Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids
Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids
They will eat right out of your hand
Using great big words that they don't understand

They sing
Rococo
Rococo

They build it up just to burn it back down
They build it up just to burn it back down
The wind is blowing all the ashes around
Oh my dear God what is that horrible song?

They'll sing
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo

They seem wild but they are so tame
They seem wild but they are so tame
They're moving towards you with their colors all the same
They want to own you but they don't know what game
They're playing

Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo


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    being a not-so-normal teenager, i really think this song is about the cliche suburban kids, because i experience them every day. i see things differently than they do and i think this song really sticks a mirror in their faces. well, at least i hope it does.

    LikeItLuvIton August 05, 2010   Link

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