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.
When they finally come to destroy the earth
They'll have to go through you first
I bet they won't be expecting that
When they finally come to destroy the earth
They'll have to deal with you first
And now my money says they won't know about the
Thousand Fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes
Invincible
You're invincible
That crushing crashing atom-smashing white hot thing,
It's invincible
When they finally come, what'll you do to them
Gonna decimate them like you did to me?
Will you leave them stunned and stuttering
When they finally come how will you handle them?
Will you devastate them deliberately?
Cause I'm gonna guess they won't be
Prepared for the thousand Fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes
Invincible
You're invincible
That crushing crashing atom-smashing white hot thing
It's invincible
So please, use your powers for good
Please use your powers for good
You're invincible
They'll have to go through you first
I bet they won't be expecting that
When they finally come to destroy the earth
They'll have to deal with you first
And now my money says they won't know about the
Thousand Fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes
Invincible
You're invincible
That crushing crashing atom-smashing white hot thing,
It's invincible
When they finally come, what'll you do to them
Gonna decimate them like you did to me?
Will you leave them stunned and stuttering
When they finally come how will you handle them?
Will you devastate them deliberately?
Cause I'm gonna guess they won't be
Prepared for the thousand Fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes
Invincible
You're invincible
That crushing crashing atom-smashing white hot thing
It's invincible
So please, use your powers for good
Please use your powers for good
You're invincible
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Based on the fact that nearly all OK Go's songs are whining about women I would guess this is saying that some women destroyed him mentally "Gonna decimate them like you did to me?" and he is casically using that as a metaphor for how powerful she is. saying she is so strong she could actually destroy alien invaders.
im guessing its about super man (Thousand-Fahrenheit-hot little lights behind your eyes as in laser eyes)
yeah me too
and the eyes could be the death stare that you get sometimes when you say something stupid...
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I think some of the lyrics are off by the way. Isn't it: "Thousand-Fahrenheit-hot metal lights behind your eyes" and "That crushing, crashing, atom-smashing white-hot fate"?
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kay i agree with KesterSmith, I think its about a girl that fucked one of them over. They make her sound like a superhero almost so it shows how bad he was hurt
and in the part When they finally come to destroy the Earth They'll have to deal with you first And, now, my money says they won't know about the Thousand-Fahrenheit-hot little lights behind your eyes
he brings his pitch up at the 'Thousand-Fahrenheit-hot little lights behind your eyes' part, which makes me think you wouldnt expect her to be so brutal and hurt, so he was surprised by the heart break
When they finally come to destroy the Earth They'll have to go through you first I bet they won't be expecting that
When they finally come, how will you handle them? Will you devastate them deliberately? 'Cause I'm gonna guess they won't be prepared for the Thousand-Fahrenheit-hot little lights behind your eyes
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