Walk you home to see
Where you're living around.
And I know this place.
Pour yourself on me,
And you know I'm the one
That you won't forget.

In your den always,
I see something's right,
When I see your wink.
When he comes around,
I see you're fixing the shine,
And my face won't speak.

Hate to be so emotional,
I didn't mean to get physical,
But when he pulled in and revved it up,
I said you call that a pickup truck,
And in the moonlight I throwed him down.
A kicking, screaming, a rolling around.
A little piece of a bloody tooth,
Just so you know I was thinking of you,
Just so you know I was oh

Trembling knees are weak,
And its cold as a hole,
Hug your bones and skin.
Crackling wood's gone white,
And my eyes swolled up now,
I can see the light.

Hate to be so emotional,
I didn't mean to get physical,
But when he pulled in and revved it up,
I said you call that a pickup truck,
And in the moonlight I throwed him down.
A kicking, screaming, a rolling around.
A little piece of a bloody tooth,
Just so you know I was thinking of you,
Just so you know I oh
Just so you know I oh
Just so you know I oh

I hate to be so emotional,
I didn't mean to get physical,
But when he pulled in and revved it up,
I said you call that a pickup truck,
And in the moonlight I throwed him down.
A kicking, screaming, a rolling around.
A little piece of a bloody tooth,
Just so you know I was thinking of you,
Just so you know I was thinking of you,
Just so you know I oh
Just so you know I oh



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Track duration: 04:45

"Pickup Truck" as written by Jared Followill Caleb Followill

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    My Opinion:This meaning is very simple, this is my thought of it anyway:
    It's basically about two individuals male and a female- The male has a crush on this girl but she obviously would see him just as a friend.

    'Walked you home to see where you're livin' around, and I know this place'
    Him walking her home and realizing the area is familiar to him.

    'In your denim eyes, I see something's awry, and I see you're weak'
    This meaning he all of a sudden realizes something is wrong as it could easily be her hearing the sound of this other guys car coming around.

    'When he comes around I see you're fixin' to shine, and my face won't speak...'
    This meaning they both see this other guy coming around pulling up to the girls house, while the girl is fixin' to shine as in perhaps getting nervous and looking nice for him' His face won't speak cause he has been left speechless.

    'Hate to be so emotional, I didn't aim to get physical but when he pulled in and revved it up, I said 'You call that a pickup truck?'
    This is the situation getting to him because he obviously really likes the girl, and had no idea there was another guy in the picture.

    '...And in the moonlight I throwed him down, kickin' and screamin' and rollin' around, a little piece of a bloody tooth...Just so you know I was thinkin' of you....Just so you know, ohh'
    Self explanatory he is brawling with this guy fighting for the girl with his mixed feelings. 'Just so you know, I was thinking of you.'
    Flag Mercer95on March 23, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I really think it's pretty straightforward. He's in love with some girl and the girl is seeing someone else. The guy knows he should just go on, so he hates to be so emotional about this. He beats the other guy up and he's trying to ridicule him at least in his own mind or in his own way.
    It never says that he's much better than the other guy and he probably doesn't make any moves towards the girl. He's just trying to get the other guy out off the way somehow and it's probably he's beating the other one up purely in his mind.
    Yes, there could be other interpretations of the meaning, but the straightforward thing is this one
    Flag Rockmoreon February 15, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is literally about having a crush on a pickup truck, but that pickup truck is interested in another pickup truck, who from this point onward will be known as dave for some unexplained reason. Dave gets angry at the singer, because he says "you call that a pickup truck? " obviously insulting dave's body. The singer and dave then get into a fight. Dave, being a 2-ton heap of metal, obviously wins the fight. As a result, dave gets the lady pickup truck.

    You guys gotta stop looking past the face meaning of songs. In fact, you really shouldn't even look past the title. Judge books by their covers.
    Flag DakMasterFlashon December 14, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is about him walking a girl home and her DAD raising hell....and he and her dad got in a fight.
    Flag KOLaficionadoon November 10, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Such a beautiful song!
    Flag ABeautifulFrenzyon October 14, 2011   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:This song is about two friends, male and female, that are in a platonic relationship. She has fallen for another guy, but he clearly has fallen for her. He states "Hate to be so emotional"... Meaning, he didn't want to put himself in this situation, much like what most guys hate to do when it comes to having a girl-friend. When her crush/significant other pulls up and revs his truck, he says "You call that a pickup truck".. Taking a stab at this guy in order to bring him down. "Just so you know I was thinking of you" shows that the only reason he fought this guy was for her.
    Flag taylor315ceon September 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:WOW!!!!!!!!My favorite song on this album and propably one of the best KOL songs for me. My favourite band. Even the best band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have all their albums. Love them till death
    Flag Theo16on September 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I LOVE this Song.. The CD came out on my mom birthday.. And whenn we got her the CD we played "Birthday" for her she loved it!
    Flag Marjorie1155on March 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i think this song is about a guy who's in love with his girlfriend, but she is falling out of love with him, and is starting to like some other guy. he notices that her heart isnt with him much anymore, and gets really jealous and jumps the other guy. he then tells his girlfriend he was doing it for her
    Flag aesdailleon February 20, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I walk you home to see
    Where you're living around,
    And I know this place.
    Pour yourself on me,
    And you know I'm the one
    That you won't forget.

    He's walking a girl home (maybe one he just met) to see where she lives and she tells him everything because she knows she can trust him.

    And in your denim eyes,
    I see something's awry,
    And I see you're weak.
    When he comes around,
    I see you're fixin' to shine,
    And my face won't speak.

    He can tell somethings wrong with her and when her boyfriend is around she acts diffrent (maybe scared) and it slowly dawns on him that her boyfriend hits her and it leaves him speachless.

    Hate to be so emotional,
    I didn't aim to get physical,
    But when he pulled in and revved it up,
    I said, 'You call that a pickup truck?'
    And in the moonlight I throwed him down,
    A kicking, screaming, and rolling around.
    A little piece of a bloody tooth,
    Just so you know I was thinking of you,
    Just so you know I was oh...

    He and the boyfriend had a cofrentation where he kicked the crap out of him. He wants the girl to know that it was all for her.

    Trembling misery,
    And as cold as a hole,
    Hug your bones and skin.
    Crackling wood's gone white,
    And my eyes swelled up now,
    I can see the light.

    Its after the fight and he is really hurt. Probably close to death.
    Flag lovelikewoahon February 06, 2011   Link

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