Mind Blown

I had my mind blown today, and now it's your turn.

You know that "Pumped Up Kicks" song?  The one you probably whistle along with while you're at The Gap shopping for Khakis?  Toe-tapping-pop-sugary-goodness, right?  It's got such a catchy little hook, how can we not sing along....

How's about no.

Did you have any clue it's actually about some kid ready to gun down his classmates?

Let's take a look at the actual lyrics:

Yeah he found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet, in the box of fun things
I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah he's coming for you

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

So, as long as you've got your Reeboks pumped up and are ready to sprint out of 3rd period French, you should be all good dawg.  Just gotta outrun a few bullets.

We're all just a bunch of iTunes sheep.

Here we spent all summer just mindlessly whistling along, mumbling the rest of the lyrics...thinking we were bathing in a feel-good song about Unicorns and Lollipops.  Nope, Columbine.

Have a nice day with your newly shattered brain.