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.
VERSE 1
Hillatoppa, hilla, hilla, hillatoppa,
Finish off a fifth of vodka, light it up and spit it on ya,
Man me and P-Dela got a hella proper,
Flow, see what I'm saying like a teleprompter?
And you could never stop us, fucking posers,
Appetite for destruction like Guns N' Roses,
We come like Moses, down from the Hilltop a,
Pain killer, pill popper, brain killer, slurring like,
Haim still a threat when we fill up a field,
Like an open air opera, sample a snare off a,
Vinyl they wanna take a piece like a sharecropper,
Stifle creativity, and its not fair fuckers,
Before you try this just know that you'd have better luck,
Trying to stare off a man with no eyelids,
This is a rare offer so take advantage,
A carnival of carnage climbing out your garbage,
Man we're off the hook like a carcass,
These bastards try and sell shares off an artist,
Fuck your share offer, cos we're off the map,
And we can't be bought with any fair offer,
Mattafact fuck unfair offers, can't be bought,
What the pair offer can't be taught,
I used to love her, then they kidnapped her,
Dragged her through the streets and they shaved her fucking hair off her
CHORUS
And she's so ugly,
The music's asking why he don't love me,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
But when I met her, I was like she's so lovely,
And she said ‘I'd let him cut me', but now it's like,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
Wish I never met her
VERSE 2: PRESSURE
This aint life in the fast lane,
This is hard rain, soaking and knowing you missed the last train,
This aint a date for the day,
It's made that it stays timeless, they'll never take that away,
This aint glamour and shine, cameras, dimes,
It's me handling mine in hazardous times,
This aint love and romance it's hate, gluttons and antics,
Paint brushing the canvas, aint nothing attractive,
So fuck a make-over, cant take the weight like a pay loader,
Then we throw ya to the flame thrower,
This aint silver lined clouds,
It's real and right now for the crowd to put a meal in my mouth,
This aint a beautiful temptress, nor a youthful apprentice,
In the cubical doing usual stretches,
It's ugly and ravished, hungry and damaged,
But she's mine and the only thing that loves me that matters
CHORUS
And she's so ugly,
The music's asking why he don't love me,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
But when I met her, I was like she's so lovely,
And she said ‘I'd let him cut me', but now it's like,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
Wish I never met her
Hillatoppa, hilla, hilla, hillatoppa,
Finish off a fifth of vodka, light it up and spit it on ya,
Man me and P-Dela got a hella proper,
Flow, see what I'm saying like a teleprompter?
And you could never stop us, fucking posers,
Appetite for destruction like Guns N' Roses,
We come like Moses, down from the Hilltop a,
Pain killer, pill popper, brain killer, slurring like,
Haim still a threat when we fill up a field,
Like an open air opera, sample a snare off a,
Vinyl they wanna take a piece like a sharecropper,
Stifle creativity, and its not fair fuckers,
Before you try this just know that you'd have better luck,
Trying to stare off a man with no eyelids,
This is a rare offer so take advantage,
A carnival of carnage climbing out your garbage,
Man we're off the hook like a carcass,
These bastards try and sell shares off an artist,
Fuck your share offer, cos we're off the map,
And we can't be bought with any fair offer,
Mattafact fuck unfair offers, can't be bought,
What the pair offer can't be taught,
I used to love her, then they kidnapped her,
Dragged her through the streets and they shaved her fucking hair off her
CHORUS
And she's so ugly,
The music's asking why he don't love me,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
But when I met her, I was like she's so lovely,
And she said ‘I'd let him cut me', but now it's like,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
Wish I never met her
VERSE 2: PRESSURE
This aint life in the fast lane,
This is hard rain, soaking and knowing you missed the last train,
This aint a date for the day,
It's made that it stays timeless, they'll never take that away,
This aint glamour and shine, cameras, dimes,
It's me handling mine in hazardous times,
This aint love and romance it's hate, gluttons and antics,
Paint brushing the canvas, aint nothing attractive,
So fuck a make-over, cant take the weight like a pay loader,
Then we throw ya to the flame thrower,
This aint silver lined clouds,
It's real and right now for the crowd to put a meal in my mouth,
This aint a beautiful temptress, nor a youthful apprentice,
In the cubical doing usual stretches,
It's ugly and ravished, hungry and damaged,
But she's mine and the only thing that loves me that matters
CHORUS
And she's so ugly,
The music's asking why he don't love me,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
But when I met her, I was like she's so lovely,
And she said ‘I'd let him cut me', but now it's like,
You've been used by too many guys,
And now I can't look you in the eye,
Wish I never met her
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I think you're right.
well my boyfriend came to that conclusion due to these lyrics in the chorus<br /> "The music�s asking why he don�t love me,<br /> You�ve been used by too many guys,<br /> And now I can�t look you in the eye,<br /> But when I met her, I was like she�s so lovely,"
Is the lyrics of this song refering to an actual chic or are they using "her" as a metaphor for the hip hop industry?
just emphasising the obvious here. as many have already said its about the hip hop industry, and to even more of an extent the creative industry in general. using a once beautiful then misused girl whose been through to many guys as a metaphor. how when they, and in perspective every artist, first "meet" creativity and the business surrounding it in young innocence all they saw was how beautiful she was, but then they realise/witness her dragged, abused and misused by people who think she should be used as investment and they can't look her in the eye anymore. but though they wish they never met her in the end its the only thing that matters.