to Earth (via satellite)
Song Info
Submitted by
eamon On Dec 22, 2006
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I really like this song, probably my favorite on this album. I think that this song has to do with a guy who sort of has a thing for this girl, but he knows that there are so many things wrong with her on the outisde it's going to be close to impossible to get to the inside. And maybe he keeps trying to show her that she really is more than just (idk, just a pretty face, shallow, etc.)
Great song, wonderful, whimsical lyrics, and just another great BNL song.
it feels as though they're writing about falling in love with a generic T.V celebrity who preaches peace and love but doesn't show these virtues in her actions ( What's more ironic than a hippie in Versace? /It's all peace and love and limousines...). After falling in love with her, he sees that it's not worth it to fall in love with what you've seen a million times (It's like making love to a TV...), but his friends don't believe him (Your hangers-on say it's a great deal...).
I love the driving beat and how the song screams to be in either an episode of Scrubs or in a teen chick-flick.
I think this is another great example of BNL pulling a random topic out of the blue that somehow people can relate to very well, and then writing a song about it. To me, this song seems to be about how you come to admire someone on TV because their character is something you'd love to have in a friend or girlfriend but then you realize how improbable everything is in the character's world and that the actor playing the character is probably has the same faults as those who surround you, and the actor does not even realize that perhaps they would be better off acting more like their character in real life.
Ok. The like "What's more ironic than a hippie in Versace?" makes my LIFE.
And the harmony in this one between Steve and Ed = fantasmic.
The album was total crap, but the line "What's more ironic than a hippie in Versace?" made this album a bit better.
spooky: damn it, you stole my line!
I've never been into this album much, too cryptical and multi-interpretable, easily getting lost. It's like decyphering the crayon drawings of a 38 year old high on crack.
Just love the "it's all bark...and no tree" line. Everyone hearing this for the first time will already have expected the line to be "it's all bark... and no bite" but BNL manage to take it somewhere completely different and still say something profound in the process.
This song really seems to be about Paris Hilton - or someone similar who is only popular for being popular...