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Pa Pa Power Lyrics
Burn the street
Burn the cars
pa pa power pa pa power
Children: Please make me better
Broken glass
Broken hearts
pa pa power pa pa power
Children: Please make me better
Broken glass
Broken hearts
pa pa power pa pa power
Children: Please make me better
We won't destroy you no we will not destroy you
Burn the cars
pa pa power pa pa power
Broken hearts
pa pa power pa pa power
Broken hearts
pa pa power pa pa power
We won't destroy you no we will not destroy you
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trustno121000 On Oct 10, 2009
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Got such a boner for this one.
@assman1229 Hopefully not a Dead Man's Boner
@assman1229 Hopefully not a Dead Man's Boner
I really enjoy this song. I wonder what really drove the Bones to make this song...
The lyrics are powerful, but beset by the droll underwhelming way they are delivered. The melody alternates between being a powerful staccato and a melodic phrase. Abstractly, the song strikes me as an expression of the raw power inherent in the feeling Sigmund Freud described as Thanatos: a desire or craving for destruction, chaos, and death. Afterward, the chorus chimes in, overwhelming this morbid desire with benevolence.
no way. it's definitely zombies.
no way. it's definitely zombies.
Someone with evil powers that can destroy things, maybe, like on Supernatural
Fell in love with this the first time I heard it. I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's about power?
I'm sure there's more to it, I just don't know how to explain it. Like, the burning and breaking made me think of anarchy. :P
i think it's zombies coming to life and taking over
man, already a fan of Ryan Gosling, and even though I know there is another member to this band, still proves what a talent Gosling truly is.
I just saw them live. This is not Ryan singing... this is the other guy.
I just saw them live. This is not Ryan singing... this is the other guy.
the "other guy's" name is zach shields.
the "other guy's" name is zach shields.
By the way, I love this guys! I think they really have talent
I want to caress Ryan's soul with my body.
Baby goose <3
pa pa power sounds like the beat of a drum or heart
please make me better we will not destroy you sounds like asking for help from the person with the power. but i think that might be my interpretation and not what they originally meant. but i bet the pa pa might be a heartbeat like love. and burn the street and broken glass is about how you feel after heartbreak!
my take on this song is, pa pa may be referencing to "Father" father power please make me better, a prayer? the world is on fire and in ruin according to burning streets and cars, broken glass and broken hearts, hurt and pain everywhere. a cry for help to a higher source. either God or Government. i think more towards God because of the Pa Pa