Pumped Up Kicks
 

You may or may not know the song that has been popular lately [called Pumped Up Kicks].
Listen to it...

Now read the Lyrics..

Robert's got a quick hand.
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan.
He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out his mouth he's a cowboy kid.
Yeah he found a six shooter gun.
In his dads closet hidden in a box of fun things, and I don't even know what.
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you.

[Chorus x2:]
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 you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

Daddy works a long day.
He be coming home late, yeah he's coming home late.
And he's bringing me a surprise.
'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice.
I've waited for a long time.
Yeah the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger,
I reason with my cigarette,
And say your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, yeah.

[Chorus x2:]
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 you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

[Whistling]

[Chorus x3:]
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 you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet.



This seemingly innocent song (if not listening to lyrics carefully) is actually about a shooting. The Westroads Mall Shooting, actually. For more information on the shooting, click the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Hawkins#Details

So what do you think about this? Is it right? What message do you think it's trying to send?

Actually, Mark Foster from FtP said its just coincidental that it relates to the Westroads mall shooting, and that he was fabricating a story about how the brain of an emotionally troubled teenager would work to raise awareness about troubled teenagers.

Ah, well who knows. Some artists lie - but maybe. It's still disturbing.

<3 I replayed that song all night yesterday :D Its been very popular a long time ago.

Haha, yep

yer its really old but still a cool song

I rage a little when I say I like FtP and the only song anyone knows is Pumped up Kicks.

Hipster.

That isn't a hipster thing to say.

A Hipster is someone who doesn't like/take part in things that are 'mainstream' or 'popular'.

If everyone only knew one song from your favorite band and say they love them, would you be a little ticked?

This song is awesome.

Yeah, I really like this song. It has a really deep meaning behind it too ;3

That a cowboy named Robert is going on a fkin killstreak and that if you don't run for the heck of your life, you oughta be dead...

But seriously, i think it speaks of independence... The way he has the cigarette in his mouth... And the six shooter gun in his pocket... It means that he fights for his own reasons

What does this mean to me? Behind the meaning of this song, the Westroads Mall, this means to me that you should not Kill yourself and/or a bunch of other people. Nothing in life is worth killing anyone/yourself. Do not commit suicide.

Way to go you discovered common sense thomas paine