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Stadium Love Lyrics
Wanna make a bet
Will be making it
Taking off the gloves.
Spider verses bat
Tiger verses rat
Rabbit verses dove
Wanna make a bet
Odds are neck and neck
Taking off the gloves.
Spider verses bat
Tiger verses rat
Owl verses dove
Every living thing
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Wanna make a trade
Cougar for a snake
Wanna fall in love.
Wanna make a deal
Angel verses eel
Owl verses dove.
Every living thing
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
Will be making it
Taking off the gloves.
Spider verses bat
Tiger verses rat
Rabbit verses dove
Odds are neck and neck
Taking off the gloves.
Spider verses bat
Tiger verses rat
Owl verses dove
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Cougar for a snake
Wanna fall in love.
Wanna make a deal
Angel verses eel
Owl verses dove.
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love.
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo
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The ACTUAL lyrics:
Wanna make a bet We'll be neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Rabbit versus dove
Wanna make a bet Odds are neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Owl versus dove
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess you thought You couldn't just watch No one's getting out
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, without stadium love Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, without stadium love
Wanna make a trade Cougar for a snake Wanna fall in love Wanna make a deal Angel versus eel Owl versus dove
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess you thought You couldn't just watch No one's getting out
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, without stadium love Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, without stadium love
Oh-oh-ooooo, Oh-oh-ooooo
We've got stadium love
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, we've got stadium love
Stadium... love Stadium... love, love, love, love...
This article is posted in Metric's Official Site. Emily explains the meaning of Stadium Love:
“I had just gotten back from Coachella, and I walked into the studio and noticed on the bulletin board that Joules had written ‘spider vs bat,’ i think he had been obsessively watching all these National Geographic animals-fighting-each-other-videos in his hotel room. For me, that phrase triggered an entire narrative that was about a gladiator-style enormo-dome where everything turns in on itself, with every form of aggression on display for spectators: monster trucks ramming into each other, bull fighting, sweaty men wrestling. And then you have these animals completely disconnected from the logic of their natural habitat, so you have a swan pecking the shit out of an elephant and pigs biting the necks out of tigers, and bats attacking spiders. And then in the seats, the spectators are kicking the shit out of each other too. There’s this completely blurred line between spectator and participant, and we’re all trapped in this fucked up Noah’s Ark. The images came to me all at once, and I wrote the lyrics on the spot.”
Dang, and here I thought it was about Pokemon.
I love how Emily's voice sounds when she sings "Every living thing pushed into the ring, fight it out to wow the crowd."
After hearing this song a number of times I have a good feeling it could very well be about Pokemon. Animals, fighting, trading. Its a stretch but if you think about it, it makes sense.
Just wanna say, this song is AMAZING live. I saw them in MPLS last june. Before they ended with this song, Emily talked about how humans were systematically destroying the natural world. I know she gave an explanation in an interview, but today this interpretation dawned on me.
Wanna make a bet We'll be neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Rabbit versus dove
Wanna make a bet Odds are neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Owl versus dove
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess he thought We could just watch But no one's getting out.
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess he thought We could just watch But no one's getting out.
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living...
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living things. Just my interpretation but I think it works.
hmm, out of all the new songs this is my least favourite, no offence! I do love Metric!
really? i love the verses of this it sounds so siiiick.
"without stadium love" in every chorus except for the last. ;)
Fabulous party song. I would dance my ass off to this in a bar.