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Matthew Healy described ‘Roadkill’ as one of the funniest songs he ever wrote while he utilizes his ability of expressing the biggest ideas in the fewest words:
If the album isn’t funny, it’s deeply earnest or about my deepest fears and anxieties.
Despite being funny and catchy, ‘Roadkill’ endorse...
[Verse 1]
Well, I touch down and run to my connection
Man in the gift shop called me a fag
I feel like my tucked-up erection
There's a pressure all over my head
And I know this is how I get paid, but
It's not really how I wanna get laid, so
Hundred forty when I last got weighed
And I'm gonna lose more by Saturday
[Chorus]
And they're playing your song on the radio station
Mugging me off all across the nation
If you don't eat, then you'll never grow
I should've learnt that quite a while ago
I know it gets hard sometimes
Making out with people that you don't like
I know you don't feel alright
But you look just fine to me
[Verse 2]
Well, I pissed myself on a Texan intersection
With George spilling things all over his bag
And I took shit for being quiet during the election
And maybe that's fair, but I'm a busy guy
I get stoned and go where I get paid, but
It's not really how babies get made, so
I'll take a minute when I think I won't die from stopping
Oh, I'm just a busy guy
[Chorus]
And they're playing your song on the radio station
Mugging me off all across the nation
If you don't shoot, then you'll never know
You should've learnt that quite a while ago
I know it gets hard sometimes
Taking out your shit on the ones you like
You know, I didn't feel alright
Until you spoke to me
[Bridge]
You, I've been waiting for you
My whole life, waiting for you
I've been waiting for you
[Outro]
Well, I'm gonna get a gun but it's for her protection
Or maybe I'll get myself a fun knife
Roadkill was written by Ross MacDonald & Adam Hann & George Daniel & Matty Healy.
Roadkill was produced by Jonathan Gilmore & George Daniel & Matty Healy.
“Roadkill” is about touring America, it’s about getting burnt out and searching for things. Anecdotal things that happen on the road—pissing myself on a Texan intersection, all those kind of things. I don’t know what it sounds like—maybe like Pinegrove, or there’s a band called Limbeck that I used t...
Yes, the official visualizer was released July 13, 2020.
This is me writing a song about being on the road. I have to trust my instinct and write down what comes out, and it’s normally stuff that makes me laugh or makes me a bit uncomfortable on reflection. There’s a lot in this song that’s quite funny. The line about the election is about the fact that t...