Lyrics
I steal the notes from other bands.
The singer borrows musical ideas or inspiration from other bands.
I fill their shoes with wet cement.
Metaphorically, the singer leaves an enduring mark by imprinting their own style or influence onto others.
I make you think of certain things
The singer manipulates or directs the listener's thoughts or emotions.
And when you talk the things you'll say,
The singer anticipates the listener's reactions or responses to what is being communicated.
I'm pretty sure of what you want.
The singer is confident about understanding the listener's desires or intentions.
I bet you want the same as me.
The singer assumes the listener shares similar desires or interests.
You want to think of something smart,
The desire to convey something intelligent or profound.
Something someone would repeat,
Expressing a wish for one's words to be echoed or repeated by others.
but I'm giving up on all that fuss.
The singer is abandoning the effort to engage in unnecessary or trivial matters.
I'm gonna tell you how it is.
A declaration of intent to speak truthfully or candidly.
Then, when you get your turn to talk
Preemptively suggesting that when the listener has a chance to speak, they hope the listener’s voice is muted.
I hope your microphone is off
Metaphorically wishing for the listener's voice to be silenced or unheard.
And the critics go, "Whoa...yeah...yeah..."
Imagining critics' reactions ("Whoa...yeah...yeah...") to the performance or presentation.
They'll go, "Whoa...yeah...shotgun..."
Anticipating the critics' response ("Whoa...yeah...shotgun...") to the material presented.
But, for now just watch the screen.
Encouraging the listener to focus on the visual display or performance.
Let me control the things you think.
Requesting control over the listener's thoughts or perceptions through the presented content.
You'd like to think you could resist,
Though one might believe they can resist influence, the singer asserts the listener is being hypnotized by the performance.
But you're being hypnotised by this.
The singer claims the listener is under their hypnotic control due to the performance's impact.
Think of the clock you thought up.
Asking the listener to imagine a swinging clock, possibly referring to the rhythmic or hypnotic effect.
How it's wagging back and forth.
Describing the pendulum-like movement of the clock and its hypnotic effect.
How you're hypnotised by us.
Asserting that the listener is hypnotized by the singer or the band's performance.
Are you studying my pores?
Humorously asking if the listener is closely observing minute details like the singer's pores, indicating the listener's intense focus.
When my hand snaps you'll wake up
A playful suggestion that when the singer signals, the listener will return to their normal, everyday concerns.
To your daily concerns.
The listener will snap out of the hypnotic state and resume their routine activities.
I'm counting backwards in your head.
The singer metaphorically counts down to the listener's return to normal consciousness.
You're letting me do all the work.
Implies the singer is doing the mental work, guiding the listener's thoughts and actions.
You're under my thumb, yeah, yeah.
Metaphorically expressing control or dominance over the listener.
(snap)
Sound effect representing the moment when the listener is supposed to "snap out" of the hypnotic state.
You're under my thumb, yeah.
Reiteration of the singer's dominance or control over the listener.
How 'bout that, boys?
A rhetorical question or statement expressing satisfaction with the situation or power dynamics.
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