Teenage Satellites Lyrics
I can almost see your house from here, but the signal seems to
Disappear, so what's the problem? Houston's calling
Then you hit me like a Friday night, like a handgun in a firefight
Dive in slow motion towards the ocean
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Let's run away, let's go and waste another year
Let's spin apart while racing through the atmosphere
We tumble through the night
We burn so bright, we're teenage satellites
[Post-Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 2: Matt Skiba]
I'm kind of nervous of the consequence, as we climb over the
Neighbor's fence, the longest summer's nights are numbered
Then you kissed me like a storm at sea, like I'm the only one you'll
Ever need, we're left abandoned in the deep end
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Let's run away, let's go and waste another year
Let's spin apart while racing through the atmosphere
We tumble through the night
We burn so bright, we're teenage satellites
(We're teenage satellites)
[Bridge: Mark Hoppus]
We are a slow descent, forgotten astronauts
We are an avalanche, we're just an afterthought
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Let's run away, let's go and waste another year
Let's spin apart while racing through the atmosphere
We tumble through the night
We burn so bright, we're teenage satellites
[Post-Chorus: Matt Skiba and Mark Hoppus]
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, we're teenage satellites
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, teenage satellites
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, teenage satellites...
About
A pop-punk anthem about running away and never looking back. “Teenage Satellites” narrates how a teenager tells another to forget his problems and invites him to break free, to appreciate life while they’re still young.
Q&A
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In a track by track breakdown recorded for NME, bassist Mark Hoppus said:
I think ‘Teenage Satellites’ is the last song that we wrote for the record, or the next to last song. That song started off, I was in the studio by myself, and I had Matt’s guitar. Matt had had a new guitar made that had gotten delivered to the studio and I was playing on it. And I was just playing this one octave chord. And John [Feldmann] walked into the studio and he goes “What are you playing?” and I said “I dunno I just made it up” and he goes “Okay cool” and he got behind the board, and we plugged it in, and he hit record, and we just started building it from there."
Matt then chimed in:
Very John."
Mark agreed, noting:
Yeah, very John. imitating Feldmann “Wh-what’s that? What’s that? Oh that’s cool, let’s record that. Let’s do that right now” and build a song around it. It was one of those songs that came together very quickly and I like the spirit of the song. I like the sentiment of the song. I like the lyrics. I think that it’s a very – it’s one of those songs that, when you hear it, you want to go out and conquer the world."
- 1.Cynical
- 4.Los Angeles
- 5.Sober
- 7.No Future
- 10.Teenage Satellites
- 11.Left Alone
- 12.Rabbit Hole
- 13.San Diego
- 15.California
- 17.Parking Lot
- 18.Misery
- 19.Good Old Days
- 21.Hey I’m Sorry
- 22.Last Train Home
- 23.Wildfire
- 24.6/8