Silversun Pickups

Ragamuffin

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Ragamuffin Lyrics

Here, on the summit we cry
Tears down the mountain side
Waves, crashing over the roads
And down to bury our home
Enough to bury our home

Then, as the years flew by
And all the water dried
There, I saw you dancing alone
On everything we own
Dancing alone

Hey, you're singing beautiful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Hey, you're singing youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Fighting fires with water guns
This ragamuffin has swallowed enough
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)

Flags are down, speed trials are done
The engine has failed and there's nowhere to run
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
(Run, run, nowhere to run)

Covered your tracks, so how would you know
This ragamuffin wants to follow you home?
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)

Let's speed away, like it's our lives on the line

Hey, you're singing youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Should we hesitate

It's how we operate
We operate
We operate
We operate

Hey, they're on the side of the road
You've got a ways to go...

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azazel23 On Aug 07, 2015

Lazy Eye

The Royal We

Well Thought Out Twinkles

Panic Switch

Kissing Families

Here, on the summit we cry
Tears down the mountain side
Waves, crashing over the roads
And down to bury our home
Enough to bury our home

Then, as the years flew by
And all the water dried
There, I saw you dancing alone
On everything we own
Dancing alone

Hey, you're singing beautiful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Hey, you're singing youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Fighting fires with water guns
This ragamuffin has swallowed enough
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)

Flags are down, speed trials are done
The engine has failed and there's nowhere to run
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
(Run, run, nowhere to run)

Covered your tracks, so how would you know
This ragamuffin wants to follow you home?
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)

Let's speed away, like it's our lives on the line

Hey, you're singing youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate

Should we hesitate

It's how we operate
We operate
We operate
We operate

Hey, they're on the side of the road
You've got a ways to go...

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Azazel23

2015-10-13 05:04:58

Azazel23

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2015-08-07 13:23:46

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by jametown

7y ago

It sounds like they're trying to say something about the state of music today. So many people are making statements, shouting at the top of their lungs, that they're getting muddled instead of being seen as profound, and all these kids are being taught to follow along with this message in repetition, rather than formulate their own thoughts and grow as humans. The line: "Covered your tracks, so how would you know This ragamuffin wants to follow you home?" makes me think of how the radio forces the stuff down your throat even when you make a conscious effort to avoid it. If that context is the theme of the song, everything else fits together perfectly.

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by Rmoss128

4y ago

I think its about a ragamuffin

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