Marilyn Mastin Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I am so LOVING this SONG!!!! When he screams "Better"----oh. my. I just am a puddle. It makes me think we've only scratched the surface of Mika wonderfulness. I'd love to hear him sing a little harder a little more often. Not all the time because I wouldn't be able to function then. can't stop listening to this song!!!!! WELL DONE MIKA! Agreed! I believe this wonderful man has so much to offer and he's gonna get even BETTER!!! He's really so versatile!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariale@MxLJ Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 My english it´s not so good but i believe he says this: We could rule the world - I could rule the world On a silver platter From the wrong to the right light To an open stream - To the open stream No bridge to burn Nowhere to turn For me - I can´t hear the word nowhere. It sounds something like: no inner turn For me. Does it have any sense?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika_me Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 every time i read different lyrics it confuses me and now in my head i totally messed up the song, i always thought it was "we are free" but now im singing "we arent free" and yup lol ill keep checking this thread to make sure im updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayler Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 We are young We are strong We're not looking for where we belong We're not cool We are free And we're running with blood on our knees We could rule the world On a silver platter From the wrong to the right light To an open stream With a crash and burn We could make it better Turn it upside down Just you and me We are the dream No other way To be I love this whole part ^^ But I always hear : 'We are the dream, Don't walk away, From me' Now I hear what you wrote, but I prefer 'Don't walk away from me' It sounds more Mika-ish that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 He uses the word "better" a lot in this song. A foreshadowing to the next album? Hmmmm.... :rolls_eyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 He uses the word "better" a lot in this song. A foreshadowing to the next album? Hmmmm.... :rolls_eyes: He used it a lot on the last album too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Kick ass is such a powerful song! I really love it and the babies I take care of ask for it on repeat too as they do with Relax, so I think that's a very good sign that it's going to be a big hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinghorse83 Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Kick ass = do you think you're BETTER? Touches you = you think you're better, better than me? = mika awwh originality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenaLovesMika Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Haha i keep seing the advert and psoters for Kick Ass around my town lol and everytime i see it i sing Mika's song I LOVE THAT SONGG!!! lol i cant stop signign it aww and the way he says "Better" int he verse is sooo sexy lol xoxoxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Haha i keep seing the advert and psoters for Kick Ass around my town lol and everytime i see it i sing Mika's songI LOVE THAT SONGG!!! lol i cant stop signign it aww and the way he says "Better" int he verse is sooo sexy lol xoxoxo Yeah same here! It's the glued up kind that they just plaster en-mass in random alleyways. They had them in NYC too, so Kick-Ass is all over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenaLovesMika Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Yeah same here! It's the glued up kind that they just plaster en-mass in random alleyways. They had them in NYC too, so Kick-Ass is all over! Hahah really aww coool =) yehh i love those stick up massive posters =) xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYazz Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 "... -blablahblah- at your feet ..." I really wonder for a while already what's supposed to be the real sentence. Someone her who knows? x3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shikutukumimika Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 "... -blablahblah- at your feet ..." I really wonder for a while already what's supposed to be the real sentence. Someone her who knows? x3 Rip it at your feet. The complete lyrics are in the first post though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Ann Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Rip it at your feet. The complete lyrics are in the first post though. What I understand is: Looking at your feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodonmyknees Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I gotta agree with whoever it was who mentioned it upstream: I hear "whip it at your feet", not rip. I'm not sure what's being ripped or whipped, but I believe I've heard the phrase "whip it at your feet" used before. Hmm... in context... This is what I hear from that section: I could change the world I could make it better kick it up and down take a chance at me when you fake a smile and you think you're better gonna put it down whip it at your feet I guess the question I need to ask is who "you" is; if "you" is the addressee of the song - you know, the person Mika is indirectly addressing with his "we're not cool; we are free" bit - maybe he's whipping the fake smile? Maybe he's whipping the world? He's intentionally tripping up the "you" with something. So the other half of the question is what does "it" refer to? If "it" is the same object as in the bit before - here it's clear that it's the world - then the world (metaphorically - maybe verbally?) is being used to trip up someone who is faking... being cool? This particular exchange of the song is what always gets me. Horribly fun to sing along with, but so confusing! My favorite part is the bridge. Possibly because of the music video, because he's SO PRETTY. I also get a little bit confused with the lyrics to the first verse, because I'm never sure whether it's: from the wrong to the red light or from the wrong to the right light It sounds more like red than like right to me, personally... but then what's the significance of the open stream? I've always thought of the lights as referring to traffic lights, but now I'm not so sure. Either: (a) if it's RED, then I don't think it's traffic lights at all; rather, red lights are usually indicative of bad things (being caught red-handed, etc.), so he's running from the oppressive addressee of the song and the open stream is the safest place to run, or (b) if it's RIGHT, then maybe it IS traffic lights, and from the wrong to the right light he begins to move again, in the right direction (the open stream). I don't know. I listen to this song too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire and ice 16 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 hi everybody i am a new addition to the MFC. and Kick-ass is my favorite song. so here goes my first proper post. here is what i think of it, but i would really love to know what you guys think of it and my reading. he says we are young, strong but not cool. in all complexity of reverse psychology, declaring that you are not cool is a sure shot way to get people to know your weird quirks and label you as 'cool'. Irene Adler in 'Sherlock' says that geeky (the traditionally 'uncool') is the new "sexy". and by extension, therefore, the new cool. then Mika sings about how we are not cool and still free. portraying an image of cliched coolness all your life requires a lifelong enslavement to a lot of things- from a certain brand of clothes to the type of books you read or the kind of food you eat. not being cool also requires a dedication but to the opposite. not reading those books, not eating that type of food, it is a different kind of enslavement. being weird is a piece of work. Lucifer did the exact opposite of what God did, and eventually lost his element of surprise. Bella will stop surprising Edward all together in some future sequel because she did the exact opposite of what he expected her to do. only a truly unpredictable person like Mika himself, or Alaska from John Greens' 'Looking for Alaska' can actually be free and cool, in the full sense of the words while not being cool in the cliched Hollywood sense. Mika, i think, is talking about that person. the unpredictable person, who does not give a ****, who can kick serious ass. but they are few and far apart. Mika is one, that new singer Lorde could be another, other examples can only be found in books. Does this make any sense to you? Please reply. i am really really excited, this is my first proper post. :wait: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire and ice 16 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 This is a very old thread. i just noticed that. i wonder if anybody will reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marta. Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) I think that in this song he's talking about identity. About personality. About differences and about tolerance. In a very special and deep way. Being young does not mean being cool. Being cool does not mean being strong. Being free does not mean being safe (the blood on the knees). There is not a "wrong light" or a "right light". The point is to learn being ourselves. Respecting the others and trying to be respected. Without stopping of running, also with bloody knees. And this is NOT simple. It is a real fight, an everyday fight, that you can win or lose. In my opinion, this is the point, in this song. The personal identity. Where and how to find it. How to protect it and how to fight for it. I think it is a very very important theme for Mika, almost a matter of life or death. And he's probably right. I 've discovered Mika with this song and i like it very much, it's one of my favourite. And the video, too. Edited February 17, 2014 by Marta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwendin Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Just listened to it and it occured to me that every single time I giggle like a fool 'cause to me "platter" spoken like that is too similar to "bladder" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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