I wasn't laughing properly
When you were talking to me
I didn't find it funny, your story didn't do it for me
False conversations, false conversations
And you thought that i was joking when i said you were a moron
When i said it i was smiling, so you thought that i was joking

[Chorus]
It's easy to try
It's easy any time
We can talk if we like
Let's forget it for the meantime

False conversations, a waste of time, false conversations
It's not interesting to have false conversations
You've stolen all your stories and I don't have the patience

[Chorus: x2]

You are a decent person and you have a function
So why do we say hello?
It's just a fashion that we follow that we should be forgetting
But then you do it again, you do the same again
You are a decent person and you have a function
So why do we say hello?
It's just a fashion that we follow that we should be forgetting
It's a fashion that we follow that we should be forgetting
It's a fashion that we follow that we should be forgetting
But then you do it again, you do the same again

[Chorus: x2]



Lyrics submitted by beastlordy

Track duration: 02:50

"Meantime" as written by David Craig, Barry Hyde, David Hyde, Ross Millard

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:This song totally hits a nerve with me, I have a friend who compulsively lies about her life.
    "It's not interesting to have false conversations
    You've stolen all your stories and I don't have the patience"
    This line sums it all up.
    Flag Taquitos0001on August 08, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:futureheads are great, and a large part of their greatness does come from their accents... you always know it's a futureheads song as soon as they start singing!
    and yes, WOO HOO BLOC PARTY!
    i agree with everyone's meaning for this one... it's just about those first conversations with people you don't really know, when you're pretty much just filling in time before you figure out a good reason to leave.
    but i do kinda think that he likes the person at least a little. he goes 'we can talk if you like, let;s forget it for the meantime".. maybe he's saying 'let's get down to business right now, talk later' if you know what i mean... ;)
    Flag samfancypantson July 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:tinkerbell is spot on. this song actually speaks alot about my job. I bag groceries at a local grocery store and one of my duties is to carry out people's groceries to customer's cars and on the way i have to engage in one of these crap-filled conversations that meantime is about. The singer would really hate to have my job since i usually work 4 to 8 hours 5 days a week and get into "false conversations" about every 3 minutes. The only reason I still have the jobis because $8.10 an hour is pretty good for a highschool job.
    Flag 2quik2silveron July 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:If you guys like this song (especially this guys voice) you will REALLY like the band Bloc Party.

    Check em out, they have some great stuff and their vocals are like this.

    This song is in the movie "Grandma's Boy," about a 35-year old guy who is a video game tester and gets evicted from his house because his roomate spends all of their rent money on hookers. He moves in with his Grandma, meets a hot chick who works at his building.

    There is much more to the movie, but it's hilarious, give it a try!
    Flag omniviewon May 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:If you guys like this song (especially this guys voice) you will REALLY like the band Bloc Party.

    Check em out, they have some great stuff and their vocals are like this.

    This song is in the movie "Grandma's Boy," about a 35-year old guy who is a video game tester and gets evicted from his house because his roomate spends all of their rent money on hookers. He moves in with his Grandma, meets a hot chick who works at his building.

    There is much more to the movie, but it's hilarious, give it a try!
    Flag omniviewon May 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Love it.
    Flag couitneyyon March 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This is definitely the best Futureheads song. Screw Hounds of Love...Meantime kicks that songs ass.
    Flag The_Variableon June 28, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Ditto.
    Flag RaisedFistson March 31, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:you know i thought they were scottish.
    this song sums up most conversations doesn't it? most conversations you have are false, what people ask you and what you are obliged to ask them is false and it's total crap. like, say you were in a car with some ordinary person who hadn't done much with their life and there's that tension you get where you have to talk, but about crap cos you don't know them well enough yet to talk about anything intersesting or they just aren't an interseting person to talk to anyway, so you start having false conversations. and it starts off as 'how are you' etc, and if it's someone who doesn't talk back (those people REALLY annoy me) then you have tostart talking about proper crap, like, 'so, err, have you been on holiday recently?' and it builds up to the 'awkward silence'. thing is, i find this situation really interseting because the awkward silence tells you alot about the person who the awkward silence is with. if they continue to be self centred and persistently wait for you to ask them questions for them to bluntly answer to then i don't really think they are worth the effort. or it goes the other way and you get to know people better. I have this theory though where you don't HAVE to talk. it sometimes is worse when people really do start talking about utter shit about themselves or something really really boring to fill in gaps cos then you think, oh, comeon shut up. i think there's a line in a song somewhere, but i use it all the time and it is, 'in between the silence there was conversation. i just think thats the best. and it goes with this song. why should we talk about crap if we don't care? it's because people jugde too easy. if you talk about shit people get bored and annoyed and if you don't then people think you're rude. or is it just me? actually i've made myself out to be a non communicator type now haven't i? i'm actually very good at talking but not about shite.
    Flag t1nkerb3llon March 21, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:The Futureheads are great, but part of their greatness is their Sunderland accents. Discuss.
    Flag Random Boyon February 23, 2005   Link

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