MGMT

Pursuit of Happiness

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Crush a bit, little bit
Roll it up, take a hit
Feelin' lit, feelin' like two A.M. summer night
I don't care, hand on the wheel
Drivin' drunk, I'm doin' my thing
Rollin' the midwest side and out livin' my life gettin' out dreams

People told me slow my roll
I'm screamin' out 'fuck that'
I'mma do just what I want
Lookin' ahead, no turning back
If I fall, If I die, know i lived it to the fullest
If I fall, If I die, know I lived and missed some bullets

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

Tell me what you know about dreamin', dreamin'
You don't really know about nothin', nothin'
Tell me what you know about them the night terrors every night
5 am cold sweats wakin' up to the skies
Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams
Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin'
You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow
Rather lay awake in a path full of sorrow

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness
And I know everything that shines ain't always gold
hey,
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness, yeah
I don't get it, I'll be good

Argh, Oh man, oh. Room's spinning, room's spinning.
Oh fuck. Oh my God, why did I drink so much and smoke so much?
Oh, fuck.

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summerlove416 On Oct 01, 2009

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People told me slow my roll 
I'm screamin' out 'fuck that'
I'mma do just what I want
Lookin' ahead, no turning back
If I fall, If I die, know i lived it to the fullest
If I fall, If I die, know I lived and missed some bullets

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness
And I know everything that shines ain't always gold
hey,
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness, yeah
I don't get it, I'll be good

Argh, Oh man, oh. Room's spinning, room's spinning.
Oh fuck. Oh my God, why did I drink so much and smoke so much?
Oh, fuck.

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2009-10-01 20:36:51

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by PrEsLeYsBiGsIsTa

16y ago

they only sing the chorus in this but i still like this song =]

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by smilellie 16y ago

I love this, (:

by UntitledCeilingKitten

16y ago

Does anyone know if that little sound at the beginning is one of the boys? It sounds like someone...mooing, for lack of a better term, and for the life of me I swear it's Andy.

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by Lerozme

15y ago

The song is about a pursuit of happiness (duh, right?) But more specifically about looking for it but not knowing what you're looking for. You can feel it (feelin' it, feeling like two A.M.), you think you know it (driving drunk, doin' my thing), but you are still not sure what it is. It's a song of those that are lost looking for their own happiness, between the video and the lyrics (especially the ones at the end of the song). It rolls with a lot of cliches but it's talking about more than what's right in front of the person and what they are chasing. Between money, drugs, and an endless pursuit of "good times," or what we perceive to be happiness (a party), all these things still leave people feeling empty or in search of happiness. It's a beautiful song by someone considered to be "on-top" of the world, but still searching for a deeper meaning of life. The last little scene in the bathroom of Kid Cudi seeing himself and then crashing through the mirror, or the reflection of what he seems himself as, is almost alchemical in it's message. Only way to understand this song, is to imagine yourself as a person with everything and invited to every high profile party known, and still not getting much out of it... leading to the only inevitable conclusion... that the pursuit of happiness is somewhere else, rather than at the end of the path to unlimited money, unlimited women (or men, depending), and unlimited partying, excessively.

We indulge in excess in our own pursuit of happiness only because it is the beginning of happiness and we think it will lead us to the ultimate.

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by explosionsofwarmairflow

15y ago

oh, fuck. why don't we listen to lyrics?

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