Horny Hippies

The first verse remind me of that one part in 1984, but that's probably not even close to what they were writing about. I don't really have anything productive to say other than I like this song :-/

Well, I take a look outside and see the pretty girls walk by*

I believe this song has to do with losing your virginity (or the lack of).

"We were walking down the block when we thought the bomb went off ...When we looked and we found that it hit some other crowd I was glad it wasn't us, yeah I was proud"

The narrator is explaining that the temptations to engage in sexual relationships are there and embraces the misconception that "everyone is doing it". He ends up being proud that he did not and has not given into that temptation/peer pressure.

"Yeah, I just stay in my home, in my home, in my home"

"I just stay in my home" = he's made the decision to wait.

"Cause I fall and I break just as easy as an egg Yeah, my shell isn't as hard as it seems"

Thinking you're tougher than you are.

"Well, I take a look outside at the pretty girls outside But I can't make myself say "Hi" because I'm scared"

This could be a shot at society's view of the perfect relationship. If someone wanting to enter into a relationship doesn't look like they came out of a storybook, society tends to frown upon them. This is where I get confused with my interpretation...I believe I have the first part right, but in this verse, I view the narrator conveying the message that he's been left out because he's feels like he would never be good enough for a woman he views as attractive and would probably be met with someone laughing in his face if he even tried. With that being said...

"Because I spend all this time all locked up inside It's the only place I know how to bare"

Adding onto what I said above, the narrator knows that if you don't try, you can't fail. He feels like nobody would understand, so he keeps his feelings about love/sex to himself.

"Cause you can go out and meet some girl you can't defeat And you think that she must be the one"

This statement reminds me of the saying, "true love is blind." It's when someone falls head-over-heels in love with another person and are left with thoughts that the other person can do no wrong. This usually leads to people moving too quick in a relationship, losing virginity, having kids, rushing into marriage, etc.

"Until you're walking down the isle and she takes away your smile Boy you wish you hadn't dialed before you wrung"

The narrator is upset that he moved too fast.

I don't know if I got close to the meaning, but this song has to be about sex and love in some way. Why would they call the song "Horny Hippies" if the song wasn't about sex?

Horny hippies i think refers to awkward kids trying to figure out how to date and find someone.

Interpretation as follows:

We were walking down the block when we thought the bomb went off And our hearts nearly stopped at the sound When we looked and we found that it hit some other crowd I was glad it wasn't us, yeah I was proud

• A group of friends in adolescence lose their innocence watching people around them get into relationships.

Cause I fall and I break just as easy as an egg Yeah, my shell isn't as hard as it seems When my insides gush out there's no telling what it's about When it'll stop, when it'll seed, when it'll bleed

• The vulnerability in entering a relationship, all the uncertainty and anxiety tied into it.

Yeah, I just stay in my home, in my home, in my home Yeah, I just stay in my home, in my home, in my home

• Best to stay home in fear of getting hurt.

Well, I take a look outside at the pretty girls outside But I can't make myself say "Hi" because I'm scared Because I spend all this time all locked up inside It's the only place I know how to bare

• You want to find someone, but you’ve become awkward from locking your self away, making this task infinity harder.

Cause you can go out and meet some girl you can't defeat And you think that she must be the one Until you're walking down the isle and she takes away your smile Boy you wish you hadn't dialed before you wrung

• You finally find someone, things are good then you get married and the relationship either fails or is tried in some sense and you regret even starting this venture.

Oh you should stay in your home, in your home, in your home Oh you should stay in your home, in your home, in your home

• should have stayed home where you cant get hurt.

Well they talk of your past, yeah they said it wouldn't last But they're running pretty fast back on their word It was gone for a while but it's coming back in style Better run back where you're from and join the mass

• Everyone around you is saying that your relationship will fail. Against all odds you get back together and move to the home town to start this cycle again with your own family and kids.

Yeah we'll just stay in our home, in our homes Yeah we'll just stay in our home, in our homes

• Stay home with your family sheltered from a cruel world.

To me personally, this song just resembles incredibly anxiety and loneliness, but not being fully aware of it. The first verse seem to be about an imminent danger, but in the context of the song I see the bomb as a metaphor for attention or a socially challenging situation. The singer is shocked until he realizes, it's not directed towards him. He's proud which doesn't make sense, if he's got nothing to do with it, which makes me believe he masks his inability to socially interact in certain situations as a conscious decision in order to guard himself from acknowledging his vulnerability. He has some awareness of it, but it's strange to him. He doesn't know, what will happen if he gives in to it, so he denies, ignores or avoids it.

The second verse gets more specific towards women and his inability to be in a relationship. Again, he's to anxious and at this point to inexperienced to even try it (also, I'm not a native speaker, but shouldn't it be "bear" instead of "bare"?). But while he's somewhat aware of this, he immidiately goes on to imagine a situation, where his success in finding love would lead to misery, masking the anxiety as conscious avoidance.

The third verse is about other people, telling him things will get better, things will change, only to realize that they don't. Maybe referring to similar problems that were there before, maybe even to some trauma that caused his social anxiety. He tried to battle it maybe when he became more aware of his anxiety, but he failed. And instead of keeping on trying, he escapes back into his lonesome ignorance in the comfort of his home.

The chorus summarizes this theme. He knows his solitude and social withdrawal may be the cause for his anxiety, at least a huge contributing factor. Yet he sees it as the only place to escape to, basically the only thing he can do, being stuck in this cycle and reinforcing his fears.

Obviously It could mean a whole lot other things and I heard what was relevant to myself and my situation :D great song anyways.