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I had no cares in the 1990s,
I knew of no downfalls,
War was breaking out all around me,
My concerns were with prank calls.
She kissed me on the cheek,
She kissed me on the cheek,
Right in front of the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn’t scarred by the modern itch.
Because now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
Too little hit to miss,
Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996,
I want to beat those teenage kicks,
Bring back 1996.
We were cloning sheep in the 1990s,
We were building telescopes,
And sugar filled the whole of my body,
As I edged it all to grow.
I kissed her on the cheek,
I kissed her on the cheek,
Just to impress the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn’t lost in the modern glitch.
Because now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
Too little hit to miss,
Bring back 1996,
Bring back 1996.
Stop talking, stop talking,
I need a lover, not a friend tonight,
I’m leaving, I’m leaving,
I'm not cut out for the modern life.
I’m going to beat those teenage kicks.
I knew of no downfalls,
War was breaking out all around me,
My concerns were with prank calls.
She kissed me on the cheek,
She kissed me on the cheek,
Right in front of the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn’t scarred by the modern itch.
Because now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
Too little hit to miss,
Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996,
I want to beat those teenage kicks,
Bring back 1996.
We were cloning sheep in the 1990s,
We were building telescopes,
And sugar filled the whole of my body,
As I edged it all to grow.
I kissed her on the cheek,
I kissed her on the cheek,
Just to impress the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn’t lost in the modern glitch.
Because now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
Too little hit to miss,
Bring back 1996,
Bring back 1996.
Stop talking, stop talking,
I need a lover, not a friend tonight,
I’m leaving, I’m leaving,
I'm not cut out for the modern life.
I’m going to beat those teenage kicks.
Lyrics submitted by LyricsKing, edited by QuantumEcho
Track duration: 04:20
"1996" as written by Matthew Edward/haggis Murphy
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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"Stop talking, stop talking. I need a lover not a friend tonight". Could possibly mean that he is talking to his gf on facebook rather than actually being with her physically.
my favourite song of 2011 :)
so yeah i reckon it's him reminiscing back to that time (but that was a bit obvious) :P
maybe just about how much easier life is when you're a kid. so carefree and so oblivious to everything wrong in the world...that's what it means to me, he misses the simplicity...
I had no cares in the 1990's,
I knew of no downfalls,
Though war was breaking out all around me,
My concerns were with prank calls.
She kissed me on the cheek,
She kissed me on the cheek,
Right in front of the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn't scarred by the modern itch.
Cause now it feels like,
We kiss with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Needing fairground rides just to spark her smile,
There's little here to miss,
Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996,
So hard to beat those teenage kicks,
Bring back 1996.
We were cloning sheep in the 1990s,
We were building telescopes,
And sugar filled the whole of my body,
As I urged it on to grow.
I kissed her on the cheek,
I kissed her on the cheek,
Just to impress the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn't lost in the modern glitch.
Cause now it feels like,
We kiss with one eye on our T.V. set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Needing fairground rides just to spark her smile,
There's little here to miss,
Bring back 1996,
Bring back 1996.
Stop talking, stop talking,
I need a lover, not a friend tonight,
I'm leaving, I'm leaving,
I'm not cut out for the modern life.
I'll never beat those teenage kicks.
Only thing I'm not too sure about is the A/HER smile part. I'll check in the album booklet when I get home. :)
Just to spark A smile.
The song has quite a sad note to it. This is my own personal interpretation of it, feel free to disagree: '96 sounds like the year the singer first met the girl he's currently with today (possibly). But something is not right in their relationship. He's doing all the giving, and she's not giving anything back. They are friends, not lovers. And he wishes to go back to 1996 when they were young, had no worries about the world and "weren't scarred by the modern itch". It sounds as if the both of them feel disconnected with the modern world and unhappy with their lives -"I'm not cut out for the modern life"- and this is affecting their relationship. And when he says "There's little here to miss" it sounds as though his life in 1996 was a whole lot better than it is now (2011 say), and the singer will forever be nostalgic about his early teenage years.
"When our self belief, our self belief" instead of "But my self belief, my self belief,"
Oh, and "And with fairground rides", not "using". I think! :)