Lyrics for Faithless the Wonder Boy as interpreted by shut

Faithless the Wonder Boy Lyrics
I've had these jeans since I was born
And now they're ripped and now they're torn
And all my friends have skateboards

I want the toys of other boys
I want a knife and a gun and things
But Mum and Dad will not give in

And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in

And now I know just what it is
It's got disease and it's got my head
It always runs where I hide

Too scared to talk, too scared to try
Too scared to know the reasons why
And all my friends say bye bye

And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in

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Idiotech
02-12-2005

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I believe this song to be about a boy trying to fit in the crowd as a teen, and then becomes a drug addict.

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Wallamanage
07-06-2005

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Best song on Itch EP. It definitely seems to be about drugs although according to Green Plastic it is about revenge. I don't believe that of course.

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x_Heather_x
07-09-2005

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I really like this song. I like how he sings "I want a knife and a gun and things" in such an innocent way. But yeah, I do agree it definately seems to be about drugs...

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philstratz
09-25-2005

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i agree that drugs are a theme, but i think that radiohead use the image of not putting 'the needle in' as a metaphor for not fitting in. what an amazing song whichever way you read it

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Invader Z?
03-17-2007

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Philstratz has got it right.

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xcats
03-17-2007

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This is probably wrong, but I think it's about a girl who wants to be a boy.

I think jeans is like genes meaning genetically she's a girl. but theyre ripped and torn meaning theyre bad and shed rather ride skateboards like a boy.

I think i cant put the needle in is a reference to injecting testosterone.

then she realizes its a disease that she has the wrong body, and theres no where to hide and shes scared.

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ohnoodles
08-01-2007

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I've read somewhere that "can't put the needle in" means that he can't commit to anything. Which makes sense with the part "Too scared to talk, too scared to try".
it does also make sense if it was a drug reference.

xcats, what the hell?

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Orange Morendo
01-06-2008

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Damn this is good. I was expecting the "Can't Pu the Needle In" part to sound different and it did. It was...almost strenuous.

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Plirt
02-05-2008

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this song is not about drugs at all... it's about a kid who grows up and develops some sort of mental disorder. He's too confused and afraid to deal with it.

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Orange Morendo
03-02-2008

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That would make since, and it kinda does, but tell me what you think the "needle" symbolizes.

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megzydaizy
04-28-2008

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okay anyone who has experienced hard drugs can clearly realize what this song is about. addiction is a disease of the head that you cant escape.
Too scared to talk, too scared to try
Too scared to know the reasons why
And all my friends say bye bye
this line is the perfect description of an addict.
cant put the needle in could be a reference to many things, over users often cant find anywhere to stick the needle because they cant find a veign. It also could refer to his mental angst about being an addict.

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cristeal
06-17-2008

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What if it's about not being able to ever realy fit in Never had the same toys, fit the style with ripped jeans but never had it all (like the skateboards), and now that he's older everyones into drugs and he can't do fit in there either.
Thats how I've always taken it anyways.

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songmeanings135
07-28-2008

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IMHO, this is about disease of some sort, hence the jeans/genes reference. They're ripped and torn = diseased. All his friends have skateboards but he's too sick to play. He wants to die but his parents won't give him the means. Too scared to talk = too scared to talk! All his friends say bye-bye because it's a terminal disease. Anyway, that's my $.02.

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Orange Morendo
08-31-2008

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Okay, songmeanings135 has got it, I believe. He/she made me take another look at the jeans reference. Clever double-meaning. The disease would make so much since. Hey, do you think the chorus is about him hesitating to end his own life? The way I see it, that needle would either help him or hurt him, so it would only make sense to me if he were trying to end it all. The second stanza, I think, is him complaining. He wants to have what others have (but he can't cuz he's too sick) and then he wants a knife and a gun so he can vent out his frustrations (probably on himself) and, like the above user said, his parents would not allow or supply that method. This song is crazy deep.

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pickfordsparty
03-25-2009

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they can play as many songs as they want.. end of the day, everyone just wants to hear creep.

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Oroinfur
08-09-2009

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I think as well this song talks about a child born with some sort of mental disease, that doesn't allow him to be a normal kid "with a skateboard" so at that point I agree with songmeanings135...On the other hand with "I can't put the needle in" maybe he means that in a way he wants to fix those "ripped and torn" jeans/disease (by sewing them up) to be normal but he can't do it. And finally when he says "Too scared to talk, too scared to try until friends say bye bye... I think he recognizes friends and people in general always end up giving up on him because they are not able to understand him since he cant communicate his feelings...


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Brudenell
08-10-2009

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Maybe its about a boy that was raised in an overprotective fashion. Other boys can play with skateboards and fall and do other crazy stuff. In this way other kids can rip their jeans; while at the same time develop a healthy thick skin: the "jeans" that you are born with. This kid has not been allowed to play and take risks and now it's too late: he's too weak to sew himself a decent pair of jeans, because he cant put the needle in.

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