I'm from the UK so I thought I might be able to shed some light on this verse:
No one sits inside a freezing flat and stays there �til May
Leafing through a stack of A-Zs to surf the UK
Waiting with the wind against your face
And gel in your hair
Shivering in little undershirts, but don't seem to care
"Flat" is definitely referring to the British colloquial term for apartment, also summer doesn't even begin to start in britain until after april when the so called "april showers" have finished so most people re-engage in outdoor activities after april, this is obviously thought of as outmoded or uncool by the character who says that "no-one" does that any more
A-Zs are a popular brand of street maps in the UK, Surf is probably referring to the internet term "surf" so perhaps they are saying that the person in question is stuck in the internet age and even though they are looking through physical atlases they see it as merely "surfing" a Country
"Waiting with the wind against your face
And gel in your hair
Shivering in little undershirts, but don't seem to care"
Since the uk reference has run in this verse we could assume that it carried on through through the last bit as well,so , anyone who has been to the uk will know that it's windy, no doubt, and a lot of people wear gel in their hair, but most importantly nearly every young male in the country will still wear jeans and a t-shirt even when it's freezing outside,
To me this verse looks like a comment on British culture and perhaps how it too has been influenced by the "Californian English" that has swept the world, after all, people wouldn't be strutting around in a t-shirt with gel in their hair on a freezing day if they didn't see people doing it on American TV shows/Adverts etc..
this makes sense as the band have toured the uk several times.
I'm from the UK so I thought I might be able to shed some light on this verse:
No one sits inside a freezing flat and stays there �til May Leafing through a stack of A-Zs to surf the UK Waiting with the wind against your face And gel in your hair Shivering in little undershirts, but don't seem to care
"Flat" is definitely referring to the British colloquial term for apartment, also summer doesn't even begin to start in britain until after april when the so called "april showers" have finished so most people re-engage in outdoor activities after april, this is obviously thought of as outmoded or uncool by the character who says that "no-one" does that any more
A-Zs are a popular brand of street maps in the UK, Surf is probably referring to the internet term "surf" so perhaps they are saying that the person in question is stuck in the internet age and even though they are looking through physical atlases they see it as merely "surfing" a Country
"Waiting with the wind against your face And gel in your hair Shivering in little undershirts, but don't seem to care"
Since the uk reference has run in this verse we could assume that it carried on through through the last bit as well,so , anyone who has been to the uk will know that it's windy, no doubt, and a lot of people wear gel in their hair, but most importantly nearly every young male in the country will still wear jeans and a t-shirt even when it's freezing outside,
To me this verse looks like a comment on British culture and perhaps how it too has been influenced by the "Californian English" that has swept the world, after all, people wouldn't be strutting around in a t-shirt with gel in their hair on a freezing day if they didn't see people doing it on American TV shows/Adverts etc..
this makes sense as the band have toured the uk several times.