You and me, why are we living in retrograde
Loving me, losing me, driving without a break
Going full speed ahead never without a fight
Running red lights
Running red lights
Oh, Oh, no turning …
[Chorus]
Trust issues got me being cautious
Not friendly – niggas rolling swishers
Do I wanna hit it – not really
Blood in the streets for any one of my niggas
I’m ridin solo – …
[Hook:]
I’m kissing styrofoam
You know what I be on
Thats what I be on
She know what I be on
Who know what I be on
Thats what I be on
Baby move along
I keep moving …
He’s still driving that 1970 hand-me-down truck
And he’s still wearing that red and black jersey
Waiting for the band to start up
He’s still showing up twenty late, finding hearts and rules …
You know I’m gonna hit it on the radio
You know I’m gonna put it on my video
I know you gon’ be turning up the volume
I know you wanna split me …
Oh, oh (headphones on on)
Cinderella’s gone to New York City1
Wants to shave her hair and disappear2
18 years of never feeling pretty3
Says she’s finally thinking clear
Ain’t too proud to swim or drown now baby
Ain’t too proud to sink or see it through4
She said
Everybody wants to be with me5
I’ve got all I need (all I need)
I feel invincible with my headphones on6
Everybody pose for magazines (oh)7
All just noise to me (noise to me)8
I feel invincible with my headphones on9
Oh (my headphones, headphones)
Oh (my headphones on)
If anybody comes around to find me
If anybody ask for me she said
Tell ’em all I’m in the deep end singing10
If this music’s in my head
Ain’t too proud to swim or drown now baby (ain’t too proud)
Ain’t too proud to sink or see it through11
She said
Everybody wants to be with me
I’ve got all I need, (all I need)
I feel invincible with my headphones on
Everybody pose for magazines (oh)
It’s all just noise to me (noise to me)
I feel invincible with my headphones on
Oh (my headphones, headphones)
With my headphones on
I feel invincible
With my headphones on
People talking in their sleep
Can’t see the forest for the trees12
Clocks starts ticking lottery oh oh oh
A new world same old crowd
Good things wish but bad things shout
I don’t hear ’em now (oh)13
She said
Everybody wants to be with me (be with me)
I’ve got all I need (all I need)
I feel invincible with my headphones on
Everybody pose for magazines (oh)
It’s all just noise to me (noise to me)
I feel invincible with my headphones on
Oh (my headphones, headphones)
With my headphones on
I feel invincible
With my headphones on
Oh (my headphones, headphones on)
My headphone on
I feel invincible with my headphones14
Matt Nathanson speaks of a girl who leaves home for a big city.
“Wants to shave her hair and disappear” means that the girl wants a fresh start in a new place.
As a young lady, she hasn’t ever felt pretty.
Regardless of what happens, the girl is determined to finally just be herself and put her best foot forward.
Now that she has some independence and self-confidence, people are seeking her out.
She feels like she is in her own world whenever she’s listening to music. Matt Nathanson wrote this song to celebrate the beauty of music.
While many people are out there competing in the market of beauty, fashion, success, etc., few people are comfortable just being themselves.
“Noise to me” means that the girl sees no value in worldly success.
Listening to music provides the fullest extent of joy a human can experience.
Her time is now taken up enjoying music.
Regardless of her success or lack thereof, she is content to simply enjoy music.
“Can’t see the forest for the trees” means that they see things for their own selfish desires: profit, exploitation, etc.
Matt Nathanson sings about tuning out useless “noise” (figurative noise) in life.
While producing the music video for this song, Matt Nathanson participated in distributing hearing aids to more than 1000 deaf people in Peru, giving them the gift of hearing. Headphones, therefore, do not only reference music in this song, but also hearing aids. Artist and label proceeds for the song are donated to a foundation that distributes hearing aids throughout the world.
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