The song Pumped up Kicks by The Foster Children is a song about a kid with jealousy who go's trigger happy, with a gun obviously. In the first verse hes talking about the shooting and how no ones paying no mind of how sneaky he is since he has a revolver and no one suspects this, in this case he is in a state of innocence and a goody two shoes. He relates this experience to a cowboy saying how cool it might be to show that he has the power once he has a weapon in hand. Why does it seem that people automatically think they have power because they have a weapon? is it because the other person is put into fear or is it because they're conceited and in the moment of how cool they think they are?
Secondly, with the chorus being , All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks.... this chorus is talking about how everyone else has whats in style and he might feel jealousy and peer pressure to have what everyone else has. This chorus is relatable to a poem called "Please don't take My Air Jordan's" since both characters feel the pressure and need to fit in with society. He is telling them to run if not physically but literally since he feels superior seeing that he has the gun. He knows hes going to kill them since you can't really run faster than a bullet.
Lastly, with the second chorus saying "Daddy works a long day" I think he is trying to say that his dad comes home drunk and beats him after his long time of drinking and getting drunk. The character is probably waiting at the dinnertable for his dad to beat him and get revenge. The feeling of drunkness might have a strong feeling on the dad and cause him to act out of hand.
The song Pumped up Kicks by The Foster Children is a song about a kid with jealousy who go's trigger happy, with a gun obviously. In the first verse hes talking about the shooting and how no ones paying no mind of how sneaky he is since he has a revolver and no one suspects this, in this case he is in a state of innocence and a goody two shoes. He relates this experience to a cowboy saying how cool it might be to show that he has the power once he has a weapon in hand. Why does it seem that people automatically think they have power because they have a weapon? is it because the other person is put into fear or is it because they're conceited and in the moment of how cool they think they are?
ReplyDeleteSecondly, with the chorus being , All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks.... this chorus is talking about how everyone else has whats in style and he might feel jealousy and peer pressure to have what everyone else has. This chorus is relatable to a poem called "Please don't take My Air Jordan's" since both characters feel the pressure and need to fit in with society. He is telling them to run if not physically but literally since he feels superior seeing that he has the gun. He knows hes going to kill them since you can't really run faster than a bullet.
Lastly, with the second chorus saying "Daddy works a long day" I think he is trying to say that his dad comes home drunk and beats him after his long time of drinking and getting drunk. The character is probably waiting at the dinnertable for his dad to beat him and get revenge. The feeling of drunkness might have a strong feeling on the dad and cause him to act out of hand.