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.
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
Forty detectives this week
Forty detectives strong
Takin' a stroll down love street
Strollin', is that so wrong?
Can I get my co-dependant?
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
It must have been a hundred miles
Or any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky, I'm
I'm wide awake now!
Workin' the beat as we speak
Workin' the belle du monde
Believe in the havoc we wreak
Believin', is that so wrong?
Can I get my co-dependant?
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
C'mon
It must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky, I'm
I'm wide awake now
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
Listenin' to what I said
And try to get it through your head
A little bit of circumstance and
A chance to make out
Livin' in a citadel
It's hard enough to be yourself
Waiting for the bell to toll and
I'm wide awake now
It must have been a hundred miles
Or any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky I'm
I'm wide awake now
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
Forty detectives this week
Forty detectives strong
Takin' a stroll down love street
Strollin', is that so wrong?
Can I get my co-dependant?
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
It must have been a hundred miles
Or any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky, I'm
I'm wide awake now!
Workin' the beat as we speak
Workin' the belle du monde
Believe in the havoc we wreak
Believin', is that so wrong?
Can I get my co-dependant?
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
C'mon
It must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky, I'm
I'm wide awake now
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
(Gon' getchya, gon' shake ya)
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump, bump
Listenin' to what I said
And try to get it through your head
A little bit of circumstance and
A chance to make out
Livin' in a citadel
It's hard enough to be yourself
Waiting for the bell to toll and
I'm wide awake now
It must have been a hundred miles
Or any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
The way we make out
When I was an all-aloner
Nothing but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky I'm
I'm wide awake now
Lyrics submitted by bobjebus16, edited by Mellow_Harsher, ZeroThaHero
Hump de Bump Lyrics as written by John Anthony Frusciante Michael Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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I think that this song has two do with two people (guy and girls) trying to get away from everyone else to Hump De Bump.
"40 dectives this week 40 dectives strong Takin' a stroll down Love Street Strollin' is that so wrong Can I get my co-defendant"
I think that the 40 detectives represents everyone watching what the couple does, when all they are trying to do is "stroll down Love street."
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right lyrics wierd order, after the hump de bumps it goes:
-must have been->wide awake now, -workin the beat -> co dependant -bump de humps -must have been->wide awake now -bump de humps
then carry on.
great song... i think the meaning may be more, i think it may be about like the way they toured and that, when they were younger, not sure though...
yeah, it is just about humping da bump :) not much interpretation :)
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You've gotta hump de bump...
Not much to interpret other than humping da bump.
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