Soon the men taste their own,
Normalcy ends that day consumed by all,
Irrational thoughts depend then shape their tastes.

Let’s call it change x2
Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2
Laugh at the violence x2

True to form,
He’s blind as his taste for cheap panther piss,
He loves to live beyond the card,
So count us in to that Gucci clan…the fat face.

Let’s call it the chase, I’ll call it a phase
Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2
Laugh at the violence x4

So sell your voodoo,
And recognize this,
Your last and only score,
Got you hung up on your strut.

Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2
Once the fad (The same) You want it (I bought it) x4
Laugh at the violence x2


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    umm yeah, these lyrics are wrong...I tried to submit the real ones but I guess they havnt been approved...here they are, straight from the CD insert:

    Soon the men taste their own, Normalcy ends that day consumed by all, Irrational thoughts depend then shape their tastes.

    Let’s call it change x2 Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2 Laugh at the violence x2

    True to form, He’s blind as his taste for cheap panther piss, He loves to live beyond the card, So count us in to that Gucci clan…the fat face.

    Let’s call it the chase, I’ll call it a phase Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2 Laugh at the violence x4

    So sell your voodoo, And recognize this, Your last and only score, Got you hung up on your strut.

    Once the fad permeates, it’s hip to care, hip to hate it x2 Once the fad (The same) You want it (I bought it) x4 Laugh at the violence x2

    n3j1y1on April 04, 2007   Link
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    I love this song, it rocks. you can go on chevelleinc.com and see what pete says it is about. but still. song rocks. the new cd is AMAZING. the guitar is HEAVY i wish there was a little more screaming. but its still there so i cant complaint to much. :)

    jonny_boy103on April 06, 2007   Link
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    ya i wish they had more screaming, like still running and well enough alone kinda

    daveS2incubuson April 11, 2007   Link
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    It's already been clearly adressed on the official website what this song's about~ But even so, this song is amazing! The new album, although admitidly "more the same", rocks! Heavy dropped guitar riffs galore and Petes amazing voice pound through each track, and it all peaks in this very song IMO. The Fad is deffinatly the high point of the CD~ the climax if you will. Soon as I reached this song and that chorus hit me I had chills~ I was afriad to go any further and had to replay this song at least 15 times. Amazing.

    BigPeeleron April 18, 2007   Link
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    rippin' cool song (like the time signature change from 4/4 to 6/8 during the interlude?) so many of the songs on this album have almost familiar sounding melody lines.

    therambler07on May 28, 2007   Link
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    does the chorus for this song sound a lot like the chorus of "march of war" by nonpoint or is it just me?

    fassj2335on March 05, 2008   Link
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    new.music.yahoo.com/videos/premieres/#

    The video is pretty sweet and helps with the meaning.

    creator1456on March 11, 2008   Link
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    I just want to clear a couple things up before people start asking. First, when he says, "... cheap panther piss," he means cheap wine or cheap beer; he's comparing cheap wine/beer to panther piss, but why panther (emphasis on "panther") piss, I have no clue. Secondly, Gucci is a fashion and leather goods label owned by some French company and founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921, and the only reason I know this is because because my sister is a fashionista (or thinks she is anyway) and is always talking about that kind of stuff.

    TheEnigmaon April 11, 2010   Link
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    I just want to clear a couple things up before people start asking. First, when he says, "... cheap panther piss," he means cheap wine or cheap beer; he's comparing cheap wine/beer to panther piss, but why panther (emphasis on "panther") piss, I have no clue. Secondly, Gucci is a fashion and leather goods label owned by some French company and founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921, and the only reason I know this is because because my sister is a fashionista (or thinks she is anyway) and is always talking about that kind of stuff.

    TheEnigmaon April 11, 2010   Link
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    whoops didn't mean to post that twice XP

    TheEnigmaon April 11, 2010   Link

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