My eyes burn, everybody smokes
My eyes burn, everybody smokes
I smoke too, but not as much as you
I do the smoke detector

There is a girl in a tank top
She is not wearing a bra
She looks so hard on the dance floor
She does the smoke detector

She says, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"
She says, "Danger
I'm the smoke detector"

I took a man back to my room
I was smoking him in bed
Yeah, I was smoking in bed
This is what he said

I took a man back to my room
I was smoking in bed
Yeah, I was smoking in bed
This is what he said

I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"
I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"
I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"
I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"

I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector
Danger
Do the smoke detector"
I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"
I said, "Danger
Do the smoke detector"



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Track duration: 02:58


Smoke Detector song meanings
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  • +2
    General Comment:It's about sex. Sleazy, one-night-stand sex, in particular.
    Flag ratanxon December 30, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:(she is saying that smoke crazy drunk girl on the floor of a dance floor does the smoke detector too, because you take off your clothes and rub around on the floor when a smoke detector goes off)

    haha terrible wording. i was pretty baked in my defense though...
    Flag anatomyofacrakaon June 29, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:it took me a while to figure out how cleaver this song is, but im pretty sure i have it figured out... i didnt want to believe SepturpleAs comment, but after thinking about it, i think she might be right

    My eyes burn, everybody smokes
    My eyes burn, everybody smokes
    I smoke too, but not as much as you
    I do the smoke detector
    (this is a play on words. she is saying that she is associated with smoke, but her association is with giving warning to it)

    There is a girl in a tank top
    She is not wearing a bra
    She looks so hard on the dance floor
    She does the smoke detector
    (she is saying that smoke crazy drunk girl on the floor of a dance floor does the smoke detector too, because you take off your clothes and rub around on the floor when a smoke detector goes off)

    She says, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    She says, "Danger
    I'm the smoke detector"
    (this sounds to me like a lousy form of manipulation)

    I took a man back to my room
    I was smoking him in bed
    Yeah, I was smoking in bed
    This is what he said
    (good sex+smoking?)

    I took a man back to my room
    I was smoking in bed
    Yeah, I was smoking in bed
    This is what he said
    (kind of surreal, he tells a story about the story he is telling. the interpretation of this could go a lot of different ways, so ill leave it up to discussion)

    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"

    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector
    Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    I said, "Danger
    Do the smoke detector"
    Flag anatomyofacrakaon June 28, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i don't see how this song is embarrassing to listen to. it's fun and upbeat. i love it.
    Flag shakeitloveon April 25, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:....this song is NOT embarrassing to listen to.

    lighten up.
    Flag RedHotChiliPepperon January 05, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Rofl i love all of the negative comments for this song. Yes, this cd, or song isnt like much of Rilo's old stuff, but isnt that what makes a band good, not having the same sound to everyone of thier cd's? They did an awesome job with this cd. And to the comment about a band being dead bc you can dance to their music... I am able to dance to about 40 % of all of rilo's stuff, so they must have been dead a long time ago. Fuck all you rilo haters.
    Flag yssim63on November 01, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Jenny said at the concert that this is an "anti anti-smoking" song.
    Flag SeptupleAon October 13, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i take back my previous comment. this song is way worse than dejalo
    Flag let uss be freeon October 07, 2007   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:lol at first i hated this song
    but now i can't get enough of it.

    every time i listen to it i do the little hand-circle thing that jenny does at her shows.

    and yah, again, dancing does not equal dead album. i HATE when people just stand at shows, i think its the most disrespectful thing you can do.
    Flag justwaitingon September 30, 2007   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:this song is great
    i love the 60's sounding guitar.

    who cares if people can dance to a song or not, definitely does NOT mean an album is dead.
    if anyone goes to a show and just stands around like an idiot then obviously you don't appreciate music.
    Flag ambizzlexdizzleon September 28, 2007   Link

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