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MetalliMyers
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A Pompous Ass
Location: LV-426
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Date Posted: 10/5/2011 8:00:00 AM Subject: Pumped Up Kicks
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It wasn’t until you hear the disturbing refrain that the song’s real message began to sink in: “All the other kids with the pumped up kicks/ You better run, better run, outrun my gun/ All the other kids with the pumped up kicks/ You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.”
Then you realized it’s about an armed teenager going on a violent high school rampage.
I guess the best way to put it is that it’s a social observation on American youth: I wrote the song in character, and I really wanted to get inside the head of a teenager that basically had nothing left to live for; really break it down psychologically and tell the story through his eyes.
Can we get off our "high horse" about the music I listen to now? ;)
Post Edited on 10/5/2011 8:01:33 AM
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Pryorman
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I eat strawberries and drink champagne while watching the Oscars, then double post about it.
Location: Pryor Country
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Date Posted: 10/5/2011 8:04:32 PM Subject:
That's why I said that I pictured this song playing over a montage of you and josh and balls laughing maniacally as you fire automatic weapons in slow motion in Las Vegas.
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