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Pumped Up Kicks

Foster the People

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Quick Meaning: What is “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People about?

"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People expresses deeply personal narratives and poetic metaphors. Click on any lyric line below for real-time AI annotations, slang breakdowns, and translations across 100+ languages.

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 dad's closet with a box of fun things

And I don't even know what

But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you, wait

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

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'll 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

Ye, the sleight 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"

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

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

Run, run, run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

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

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

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

Pumped Up Kicks

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Album: Torches