Backstreet Lovers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by IluhaRus 

Cover art for Backstreet Lovers lyrics by Crookes, The

I damn love this song but it is relly hard for me to understand it 'cause there's a lot of slang, basically drugs and weed. Razor tea-cups - tea-cups are good times, but what does razor mean? Lawless law men walk the streets of dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns - these words mean nothing to me altogether Brick blacked-up kids - blacked up is 'bout skin colour. isn't it? but what does brick mean? Rotting teeth of a grubby gran - that must have some undermeaning with a duster and flash of switch blade fun - what is a duster in this very case and what has a flash to do with a knife? picket was broken soiled age ago - is a special picket meant here, and how long ago was it, soiled age ago)? '40 bag - is it full of weed?

If you see this, please spen a minute of your time, i can't sleep at night wondering what all this means.

Song Meaning

"Lawless law men walk the streets of dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns" - probably means Police or law enforcement walking through the english version of what we call ghettos (where people are rude and dirty) and wanting either drugs or prostitutes.

"Brick blacked-up kids" is probably kids high on or using black tar heroin or kids that are dirty and have been beaten with bricks

"Rotting teeth of a grubby gran" probably just refers to the dirtiness of the place and the lack of self-respect and care its inhabitants have

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