Kasabian – Underdog

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  General Comment:to me this songs about about being better than others but being fine about reserving it

  Flag Troglodyte1988on January 30, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:i hav not heard other tracks by them , i dont even want to ,cuz i know theres nothin that can match this one. something about this song reminds me of nirvana and thats not usual. love this song ;an ideal rock band
  

  Flag iusheon October 18, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I think the song's about the band. After the second album everyone expected them to fade away like the rest. But look at them now!
  
  "Kill me if you dare, hold my head up everywhere" - they're saying they're not scared to do sumthing different even if we don't like it, they're proud of it.
  
  "It don't matter, I won't do what you say, you've got the money and the power, I won't go your way" - they won't listen to record companies or anyone who'll tell them they'll make more money doing it differently, they make ther music the way they want to.
  
  It is "paper on the wire, sold yourself for another one" - basically they're not going to sell out. It's not about the money or publicity, it's about the music.
  
  "I'm the underdog, live my life on a lullaby, keep myself riding on this train" - in terms of the music industry, when this song was written they were very much underdogs. Their lives depend on the music they put out (a lullaby), they're trying to keep themselves on the journey that is being part of kasabian (riding on this train).
  

  Flag wesarah86on July 26, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:excellent song :) when i think of underdog, i think of someone who uprises to the top, from humble or lesser beginnings. like becoming something from nothing. maybe, this is in correlation to the band itself. Perhaps starting as an unknown indie artist, and then surging up in popularity, now pretty well known, so they are smiting those who doubted them from before, in the beginning.

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  General Comment:I like it! The chorus really taps that feeling of being pushed beyond your means. Keep myself riding on this train, anyone who's been short on options and up against a wall knows what it feels like to fight for survival, that in short is what I hear in this song. Good beat and lyrics that don't beat you over the head are the icing on a tasty song. Cheers!
  
  "Kill me if you dare,
  Hold my head up everywhere
  Keep myself right on this train

  Flag ElScorcho81on February 18, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:Papparazzi? Explain how?
  The band have told how each song relates to a member of the "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum."

  Flag Spaceman10on November 09, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:It is "Paper on the wire."
  
  C'mon, folks... the song is about paparazzi!

  Flag paincakeon October 28, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:Isn't it "Hey bird, on the wire."
  Not "Hey bud, you're on the wire.

  Flag Spaceman10on September 23, 2009   Link

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  My Opinion:Kasabian's Underdog is a great song for us to relate to. If somehow you're not a genius, you're always at the wrong end of a competition, Kasabian gives you a lil' tips on how to turn the tables. And shows what a great feeling to do so, too!
  
  But it isn't a plain simple thing to do."Kill me if you dare, Hold my head up everywhere, Keep myself right on this train" means you shouldn't be too afraid to lose, and give all you got instead. The great thing in
  
  It don't matter
  I won't do what you say
  You've got the money and the power
  I won't go your way
  And I can't take for the people
  They don't matter at all
  And I'll be waiting in the shadows
  'Til the day that you fall
  
  is you won't give in no matter what those 'champs' throw at you. you'll swallow a bucket of insults if you have to. You'll fight not for the sake of yourself, but all the people that stood behind and support you all along. And waiting in the shadows is not a sucker punch, it's the place you're now at the eyes of those 'champs'. They don't even bother to acknowledge your existence.
  
  All and all, really is a great song. Juan Martin del Potro must've listen to this song a lot in 2009 US Open .

  Flag Madperistazon September 18, 2009   Link

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  My Interpretation:it's about a way of life as an "underdog". the man in the song is very lonely, mainly because he doesnt care about people and does what he wants and everyone thinks he won't get far that way and he gets far and keeps living "riding on this train" in the underdog way.

  Flag nukeyon July 31, 2009   Link

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