Lyric discussion by predicate 

Cover art for Fire Eye'd Boy lyrics by Broken Social Scene

kinda sad how an amazing song like this can lead to a bunch of low-minded people slinging insults at eachother about gender and theories... WHO CARES. just listen to the damn song and be happy, or whatever it is you are.

This song is beautiful.

Fire Eyes = Proud/ Passionate personality?

Columbia is a western province of canada, where the band is from.

To me this song is about a young man (maybe in high school/ college?) who is a proud person and doesn't take shit from anyone, although this does lead him to get his ass whipped occassionally. He's a tough guy. He blames columbia (presumably his home-town) for his problems because he probably can't find anyone there who understands him...