I am an ex offender
They let me out in the summer
I think I was in a coma
I didn't know what to do
Oh no

You go hang around go round
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman

I got no sent of existence
I know the nodding dogs
I go out in the city
I stay away from the bugs
Oh yeah

You go hang around around
I watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I watch myself hang on
Look out for the The bu uh uh ug man
The bu uh uh ug man
The bu uh uh ug man
The bu uh uh ug man

I go out in the city
I stay away from the bugs
Oh yeah
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh

I go out in the city
I go out in the city

Stay away from oh oh
Stay away from oh oh
Stay away from oh oh bugs
Stay away from oh oh bugs

Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Na na na na na oh oh
Space is the place
Space is the place
Space is the place
Space is the place
Space is the place
Space is the place
Space is the place


Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae

Bugman Lyrics as written by David Rowntree Damon Albarn

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    This song has a futuristic sci-fi horror film feel to it, I think it's about an alienated guy who's come out of prison on another planet trying to get away from an evil powerful guy, the bugman, who's unleashed killer insects on a big city (which might explain the repeated coda, not mentioned here, of "Space is the place" - or it may be it's on this planet and the situation's so bad here he'd just like to move to outer space). The "nodding dogs" may be people who've just resigned themselves to the ways of the bugman - the alienated ex-con has no sense of why these people would want to exist and the situation is so bad he feels like he's coming out of a coma. The loud discordant unworldly feel of the music supports my theory.

    finnegan63on December 04, 2013   Link

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