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Pendulum

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Come on over tonight
We'll put on some Catt Butt and
Do it up right
No need to get all caught up
In societies stipulations
You're a member of the freak generation
You're gonna burn to have delation

When the pendulum swings it cuts
When the big door swings open and shuts
Yeah, we'll be middle-age children
But so what

I haven't changed so drastically
They can talk so sarcastically
They'll bust up
But we''ll bust in
Get my down back up again

When the pendulum swings it cuts
When the big door swings open and shuts
Ohhhh, we'll be swollen ?
But so what

When the pendulum swings it cuts
When the big door swings open and shuts
Yeah, we'll be middle-children
But so what
Ohhhh, we'll be swollen
But so what.

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i Saw Star Wars On Apr 26, 2002

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2002-04-26 21:42:03

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by aadolphy

17y ago

think the lyrics is "we'll be swollen and infected but so what"

one of the GBV DVD's has footage of them recording this song and Pollard gets really pissed off at himself for not being able to hit the high note. he tries for like hours and cant get it, looks like he could cry.

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by Allconnotation 12y ago

Ya can't have the "swollen" without the "infected"! haha

I have always placed this song in my top ten of GBV songs. (which is not an easy task, considering my love for all of Bob's and Tobin's songs) It was awesome to see the video you mentioned because it always seemed to me that he was right on the edge of hitting the note. You could see the athlete in him coming through. He wasn't gonna stop until he got it the way he wanted it. I wonder why he didn't do that for the opening...

by ramireztimmerman

15y ago

nice detail.This song is like a pure hit, guided by voices hit machine working on the maximum. I just want to smile and do some silly dancing to this song

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by yoladu

10y ago

I could be completely wrong but I always thought it was..

Yeah, We'll be middle age soon, but so what. oh, We'll be so infected, but so what.

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