Story Behind The Song
Walking through the streets of NYC, you can hardly help being bombarded by this useless chatter. In the pre-cell era, people actually made some kind of contact. That's rare these days.
Song Description
Witnessing the self imposed alienation/lack of real life communication, in favor of the cacoon of a distant conversation.
Song Length |
4:17 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - New Wave |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Beside Yourself, Annoyed |
Subject |
Telephone, Conformity |
Similar Artists |
B-52'S, Iggy Pop |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I'm walking down the sidewalk
I gotta get out of the way
'cause everybody's talking
on their cell phone today
I look at their expressions
So self absorbed
A screaming conversation
that I just can't ignore
Here comes an animated hipster
he's making his plans
and a gesticulating sister
who just hit me with her hand
I'm just trying to make it to work
without a conversating yuppie in my face with a smirk
no one's ever needed a cellphone before
now everybody's talking in a deafening roar
Hey, get off of that phone
It used to be that springtime
was a time for romance
you could find a mate that rhymes
under any circumstance
Now everyone's so into their zone
they're unaware of anything but their phone
I don't even know how to react
no one's ever making any contact
Everything I see makes me wanna scream
no one even knows what anything means
I said
Hey, get off of that phone
I look, I see waste
I see cellphone face
can't find a trace
of life
I get a raging attitude
predominantly rude
somebody get me some life