In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Well, you should never get your style from watching MTV
All you get is fashion, no originality
What clothes are they wearing or what drugs are they on
If I drove a Mercedes, would I be someone?
Lord, should I kneel and praise Thee
Or should I be a member of the Manson family
It all seems so trivial but they call it marketing
Exploiting the talent, Lord, what a sin thing
Said I feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
But I'm gonna break it down, anyway that I can
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna yell, 'cause I don't wanna use my hands
'Cause you built that wall up around you
Now you can't see out
You can't hear my words
No matter how loud I shout
'cause I scream at the wall but police don't hear a sound
I can't seem to move, like cement on the ground
Keep your ass on the road and I'll see you at the mall
Try screaming at a wall but one day, it's gonna fall
And we don't need no video to make up for our song
Put the pen to the paper in a unique style on
Get the bros together with the drum and the bass
And we mix that shit all up and then we rob up the place
'Cause the club will get boring with the same old beat
And if you need some music when you roll down the street
Said I feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Well, people, I feel your pain it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Hey, these naked fools, who, uh, you think they are cool
You try to deny me for simplicity
But I don't wanna bruise you, I don't wanna lose you
But don't try to deny me, boy, what?
All you get is fashion, no originality
What clothes are they wearing or what drugs are they on
If I drove a Mercedes, would I be someone?
Lord, should I kneel and praise Thee
Or should I be a member of the Manson family
It all seems so trivial but they call it marketing
Exploiting the talent, Lord, what a sin thing
Said I feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
But I'm gonna break it down, anyway that I can
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna yell, 'cause I don't wanna use my hands
'Cause you built that wall up around you
Now you can't see out
You can't hear my words
No matter how loud I shout
'cause I scream at the wall but police don't hear a sound
I can't seem to move, like cement on the ground
Keep your ass on the road and I'll see you at the mall
Try screaming at a wall but one day, it's gonna fall
And we don't need no video to make up for our song
Put the pen to the paper in a unique style on
Get the bros together with the drum and the bass
And we mix that shit all up and then we rob up the place
'Cause the club will get boring with the same old beat
And if you need some music when you roll down the street
Said I feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Well, people, I feel your pain it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Feel your pain, it's a shame
People, I feel your pain, some man is the blame
Hey, these naked fools, who, uh, you think they are cool
You try to deny me for simplicity
But I don't wanna bruise you, I don't wanna lose you
But don't try to deny me, boy, what?
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i'm suprised no one has mention the direct tribute to fugazi/minor threat. the main riff is taken from "waiting room" by fugazi, and the lines:
"cause you put that wall up around you now you cant see out you cant hear my words no matter how loud i shout its like screamin at a wall"
are taken from a minor threat song called "screaming at a wall"
haha anybody realize the music kind of sounds like the band Fugazi
particularly the song "waiting room"
right on...dont base your image by what celebs wear on tv.....it also says that music is fukd up now and its all 3 chord crap(however some can be catchy but it gets old)...mix it up and make it interesting or the club will get boring
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its actually "stiff-necked fools" not skit skankin fools. these lines are pulled from the bob marley song "stiff necked fools"
he's actually staying stiff necked fools not skit skankin fools. this line and the next few are pulled from the bob marley song "stiff necked fools". the band sublime was highly influenced by bob marley throughout their career. Bradley's cover of Bob's All In One Medley is amazing. check it out
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Yeah i prefer the sublime version, but lbdas did a good job with it. I think opie just lacks the intesity that brad sung with, still wicked music though