Look out 'cause you know what you're doin'
Turn up the American ruse
Whitehouse, Death in June
Jim Jones paintin' in a blue bedroom
You don't know this, la dee da
You don't own this, how bizarre
Keep your pretty promise to yourself

Do you know this? La dee da
Got me goin', how bizzarre
Keep your pretty promise to yourself
Dear God

Hate
If I want to
Love
Who I like
Hate
If I want to
Hate
Psychic Television and Death in June
Jim Jones paintin' in a blue bedroom
Hate
If I want to
Hate

You can save me, la dee da
Give or take me, how bizarre
Keep your pretty promise to yourself
Keep your pretty promise to yourself
Dear God

Hate
If I want to
Love
Who I like
Hate
If I want to
Hate
Psychic Television and Death in June
Jim Jones paintin' in a blue bedroom

Hate
If I want to
Alright

Hate
If I want to
Love
Who I like
Hate
If I want to
Hate
Psychic Television and Death in June
Jim Jones paintin' in a blue bedroom
Hate
If I want to
Hate
Keep your pretty crosses to yourself


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La Dee Da Lyrics as written by Nate Mendel Oliver Taylor Hawkins

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    My Interpretation

    The bands lead singer 'Dave Grohl' references an infamous cult leader 3 x in the song when he sings 'Jim Jones painting in a blue bedroom'. Jones is known for his leadership role in a 1978 mass suicide in South America, where 900 people consumed a cyanide-laced drink on his orders. The "Jonestown" tragedy happened 25 years after Jones worked as a student pastor at Somerset Methodist Church in Indianapolis. "As a teenager, I was obsessed with Charlie Manson & Jim Jones," Grohl stated. Other lyrics in the song point toward his time as a teenage musician. The song mentions three U.K. bands from the 1980s that influenced Grohl before he joined Nirvana in 1990: 'Whitehouse', 'Psychic TV' & 'Death in June'.

    EternalTearsOfSorrowon September 21, 2018   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    This is a middle finger to bands that utilize mystical, esoteric, or cultish beliefs into their music. Both Psychic TV and Death in June have used crosses as a symbol and Psychic TV had it's own side "cult" called The Temple of Psychic Youth.

    djkraigon September 20, 2017   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    grohl was fascinated by cult leaders (like jim jones, manson) as a teenager. his early band used jim jones painting on a sheet banner which bled through and left a paint impression on his bedroom wall. he liked the bands psychic television, death in june at the time.

    jeffreybmdon November 11, 2017   Link
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    General Comment

    I think he's talking about trump?

    runningyankson November 03, 2022   Link

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