Tron

To me this sounds all about fleeing a country. As a Greek I can see the similarity with the Greek crisis. People try to fix something broken and that will leave a big weight on our children. So it's better to just flee to a country with a better system.

That's my personal interpretation but the lyrics fit in fleeing a country for any reason. If you are sad about the situation in your country, you can (theorically) just flee to one that fits you more.

Away, away, from this system There is another country; A place we could, go... Away, away, from this system There is another country; A place we could, go... Away, away, from this system There is a flow of shock, by which I mean to say

Away, away, from this system There is another country; A place we could, go... Away, away, away, away, away, away, away... Background (We could go)

There's something wrong here, The children can't help you out There's something wrong here, The children can't help you out There's something wrong here, A compass can't help you out, There's something wrong here, The children can't help you out

Away, away, from this system There is a flow of shock, by which I mean to say Away, away, from this system There is a place we could, go Away, away, away, away, away, away, away...

Waste this all away!

There's something wrong here, The children can't help you out There's something wrong here, The children can't help you out There's something wrong here, A compass can't help you out, ??? - why don't we quiet down?

away, away, from this system, there is, another country place we could go

away, away, from this system, there is, a flower shop by which i mean to say

something won't heal, our children can't help you out

a compass can't help you out

A waste is a waste! A waste is a, waste is a, waste is a waste!

this love is foreign why don't you quiet down

Hah, after seeing the lyrics booklet, I was remarkably close... making changes now.

i thought this song is based on the film TRON

It might be to do with Global Warming, I thought. People are always saing we should look after the Earth for our children, and our children's children. The line "if something won't heal, our children won't help us out" relates to that maybe? Either that or to do with wasting something, or doing something for nothing.

I actually just read something, referenced in another Foals song, about an interview in which Yannis discusses mental illness in his family, and the therapy that the family went through to try to fix things. The impression I got is that his father is/was an emotionally distant person, and that Yannis was in danger of being the same way. I think this song addresses that, and also seem to alter between the thoughts of his father (trying to get away from what he viewed as a "system"), and either Yannis or the therapist(s), or perhaps both, in the verses and choruses, respectively. I get the idea from the chorus that his father believed once, or was told once, that having children would help him change. I think the line is mostly "something won't heal, children can't help you out, a compass can't help you out." Of course, this is just MY theory; only Yannis could tell us for sure.