Lippy Kids Lyrics

Lyric discussion by splashthecash 

Cover art for Lippy Kids lyrics by Elbow

This is one of my favourites songs...

Absolutely beautiful, captures a lot of what it is to be a teenager - what you have, what you do, what you see, and also what you don't know at the time but its only when you look back you notice..

"Do they know those days are golden Build a rocket boys"

I see this to mean that looking back at your teenage years, you see those as the happiest times of your life...first girlfriends, hanging with friends, feeling like you are invincible and all the scenarios that come with that. The only problem is that most people don't realise this until they are older. If only we could go back and tell our younger selves that these days are golden

"Build a rocket boys" indicates to me that Guy is trying to tell these young people that where they are at that point in their life, they can do anything, go anywhere...their life has so much to offer and that they can achieve so much if they just put their minds to it

I could talk about this song all day lone - but I have to get back to work..

My Opinion

Pretty much summed up what I came here to write. Lovely song.

Good comments - He's looking back and realising that anything was possible then before life's big choices have yet to be made.

Don't waste these times - you can do anything if you want - Build a Rocket - do something extraordinary with your life and don't waste it.

Some of the sentinment here is also in Jesus is a Rochdale Girl - where he talks about what lies ahead and choices yet to me made.