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.
Stop The Insanity (S.T.I.)
white & blue & bloody red
stars and stripes for the mis-lead
convenince stores with neon lights
where burger kings rule tainted nights
* stop the insanity let's end humanity
kill all earth's residents let's start with the presidents
this sick atrophic stolen land
means nothing more than modern man's
greed & hate & racism
and what we have is a fucked up system
* let's stop the insanity let's end humanity
mediocre generica let's start with america
let's kill the cops, the C.I.A
the F.B.I , the P.T.A
the N.F.L, the P.M.R.C
let's kill you and let's kill me
let's stop the insanity let's end humanity
mediocre generica let's start with america
white & blue & bloody red
stars and stripes for the mis-lead
convenince stores with neon lights
where burger kings rule tainted nights
* stop the insanity let's end humanity
kill all earth's residents let's start with the presidents
this sick atrophic stolen land
means nothing more than modern man's
greed & hate & racism
and what we have is a fucked up system
* let's stop the insanity let's end humanity
mediocre generica let's start with america
let's kill the cops, the C.I.A
the F.B.I , the P.T.A
the N.F.L, the P.M.R.C
let's kill you and let's kill me
let's stop the insanity let's end humanity
mediocre generica let's start with america
Lyrics submitted by Sk8rPxnk
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
"White and blue and bloody red, Stars and stripes for the mislead" Meaning the United States "Convenience stores with neon lights Where burger kinsg rule tainted nights" the westernization and culture of the US "This sick atrophic stolen land" Talking about how the land we stole from the Indians who were living here before us has been taken and we've destroyed the environment and that its the same as "modern man's greed & hate & racism and what we have is a fucked up system", comparing them to both be dirty and polluted.