Skag trendy thinks he knows just what to do
He was only seventeen and he was out screwing the brew
Thought that parents were too old, teachers told him what to do
Master skag trendy, he'd like to talk to you

He told his mother what he was all about
She didn't acknowledge the cry for help, she just chucked him out
And now he's broke sitting outside, sitting on the floor
He's got nothing else to think about except another score

But before he gets this he has to go and steal something
That's not something that he really wants to do
But you see that his mother chucked him out
She signed him off the brew

I wish somebody would love him, he doesn't have a hope
I wish somebody would love him, he doesn't have a home
He'd like to speak to his old school friends
But he needs ten pence for the phone

Had a girlfriend, she was very, very nice
Walks by him now, won't look at him twice
Liked his dress sense and his cheeky, cheeky grin
But you see since he's been chucked out
He's lost all of them, he's got none

So he writes another sad song, he's got none
Checking out another sad song, he's got none
Oh, he writes another sad song, he's got none
Checking out another sad song

Skag trendy, think I knew just what to do
I was only seventeen and I was out screwing the brew
I thought that parents were too old and teachers told me what to do
I'm master skag trendy, I'd like to talk to you

I wish somebody would love me but I don't have a home
I wish somebody would love me but I don't have a home
I'd like to speak to my very old friends
But I need ten pence for the phone

Thing would happen to someone in this situation
That is complete and utter social deterioration
Should have clicked on out pawning his PlayStation
Just a young man looking for some variation

He made a mistake, he was looking for some variation
He made a mistake, he was looking for some variation
Oh, he made a mistake, he was looking for some variation
He made a mistake, he was looking for some variation

Skag trendy, what's so trendy?
Oh, it's not trendy, what's so trendy?



Lyrics submitted by dannybh

Track duration: 03:01

"Skag Trendy" as written by Kyle Falconer, Kieren Webster

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +1
    General Comment:its about a guy who grew up with them in dryburgh - dundee
    and he lost everything because he started taken smack
    nd the view are trying to make ye ken that this same thing will happen if someone you know close to you takes smack.
    im from lochee which is 5 mins away from dryburgh and kieron was in my big brothers year at school.
    Flag mcginlay7on March 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:sometimes i think this song is about pete doherty.
    Flag inafutureageon April 17, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I agree trixie-trash. It seems to me it's autobiographical. Because at first he says 'I wish somebody would love him' but later on he says 'I wish somebody would love me' not forgetting he says near the end 'I'm master Skag trendy' makes it seem like he's singing about himself (or one of the other band members). And also because he says 'He writes another sad song' it could be about him because obviously he writes songs.
    Flag Protzyon February 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:personal experience perhaps?? the view are kind of the baby-faced hard drinking drug doing chain smoking poster childrren for fucked up teenagers. i wouldn't doubt it's autobiographical.
    Flag trixie-trashon January 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I wish I had a Scottish accent. D:

    Love this song.
    Flag VeggiexDawgon July 21, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i agree susankerrmate, i love how everyone loves scottish accents too :P
    Flag unb...on July 15, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i love how everyone loves our accents! =P =]
    Kieran said...
    "It's a composite character with an addiction who tries to come clean to his mum. She shuns him and he goes from bad to worse. The moral is, if someone has a problem - whether drugs, drink, porn or gambling - you should still help."

    =]
    x
    Flag susankerrmateon May 29, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:im from scotland and i even love his wee dundonian accent. this song is soo much fun to dance to. i love it when he says "complete and utter social deterioration" its well cute.
    Flag indiechick89on April 02, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"screwing the brew" is dundonian for being a benefits cheat...
    Flag boyBaconon March 22, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I'd like to say that this song is a serious song about homelessness and drop-outs from society. However the accent and the riff do make it difficult to take this seriously, but that's no bad thing. Damn cool song.
    Flag funkyseaweedon February 23, 2007   Link

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