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3D
Sitting in my day care, yard is decopainted Blessed by the drink Upon the corner where we've seen it Chased by the planet Haunted by the medium Too high to flow toward to break the tedium Glow from my tv set is blue like neon Activated the remote I put the BBC on I've seen this city somewhere I'm looking out for no-one Pallor in my eye it get blue like neon
Tricky
Hell is round the corner where i shelter Isms and schisms we're living helter skelter If you believe i deceive then common sense says shall you receive Let me take you down the corridors of my life And when you walk, do you walk to your preference No need to answer till i take further evidence I seem to need reference to get residence A reference to your preference to say i'm a good neighbour I trudge so judge me for my labour I walk in a bar and immediately I sense danger You look at me, girl, as if i was some kind of a A total stranger
3D
Hysterical, ecstatical no matter, call me stags(?) Have to get a drink, i go to relax Upon phono, no go zone i go through Aching aways just to relocate you Kill us with your fist Now baby mix it with me You see me function better when i get approximately High by my technical flyby I function better with the sun in my eyes So goodbye
Tricky
Take a second of me you beckon i'll be And when you're sad i'll mourn And when you tear i'm torn Take a second of me Take a second of me I stand firm for our soil Lick a rock on foil So reduce me, seduce me Dress me up in stussy Show me and i'll stick em Will you be my victim Take a second of me
3D
Mad over you, mad over me, an analogy Baby taking up up all of my stationary Sitting in my daycare, mediocre painted Colliding with the jam Until the drink got dated Window when they go when they go boom I run inside my room No sense you can trust me Climb on my sofa Roll in a daydream Spliff make daddy go sleep-a-trip dream
The whole thing reminds me of racial issues in South London and elsewhere in the UK.
Especially if their use of "Helter Skelter" is in reference to Charles Manson's idea of an apocalyptic race war, which would fit both here and in Protection, where "living Helter Skelter" more likely means living in a world governed by race, rather than a Beatles song or lighthouse-looking structure.
"Hell is round the corner where I shelter Isms and schisms we're living helter skelter" That screams low-income urban neighborhood.
"Chased by the planet Haunted by the medium"
I've also heard "Chased by the plaintiff" which still works for what I'm about to say. Basically, the feeling that fingers are pointed at you, like the media, and either by the "planet" where it feels like everyone, or the "plaintiff" regarding law.
Also, I feel like "I'm looking out for no-one" might also be them trying to fit "Looking out for number-one" within the phrase's beats. "Looking out for No.1"
"If you believe I deceive then common sense says shall you receive" If you treat me like a criminal, that's exactly what I'll become.
"I seem to need reference to get residence A reference to your preference to say I'm a good neighbour" People being less trustworthy of blacks. No problems when a white guy moves in, but as a black man, you need references to vouch for you not being a "thug."
"Take a second of me you beckon I'll be And when you're sad I'll mourn And when you tear I'm torn" Take a second and look at me as a human being. I feel like you, empathize like you.
To me, if you listen to it in a racial context, the lyrics just come together.
@jonathan6z yes according to massive.ie the word is plantiff, not planet. I also think the name 3D sismissively calls himself when he's being critiqued as a dj is stax, not stags. The verse falls in with the intro of "You look at me like some kind of a total stranger" meaning that the people who hear his music and identify intimately with can't even recognise him, what's in his eyes, or spirit, they just see his exterior.
@jonathan6z yes according to massive.ie the word is plantiff, not planet. I also think the name 3D sismissively calls himself when he's being critiqued as a dj is stax, not stags. The verse falls in with the intro of "You look at me like some kind of a total stranger" meaning that the people who hear his music and identify intimately with can't even recognise him, what's in his eyes, or spirit, they just see his exterior.
that's mostly some flow . there's that tricky line 'You look at me girl as if i were some kinduva.. total stranger' that's very special to me, dunno y:D
Cool song. Dont know what it means though...
At first, I thought it was about living in Europe and it was stereotyping and criticizing the European thought. But, then, it gets different, so I don't know...
At first I thought Euro zero zero and Eurochild were the same song. I guess this one's more jazzy, than the former.
Since the way the song was made doesn't lend itself to a coherent background story, I generally hear only the sentiment: Of being someone oppressed by the environment and dominant culture, and being pushed this way and that by the need for self expression, in response. The opening verse sort of sets the tone. Its about a person who uses other people's walls for their art. This causes them serious anxiety, but not enough to stop them once the need kicks in. When that happens they change from a small animal hiding and consoling itself, to a fearless hunter of sorts, though never "top of the food chain" so to speak. The other verses go on to explain the extremes of their personality, how they try to stay balanced, and the frustrations of their work being misunderstood and appropriated, with the result that they remain outside of the society around them. Begrudgingly, as yet another consolation to an unchangeable situation, they say that having everything stacked against them turns out their best work. I don't think they believe it, but it pushes them forward at least.