Miami

We charge into danger.
No guarantees or safe places.
No one can be trusted,
everyone is a suspect.
All the money's worthless.
The talent is trite and exaggerated.
The food is turning and the water's fucking poison.
And it's rotting your teeth right out of your head,
sight and hearing are quickly faded.
Your gut's expanding, your hairline's receding.
The sores are opening and the cancer's spreading.
And the antibiotics aren't working,
All the drugs are just strangely sobering.
And the skeletons in your closet have opened the door and
they've started talking.

Just like Miami!
Miami!
Fucking Miami.
Miami!

Sharks circling for the feeding.
All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into the ocean.

Just like Miami!
Miami!
Fucking Miami!
Miami!

Sharks circling for the feeding.
All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into the ocean.

Hey!

They're in your room while you're sleeping.
They're in your car behind the seat waiting.
All the rifle sights are on the back of your head.
They're slipping it into your drink when you're not looking.
And they're selling it to you as art.
It's every other word in movies and songs.
All the public is buying,
it's business as usual,
and the business is capitalizing
on your fear, your greed, your perversions and vices.
They say you're guilty, they've got the evidence to prove it.
The mistakes are obvious, the faults are glaring.
The plane is on fire, the fucking ship is sinking.
And you're swept away in a hurricane.
You're buried in the rubble of an earthquake.
It's terminal!
Inoperable!
They're amputating!
Massive hemorrhaging!
Major fucking complications!

Just like Miami!
Miami!
Fucking Miami!
Miami!

Sharks circling for the feeding.
All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into the ocean.

Just like Miami!
Miami!
Fucking Miami!
Miami!

Sharks circling for the feeding.
All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into the ocean.

Miami!


Definitely one of the best songs on SFAFC. It's just got everything going for it: the slow build up, the great imagery, awesome chants, etc.


Also, does anyone else think that this part of the song:

It's terminal!
Inoperable!
They're amputating!
Massive hemorrhaging!
Major fucking complications!

is just fucking epic? Especially the way tom belts out "MAJOR FUCKING COMPLICATIONS!" I just love it

Yeah, I love when he says "Major fucking complications!" It's even better to watch live performances of it because he usually says "MAJOR FUCKING COMPLICATIONS, JAMES!!" and it's my favorite thing ever.

Also, this song makes me really not want to go to Miami.

laurendelore wrote:

Also, this song makes me really not want to go to Miami.

haha im right along with you.

I love the line "All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into the ocean" so much. Tom is such an amazing songwriter.

FOREVER I thought he was saying "Lou Gherig, Jesus, safe places" instead of "No Guarantees or safe places". Yeah, I don't know either.

Hahahaha.

You laugh, but listen to it and NOT hear that now.

i kind of feel this song fizzled out in a way? AM could of kept doing this song live, it has the potential to be an awsome opener. but they don't play it live nowadays.

"sharks circling for the feeding"- great line and great analogy.

i love when they sing this live, at the very end of the song when everyone screams "MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of their lungs!

nickyno wrote:

i kind of feel this song fizzled out in a way? AM could of kept doing this song live, it has the potential to be an awsome opener. but they don't play it live nowadays.

they played it last week in orlando, but it could just be because they were playing in florida

they played it in saskatoon about a month ago.

MAJOR FUCKING COMPLICATIONS, JAMES!

bmc5703 wrote:

MAJOR FUCKING COMPLICATIONS, JAMES!

Definitely the best line.

nickyno wrote:

i kind of feel this song fizzled out in a way? AM could of kept doing this song live, it has the potential to be an awsome opener. but they don't play it live nowadays.

Andrew threw up the 305 at me when they played this song in Gainesville, and then he pointed at me during the "no one can be trusted, everyone is a suspect" line.

Andrew kicks ass.

They played this song in Philly last week. It was epic.

I actually emailed Tom asking what this song was about and he replied back saying that as a kid he hated miami, and this song is basically a metaphor for how much he loathes it

yeah I had a talk with him about it.

He said that growing up in Naples he hated Miami, he was very proud of being from Naples. I don't think he hates it anymore. I mean he got married in Miami Beach.

Besides, he has the Miami crew here.

Exactly how does one throw the 305?

ask Andrew. He knows.

they opened with it in Portland

hectorinho wrote:

ask Andrew. He knows.

Ok, I'll call him tonight...

In honor of the Wisconsin recall election I've made some slight change to the lyrics.

Just like Milwaukee!
Milwaukee!
Fucking Milwaukee!
Milwaukee!

Sharks circling for the feeding.
All hope has been abandoned, like ballots drifting into Lake Michigan.

Not the same ring but catchy....