Lyrics
Kids are getting smarter but the brain ain't getting cheaper
Kids are becoming more intelligent, but knowledge is not becoming more affordable.
Zeitgeist operation and the skin is getting pinker
There's a prevailing cultural and social spirit, and the skin tone is becoming more pink, possibly alluding to societal changes.
Houseplants in my future, houseplants to the skies
Houseplants are a metaphor for the future, reaching for the skies.
There's a rotten cesspit, fear in your eyes
There's a negative and corrupt environment, causing fear in your eyes.
Rotten cesspit, fear in your eyes
Reiteration of the negative environment causing fear.
Houseplants, houseplants
Repetition of the idea of houseplants, possibly emphasizing its significance.
We speak about our days, yeah, we speak about a raise
Discussing daily life and the desire for a salary increase, but reluctance to express boredom.
Everybody's bored, we're just too afraid to say
People are bored but hesitate to admit it.
Houseplants in my future, houseplants to the skies
Reiteration of houseplants as part of the future, contrasting with the negative cesspit and fear.
There's a rotten cesspit, fear in your eyes
Repetition of the idea of a rotten cesspit causing fear.
Rotten cesspit, fear in your eyes
Further emphasis on the negative environment and fear in the eyes.
Rotten cesspit, fear in your eyes, Ooh
Continued emphasis on fear in the eyes.
Houseplants, houseplants
Repetition of the idea of houseplants.
Houseplants, houseplants
-Houseplants, houseplants
-Kids are getting smarter but the brain ain't getting cheaper
Reiteration of the contrast between increasing intelligence and the unaffordability of knowledge.
Zeitgeist operation and the skin is getting pinker
Repetition of the Zeitgeist operation and changing skin tone.
Houseplants, houseplants
Repetition of the theme of houseplants and the reluctance to express boredom.
We speak about our days, yeah, we speak about a raise
-Everybody's bored, we're just too afraid to say
-Houseplants, houseplants
-We squeeze it at night, oh, we squeeze it so tight
Metaphorical squeezing at night, possibly representing stress or pressure.
We squeeze it at night and it's getting so tight
-Houseplants, houseplants
-Gardens ain't a saviour, decoration ain't behaviour
Assertion that gardens and decoration are not saviors, repeated for emphasis.
Gardens ain't a saviour, decoration ain't behaviour
-Gardens ain't a saviour, decoration ain't behaviour
-Gardens ain't a saviour, gardens ain't a saviour
-Gardens ain't a saviour, oh, gardens ain't a saviour
-Gardens ain't a saviour, gardens ain't a saviour
-Gardens ain't a saviour, gardens ain't a saviour
-Houseplants, houseplants
Repetition of the idea of houseplants.
Houseplants, houseplants
-Houseplants, houseplants
-Houseplants
-Houseplants
-And I've spent my time looking for a future that doesn't exist
Searching for a future that may not exist.
This is my beautiful house and I can't afford to live in it
Expressing the irony of having a beautiful house but being unable to afford to live in it.
Money for the (?) 1970's (?)
Unclear reference to money and the 1970s, possibly highlighting a disconnect.
Children's television
Various references to societal issues, possibly criticizing aspects of society.
We're still Making Plans For Nigel
-Middle England
-General conversation in a sympathetic tone
-Chimps are being killed with your other hand
-This is how the other half live
-Green fingers, my friends are (?)
Reference to green fingers, possibly indicating a connection to nature.
Career driven
Being career-driven and guided by external factors like oxygen.
Guided by oxygen
Reflecting on laziness or possibly a lack of motivation.
Or maybe I'm just lazy
Uncertainty about the cause of behavior, questioning laziness.
Houseplants, houseplants
Repetition of the theme of houseplants.
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