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.
I really love this age, it truly is sublime
In every high street shop it's disco music time
Marketed rebellion is just another case
Of walking up the high street with shrapnel in your face
It's a snack crack
Try snack crack
Snack crack
Ooh snack crack
We've come such a long way from fishes in the slime
To monkeys at the zoo, well now it's feeding time
Twenty-four hour drinking, what were they thinking?
CCTV cameras catching your good kicking
Snack crack
It's snack crack
Try snack crack
Mmm snack crack
To be rich and famous would suit you just fine
To speak with David Bowie in martian and in mime
Big Brother on the telly is just another case
Of lying on the sofa with a moron in your face
Snack crack
Snack crack
Try snack crack
Yeah snack crack
Here's a little sweetie to rot your perfect teeth
Here's instant credit to help you have belief
This is marketed pop and we're building all the time
But to love mediocrity isn't such a crime
Snack crack
Mmm snack crack
Love snack crack
Yeah snack crack
So that's a little story now we're running out of time
The ice caps are melting but the weather's looking fine
Identikit addiction is just another symptom
Of six billion people causing too much friction
Snack crack
Yeah snack crack
Love snack crack
Oh snack crack
My shoes are made by children on the other side of earth
They don't get a piss break but I think it's worth it
Looking cool and talking black is just another case
And if they direspect you slap your bitch's face
Snack crack
Snack crack
Snack crack
Snack crack
In every high street shop it's disco music time
Marketed rebellion is just another case
Of walking up the high street with shrapnel in your face
It's a snack crack
Try snack crack
Snack crack
Ooh snack crack
We've come such a long way from fishes in the slime
To monkeys at the zoo, well now it's feeding time
Twenty-four hour drinking, what were they thinking?
CCTV cameras catching your good kicking
Snack crack
It's snack crack
Try snack crack
Mmm snack crack
To be rich and famous would suit you just fine
To speak with David Bowie in martian and in mime
Big Brother on the telly is just another case
Of lying on the sofa with a moron in your face
Snack crack
Snack crack
Try snack crack
Yeah snack crack
Here's a little sweetie to rot your perfect teeth
Here's instant credit to help you have belief
This is marketed pop and we're building all the time
But to love mediocrity isn't such a crime
Snack crack
Mmm snack crack
Love snack crack
Yeah snack crack
So that's a little story now we're running out of time
The ice caps are melting but the weather's looking fine
Identikit addiction is just another symptom
Of six billion people causing too much friction
Snack crack
Yeah snack crack
Love snack crack
Oh snack crack
My shoes are made by children on the other side of earth
They don't get a piss break but I think it's worth it
Looking cool and talking black is just another case
And if they direspect you slap your bitch's face
Snack crack
Snack crack
Snack crack
Snack crack
Lyrics submitted by lesoldatperdu
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