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.
Alright you maggots get up
Do you love me
I can't hear you
Pick em' up and put em' down
You're in the army now
Well make a man of you
Another solider too
Shoulders back and stomach in
We'll teach you discipline
Mother's son and father's daughter
Shut it up and follow hard
Study up on weaponry
M680, M15
Big Sam knows the enemy
Flim flam big slam
Tell the Major what you see
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Ayatollah rock the house
Book them with minnie mouse
Donald Duck is going red
Goffey's working for the feds
Eight ball in the side pocket
I just shot my last rocket
Their coming back there on my tail
Aren't you glad I escaped from jail
Bangkok Bronx
Bangkok Bronx
Girls on the strip
It's a one-way trip
Bangkok Bronx
Pact-pong, pact-pong
Bangkok Bronx
Solidgers die for free
NATO's up a tree
Tourists ninety three
Score now, pay later
It's a lay away plan
Free vacation in Iran
Stop and see the middle-east
Miles and miles of lovely beach
Get that copper tone tan
On radioactive sand
Those at home just got a directive
All report to the neighbourhood collective
Ten hours a day
Making makeup so the girls at the front
Can be more protected
If I die on the Russian front
Bury me with Russian mud
If they drop us in the East
Stand up, hook off, off your seat
Do you love me
I can't hear you
Pick em' up and put em' down
You're in the army now
Well make a man of you
Another solider too
Shoulders back and stomach in
We'll teach you discipline
Mother's son and father's daughter
Shut it up and follow hard
Study up on weaponry
M680, M15
Big Sam knows the enemy
Flim flam big slam
Tell the Major what you see
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Ayatollah rock the house
Book them with minnie mouse
Donald Duck is going red
Goffey's working for the feds
Eight ball in the side pocket
I just shot my last rocket
Their coming back there on my tail
Aren't you glad I escaped from jail
Bangkok Bronx
Bangkok Bronx
Girls on the strip
It's a one-way trip
Bangkok Bronx
Pact-pong, pact-pong
Bangkok Bronx
Solidgers die for free
NATO's up a tree
Tourists ninety three
Score now, pay later
It's a lay away plan
Free vacation in Iran
Stop and see the middle-east
Miles and miles of lovely beach
Get that copper tone tan
On radioactive sand
Those at home just got a directive
All report to the neighbourhood collective
Ten hours a day
Making makeup so the girls at the front
Can be more protected
If I die on the Russian front
Bury me with Russian mud
If they drop us in the East
Stand up, hook off, off your seat
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
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