God, Make Up Your Mind
Dilemma of Choices: Cold War Kids' Reflection on Morality and Decisions
Lyrics
Backseat of your family station wagon
Reflecting on childhood memories in the backseat of a family station wagon.
Listenin' to mom
Listening to mom in the context of the family experience.
100 years of solitude
Referencing the novel "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez.
And only 12 years old
Being only 12 years old despite the profound experiences mentioned.
God make up your mind
Pleading with God to decide whether to be fair or take what rightfully belongs.
God make up your mind
-Do you wanna play fair
-Should I take what's mine?
-Mama's callin' out
Observing the grand canyon, indifferent characters, and feeling emptiness.
Look at the grand canyon
-Camilla couldn't care less
-Gazin' to the home
-Your stomach feels the emptiness
-God make up your mind
Repeating the plea to God, questioning the choice between fairness and taking what's theirs.
God make up your mind
-Do you wanna play fair
-Or should I take what's mine?
-Like everyone else
Expressing a sense of conformity or similarity to others.
From New York to New Orleans
Recalling geographical experiences, battleship games, and daydreaming about someone named Maria.
Played alphabet
-Kansas to Boise
-Won a battleship
-Memorize the capitals
-Crossword puzzles
-Drew a picture of a cat
-Layin' dead in the street
-Daydream about Maria back in California
-Elephant in your brain
Symbolic mention of an elephant in the brain, emphasizing the need to make choices that cause tension.
Remindin' you you've got to make a choice
-Wraps his arms around ya slow
-Cause you tense up like a [?]
-God make up your mind
Reiterating the plea to God, emphasizing the dilemma of playing fair or taking what's rightfully theirs.
God make up your mind
-Do you wanna play fair
-Or should I take what's mine?
-Like everyone else
Reaffirming a sense of commonality with everyone else.
Why am a teacher on the street sign
Reflecting on societal roles, suggesting that being a 'no one' is essential to genuinely help others.
Has done so much more than politicians
-Than musicans
-You wanna help someone
-You gotta be a no one
-That's what I figured out
-The cat in the street meant
-You gotta make up your mind
-Make up your mind
-Make up your mind
Emphasizing the need to make a definitive decision or choice.
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