Hawaii Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tanynep 

Cover art for Hawaii lyrics by Strokes, The

I quite like this song. I think the first part of the lyrics are clear enough : people who live in the USA think nothing can happen to them ("A nuclear disaster might be on our way, I don't care I'm in the USA"), they feel safe because they are rich and so they think they have everything they want ("If you feel safe and cold while you count your gold. If your problem is you can't find your remote control."). That's what I think... And why are some sentences between braces ? I can't hear them in the song...

"I think the first part of the lyrics are clear enough : people who live in the USA think nothing can happen to them ("A nuclear disaster might be on our way, I don't care I'm in the USA"), they feel safe because they are rich and so they think they have everything they want"

sorry to be correcting you 3 years after your post but this line is reffering to hawaii's distance from north korea.