you've taken all that you could get
you're grinning like a fugitive
and everything's been going right for you
you drag me by the collar
been dancing like a liar
I follow in your empty footsteps
you're never gonna put the blood back wherever it came from
you're sleeping like a baby (x4)
right before my very eyes
the pride and the vanity
the blank cheques for sympathy
you're sleeping like a baby
it doesn't matter what you do
there's one thing you know is true
you're so unlike everyone like you
you're sleeping like a baby (x3)
the kids will get the money (x3)
right before your very eyes (x3)
the kids will get the money (x2)
the kids will...


Lyrics submitted by blood is thin

The Kids Will Get The Money song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

3 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    Warning: Face Value Interpretation.

    One of the narrator's parents, who was a destructive and manipulative force on those around them in order to satisfy their own wants, passes away. The narrator looks back on their parent's behaviour and laments that they couldn't see the error of their selfish ways because they were so wrapped up in their narcissism. The narrator also implies that their parent's personality has rubbed off on all their offspring, including the narrator himself.

    DEMLYRICSon December 08, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Right before the song during the 20th anniversary concert at the tivoli Paul said: "This is a love letter to Gina Rinehart"

    tim1108460on August 25, 2014   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    The ''younger'' kids are manipulative/cunning/acquisitive and will the money inheritance over the ''older'' offspring whom are less cared for/neglected/naive.

    Killpoweron September 16, 2022   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Album art
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve. The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future. Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere" The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Album art
Magical
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Album art
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Album art
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.