In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Come on children
You're acting like children
Every generation thinks
Its the end of the world
And all ya fat followers
Get fit fast
Every generation thinks it's the last
Thinks its the end of the world
Yes dream down a well
There's a lone heavy hell
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
It's a feeling we transcend
If we're here at the end
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
Come on kids
You're acting like children
Act your age
Put back the black metals and pearls
All ya sword swallowers pull yourselves together
Every generation thinks its the worst
Thinks it's the end of the world
It's a secret I can't tell
There's a wish down a well
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
It's a long heavy hell
Super-size it by ten
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
You never know
It's a dear to transcend
Everyone here, at the end
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
You're acting like children
Every generation thinks
Its the end of the world
And all ya fat followers
Get fit fast
Every generation thinks it's the last
Thinks its the end of the world
Yes dream down a well
There's a lone heavy hell
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
It's a feeling we transcend
If we're here at the end
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
Come on kids
You're acting like children
Act your age
Put back the black metals and pearls
All ya sword swallowers pull yourselves together
Every generation thinks its the worst
Thinks it's the end of the world
It's a secret I can't tell
There's a wish down a well
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
It's a long heavy hell
Super-size it by ten
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
You never know
It's a dear to transcend
Everyone here, at the end
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
You never know
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
I thought it was about the paranoia that every generation has gone through about the world ending, but it never has. It's about that and how people seem to be waiting for the end to come around.
It's funny how many people are claiming that this is a rip off of My Sweet Lord (I agree, btw), because I actually think it is also very similar of two Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard songs:
Check out "Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft" for the verse of the song - youtube.com/watch
Check out "Little Whirl" by Guided By Voices for the chorus - sorry, no link.
yep noticeably similar to little whirl. a tobin sprout composition though.
Isn't My Sweet Lord a rip off as well from some '60s girls group?
sounds a-lot like it could have been a John Lennon song.. great minds think alike
Anyone else notice the George Harrison "My Sweet Lord" guitar part in this song? Kick ass. =)
Heh... I came here to write how much this sounds like Harrison/Lennon. Beat me to it...
All ya fat followers Get fit fast
Those are the correct lyrics.
thanks!
sounds a lot like my sweet lord, i agree
C'mon, it is an obvious Tom Petty rip off (Jammin Me). I agree that some riffs at the end are Harrisonesque. It also has a part reminiscent of the Beatles "Happy Just to Dance with You" - which was sung by Harrison, though written mainly by Lennon.
I like the words: Come on kids You're acting like children (that means, trying to look older than your age looks foolish) Act your age (that means, be children, be naive, pure...) Put back the black metals and pearls (again, return to the natural, leave piercing and tattoo etc...)
I agree with the message. And JT is not preaching, he is telling it with a loving smile. It also connects to George Harrison who was sort of a symbol of flower generation.
oddhat you're a little off..
Come on kids(referring to adults but calling them kids because of their irresponsible ways) You're acting like children (explaining why he's calling them kids) Act your age(He's telling adults to grow up and quit being unkind, disrespectful, violent etc.)