This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Woke up to people so tall to you
I can't so I won't stand up
Chuck break luck
Look for the splinters
You might see where they come in
Go down, sweet Yardley
I won't let you fall down, sweet Yardley
I won't let you fall down, here, now
Ah- God damn the guts and the gore
Nobody's crying 'cause
There's no one to score for
Come up sweet Randy
I won't let you fall
What you got to lose?
What you got to prove?
Who you gonna screw down here?
Now, here now, I am, here now, I am, here, now
Your life is about to, to come
Away from the mirror
In a rain-shed generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Stop right
I can't so I won't stand up
Chuck break luck
Look for the splinters
You might see where they come in
Go down, sweet Yardley
I won't let you fall down, sweet Yardley
I won't let you fall down, here, now
Ah- God damn the guts and the gore
Nobody's crying 'cause
There's no one to score for
Come up sweet Randy
I won't let you fall
What you got to lose?
What you got to prove?
Who you gonna screw down here?
Now, here now, I am, here now, I am, here, now
Your life is about to, to come
Away from the mirror
In a rain-shed generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Fight this generation
Stop right
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Fight This Generation Lyrics as written by Stephen Malkmus
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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this song is excellent, yo.
First of all, I love the way Flux=Rad segways into this. The song is so atmospheric and it really just creates this mellow spaced-out mood (in great contrast to Flux=Rad). The lyrics themselves could really be about anything which is true with a lot of Pavement songs. I'd interpet it as being about rebellion that is ultimatley futile and pointless.
The version on Slow Century is excellent.
"this was a song to be played at a mythic awards ceermony. the singer/emcee asks people to come on up and accept their prizes, but it becomes apparent that there is no reason to award anyone . The ceremony becomes a sort of self-examination, but the audience is too weak to raise their voices until a snake charmer takes the stage and gets a pathetic rage going. People mumble along, but no one gets very excited, so "the song" ignores the audience and goes where it wants until a puma escapes from a cage and mauls the singer/emcee. The song ends wtihout fanfare." -Malkmus
"this was a song to be played at a mythic awards ceermony. the singer/emcee asks people to come on up and accept their prizes, but it becomes apparent that there is no reason to award anyone . The ceremony becomes a sort of self-examination, but the audience is too weak to raise their voices until a snake charmer takes the stage and gets a pathetic rage going. People mumble along, but no one gets very excited, so "the song" ignores the audience and goes where it wants until a puma escapes from a cage and mauls the singer/emcee. The song ends wtihout fanfare." -Malkmus
"this was a song to be played at a mythic awards ceermony. the singer/emcee asks people to come on up and accept their prizes, but it becomes apparent that there is no reason to award anyone . The ceremony becomes a sort of self-examination, but the audience is too weak to raise their voices until a snake charmer takes the stage and gets a pathetic rage going. People mumble along, but no one gets very excited, so "the song" ignores the audience and goes where it wants until a puma escapes from a cage and mauls the singer/emcee. The song ends wtihout fanfare." -Malkmus
i don't know why that posted 3 times, my apologies.
I love the live version on the Sordid Sentinels version of Wowee Zowee. In it, he also says "Jonathan Yardley" instead of just "Yardley" who is a book critic for the Washington Post. Why they referenced him, I have no idea...
the meaning is in the title.
the meaning is in the title.