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Kele, the lead singer and guitarist of Bloc Party described the meaning of this song before performing it live at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in 2005:
This song is about boredom – boredom and mediocrity.
He elaborated in a later interview:
It’s a song inspired by watching Pop Idol. There wa...
[Verse 1]
He said, "You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch"
He said, "You're just as boring as everyone else"
Nothing ever happens
[Refrain]
Things replace things
Days replace days
Things replace things
[Verse 2]
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my claws"
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my claws"
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my breasts
I'm gonna make it happen," she said
[Chorus]
Run, run, run, run, run, run
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
Run, run, run, run, run, run
You cannot run or ever hide it away
Run, run, run, run, run, run
Something glorious is about to happen
Run, run, run, run, run, run
The reckoning
[Verse 3]
They go, "You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch"
They go, "You're just as boring as everyone else"
Stuck past timing
[Pre-Chorus]
The fear and the yearning
The fear and the consumption
The fear and the yearning
It's gonna eat you alive, they go
[Chorus]
Run, run, run, run, run, run
And you cannot hide or ever, ever escape
Run, run, run, run, run, run
You cannot hide or ever put it away
Run, run, run, run, run, run
Something glorious is about to happen
Run, run, run, run, run, run
The reckoning
[Bridge]
They go
They say
They go
They say
They go, "Why'd you have to get so hysterical?"
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so fucking useless? (Success, success, success)
[Outro]
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool
Positive Tension was written by Gordon Moakes & Matt Tong & Russell Lissack & Kele.
Positive Tension was produced by Paul Epworth.
Bloc Party released Positive Tension on Wed Feb 02 2005.