Twenty one, feeling down
I tell you nothing with a thousand words
and I weaker get with every step
I waste my time on compact disc's and staly fish
I can't remember the last time I did something
that made me feel all right for longer than a few hours
if I only had the strength to make some muffins
then I swear that I would share them with you now

Am I odd or am I not?
that's the question I spend time analyzing
I'm so soft but still I'm not
living up to what people want me to be
cause I'm busy with me, myself and I
can't be understood by someone I don't know to well
so I'm shutting out the whole world just to play Nintendo
I've got these new games but I'm afraid you can't join me

These last few years I've been struggling
and I'm tired of keeping a low profile
so now it's time to show that I'm alive

I'm gonna change my life
change my plans
change my Vans
even start to dance now
change my thoughts
change my sox
change my moves
even change my pro fighter Q for you

No its not for you
And change mine just for me
And change mine just for me
Bullion



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Track duration: 02:00

"Bullion" as written by Fredrik Larzon Mathias Farm

Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP

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    General Comment:Bullion stands for gold. Bouillon (note the spelling) stands for beef stock. While possibly unintentional, I've always seen it as the duality of living poor as a youth.

    You want Bullion but in the process are forced to eat/drink Bouillon. They are pronounced the same. I know it's a stretch given they are from Sweden and the term Bouillon comes from Louisiana, but that is what is has always meant to me.
    Flag Anrkiston November 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Just want to put this out there:

    This song has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO with drugs or break-ups. Its sort of a coming-of-age song, more of a shy kid coming out of his shell.
    Flag jameshillegason February 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is just about how he gets dumped by a girl and how shit he feels, and how shit he feels ingeneral about life, the end bit is him making the changes and saying i did it to make me better not for u. (the girl)
    "so I'm shutting out the whole world just to play Nintendo
    I've got a few games but I'm afraid you can't join me"
    best line, definetly relate to this my gf left me and im 21 and feeling down!
    Flag Fallen_ANGEL_Punkon June 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"i hear millencolin loved to play in sweden and norway because of the legality of drugs"

    What the hell are you talking about? Drugs are extremely illegal in Sweden and, as far as I know, in Norway too. Millencolin, being a swedish band, would know this.
    And what has that got to do with the song?

    There is a really good live version of this song included as a B-side on the 'Ray'-single off the latest album!

    This song is definately one of my favourite MC-songs.
    I think it's about dealing with boredom and the "not-knowing-what-to-do-with-your-life" that can hit you when you're around 21.
    Feels like they have a bunch of songs on that subject =)
    Flag Dicksonon July 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:punk-o-rama 2 is a bad ass album. i won it in a skate competition. a super pro fighter q is a video game system that ran of roms. i've heard of versions that played sega. but i think its only snes. i hear millencolin loved to play in sweden and norway because of the legality of drugs and i also hear that bullion is a term for coke. bullion also means gold. perhaps the video game style to life based on gold and points.
    Flag ptrakkon May 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i like the way nikola writes the lyrics in a melodic way. because if you notice a lot of their songs dont necessarily rhyme but they sound really good with the music. best punk band. bar none. solo work is excelent too..
    Flag comakid92on December 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Just kidding, I found out Staly Fish is a band...
    Flag ficuson October 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Well basically I feel like if I was a talented songwriter, I would write a song like this, or like Twenty-Two (except I'm still just 21)..

    But um...what are staly fish?
    Flag ficuson October 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:nikola has amazed me on this song. these are the best lyrics ive herd for ages. i think its because there very confusing.
    everynow and then u come along a song that u can listen to so much and never get sick of it. and this is one..

    this is what i think the song is about...

    *lets just say he is writing about himself, im not sure who is acctually writing bout*

    all his life he has been shuting out ppl. wanting to be alone and doing his own stuff. Ppl have been judging him because he isnt being social. ppl have tried talking to him and make him change himself.
    its a song about being urself and not lisetning to the ppl who are trying toand change u.
    the last bit of the song "I'm gonna change my life, plans, Vans, start to dance
    change my thoughts, sox, moves
    even change my pro fighter Q for you!!! "
    nikola has writtin that sarcasticaly. sayin he will but he isnt really gonna change.

    lol this is like my hobby reading lyrics. im only 15. is that bad??
    Flag Timothy-Joelon May 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Oh god! I will be 22 in five days!! I love this MC song. I heard this song since I was seventeen and I didn´t have a clue of what the hell nikola was trying to say...but now that I am still 21...Gosh!

    I Think this song is about finding out who you are and what you want to be in your life.

    A lot of people hide himselves hanging around with a girlfriend or doing drugs...but just a minority lives theirs lives with their own strenght and pain.
    I think the way to survive of nikola was fighting for his dream of be a great singer and when he was depressed he started to play nintendo.

    ¨cause I'm busy with me, myself and I
    can't be understood by someone I don't know to well
    so I'm shutting out the whole world just to play Nintendo
    I've got these games but I'm afraid you can't join me¨

    I guess this song is about loneliness and hope.
    The hope to be someday a great man and then become in bullion and make that change for yourself no for a girl, for the society ...just for yourself.

    These last few years I've been struggling
    and I'm tired of keeping a low profile
    so now it's time to show that I'm alive

    I'm gonna change my life, plans, Vans, start to dance
    change my thoughts, sox, moves
    even change my pro fighter Q for you!!!
    Flag elbirviveon March 24, 2006   Link

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