Oblivius
The Strokes Lyrics

@Amerikus099

Jajajajajajajajajajajajaja te juro que lo pensé la primera vez y ahora no lo puedo escuchar sin sentir el wacha dame mi ior.

@agustincastiella7451

jajajaja SACATE EL CHORRR WACHAA

@Amerikus099

JAJAJAJA mal. A Julian lo están influenciando (? Hay un video donde lo hacen decir "altas llantas"

@Annenm

ahahahahahahha esa soy yo ahahahaha

@Amerikus099

En serio? Jajajajajajaja te envidio plenamente

@davidhipo5350

Lyrics:
Unchain me
It's not my midnight yet
Act like a fox but think like a sheep
Wall Street
Unchain me
'Cause this is my bank's advice
We're gonna give it back to you
Some other day
Take off from the runway
Thinking of a sad day
Racing down the highway
Looking at me sideways
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
Unchain me
It's time
I know the way uptown
Unchain me
I've waited for the time
Get you with your pajamas on
Take off from the runway
Thinking of a sad day
Playing with his new toys
Looking at the sad boys
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
And we take
What we hide from them
And then say
"What do you want from me?"
Don't wait so long
Way too long
They wait too long
I can't stay awake too long
You never wait for some
Other generation
I'll wait somewhere
Alone, get it in your head
Get out of my way
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh

@mindlessmusic5132

Julian hitting that high note shakes my soul

@Nigel_Camilleri

It is strange isn't it considering the majority of his songs are sung at a very low octave

@hucz

"Julian" lol

@ryand8294

@@hucz ?

@fultonfolper7236

This comment is based

@geckopecko

same here

@kiramackinnon7932

“WHAAHTT SIDEEE YOU STANDIN ONNN?” That gets me in my feels. Like I wanna cry it’s so good.

@iiWeemann

kira lee I knowwwww

@NightMythHunter

Same I knowwwwww

@iiWeemann

Mysterion Im watching them in 2 days, but this Corona Virus thing might mess that up 😭

@NightMythHunter

David Dean oh god I hope not, the coronavirus has delayed a lot of things in 2020 to 2021, please don’t touch the strokes tho

@iiWeemann

Mysterion haha exactly 😤

@Slashycent

This might just be the ultimate Strokes song.

Sounds like all of their albums compressed into one mind-blowingly beautiful piece of music.

Speechless.

@ReLoadXxXxX

The EP is called Future Present Past for a reason.

@Slashycent

@@ReLoadXxXxX Yeah they really nailed the concept to a T.

@DeaLenihan

Perfectly said. I agree

@wladek_bl

imo up there with hard to explain

@g3nj1

With a hint of what Julian does with the voidz.

@e.e.gravewalkr

That bridge touched my soul.

@killyourself5407

E.s.r.edger it's so fucking good

@carlisleh

HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK NEW STROKES MISIC FUCK

@Cattledestroyer

SAME

@Hamood-rc7md

Pretty much describe the new three songs!

@akitir

Same here.

@galexiakat7524

I'm legitimately freaking out right now like whaaattt!

@trvrshoe4518

I KNOW

@axlmarxjr2272

I'm 33, I was in a rock band when I was 15, this is what we were trying to emulate, thank God this exists 🙏

@Turdferguson90

I notice Julian mentions two things alot in his lyrics, waiting and being sad. These are very clear in his psyche. Waiting for something that you know may never happen is linked to depression. Me too, Julian, me too.

@steffanyfarro2005

THAT GUITAR SOLO IS LEGENDARY

@Kon2336

Nick's solo is killer!

@jafetdg6245

what?

@Kon2336

+DR. GOKU 2:49

Corrección, solo de guitarra de Albert.

@tbsunday10

De hecho no José, si es Nick.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGGL29qrmW7/?taken-by=ericyun21

@krishacz

sounds like daft punk's aerodynamic.

@ThatOtherRaccoon

I love how the guitars harmonize with the vocals on that first prechorus. It's amazing. I also love how he sings "Unchain me".

@avatarofworldsgameplay3562

THIS IS LITERALLY HOW I LISTEN TO MUSIC. Loved that highlight

@starri9584

This is my favorite song ever

@gramplegust5115

Excellent choice.

@eb-ib4mq

You guys will never see this, but I take a lot of inspiration from your work and wanted to try to voice my appreciation. For 15+ years you 5 have given me more reason to work through life's shitty parts than anything else. I want to be as good as Jules at songwriting, as good as Nick and Albert at guitar, almost as good as Nik at Bass and Fab at drums but honestly it seems unattainable, you guys are legends. I won't ever stop, though. You guys won't either.

@hyenahead7881

You're a good dude, Blue

@ruthannellis7523

Smiles!

@camilag3201

This is beautiful dude!

@ricekrispy7386

sound like a whole villain bro

@dan-mo

One of the very best Strokes' songs, without a doubt.

@yo1558

I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics, but I love this song from Japan❤️

@stereostigma5794

It's about corporate greed.

@Julian-nh5yu

Its about Bofa

@noscootering6435

Same

@joaobarreiromoreira

It's against capitalism :D

@RB-.-

I think its analyzing the effects of bofadeez and its impact on society

@T.E.P.

Epic
Better and better and better
Each album building on the structures they push forward with previous albums
This is how it's done

@hanten10

The Strokes is one of the best band ever exists. They always come with something new that we've never heard before. Sometimes like oldies 50s 60s kind of music mixed with modern disco/funk/pop feels. Lots of love ♥️

@protagorastar1220

What a happy mood I was in when I first heard this song!

@andiehuman

I know this sounds stupid but this is giving me such happy vibes, like a friend is showing off a song they wrote to you and I just love it so much. Great variation so far in this (Album?)

@feraguilera7

is a EP, maybe maybe they're gonna do a album next year because the make a similar think with is this it, they first Lunch the modern age ep. so yeaah is a possibility

@andiehuman

Fernando Aguilera Gucci

@ManuelGarcia-zv2bi

accurate af

@markb1522

yes it does sound stupid

@stevesturgess9152

Well said RH

@hebadee2363

Now this is the strokes I remember from 7 years ago.

@theobrejoux2010

The guitar riff is so psychedelic... Love it!!

@Bah-bv1yz

psychedelic, life is such a funny journey

@benjaminroe1375

The last minute of this song is out of this world!!
I love the whole EP

@edgarnavarro7396

I wish they would release a 10+ song album following this

@elesbru8525

xd

@joca1arellano

El riff es tan placentero de escuchar. Pedazo de canción, se las mandaron.

@berrocali7448

Me encanta esta canción.
Una pregunta y disculpa mi ignorancia
Que significa riff?

@diversion_prohibida

@@berrocali7448 una melodia que se repite sobre otras melodias cambiantes

@FilletDev

wtf did you just say?

@sonartz15

@@FilletDev "The riff is so pleasant to hear. Great song, they nailed it"

@ameliamadison1873

Uh what

@dan_noo

after a long time never heard bout them anymore, and scared how bad their newest album is gonna be after many years, its totally A MASTER PIECE, still the same Strokes i usually heard in my room,

@ThisisBrownfield

Seems that The Strokes have a big community of fans in south America ! (I'm from France)

@hosbio2738

C'est juste que les brésiliens essaient jamais de parler anglais mais je suis sûre que sinon y a beaucoup de fans d'autres nationalités

@MrMCguy774

yeah. they used to be huge here in the US and now theyre really big in south america. I think its cool that theyre still super popular somewhere considering so many people here have forgotten them. i mean you take a break for 5 years that happens.

@mattl1221

+K5 Dead Memories | TheDGL.org yeah in seemed in the 2000s so many bands were inspired by the strokes

@ThisisBrownfield

No they are still popular in the world, nobody has forgotten them. But they have a special relationship with south america (some of the strokes partly come from south america).

@ThisisBrownfield

Y'a aussi beaucoup d'espagnols. Je crois qu'ils sont vraiment nombreux, mais j'ai pas dit qu'il n'y avais pas d'autres pays.

@KristofferSkjrestad

This has actually become one of my favourite songs by The Strokes. The chorus, the solo, the bridge and the outro is pure magic.

@manuelcc5452

The ending part is great.

@chromersv

“And we taaaaaaakkkee” might be my favorite strokes moment

@jacobzu6655

Guitar solo and towards the end is a lyrical and production masterpiece...wow

@courtneycarr4922

The strokes age like a fine wine, such a great band

@Shawzy5.0

"We've been frozen but now were back!" THE STROKES ARE COMING OUT WITH A NEW ALBUM!!!!!

@audiedead

Thoughts?

@merlinbaka

im really addicted in this song, how i survive without it for so long?

@andrearomo6811

happiness is when the strokes finally release new music.

@giossj4fusion87

I'm surprised of the large Hispanic following the strokes have. First time I see something of the sort.

@davidcampoverde8797

bien

@donsenorcaballero8758

no y tu

@Bell_Matt

Interpol also has a HUGE Hispanic audience. Ive no clue why.

@johnbaker7102

+erasedMUSE well Paul Banks did spend some time in his youth in Spain and Mexico and knows Spanish really well, so maybe that's why.

@GrothendiecksWish

Julian has a Spanish background.

@grace-rd7qy

"we take what we like from them, and then say 'what do you want from me?" damn

@nickvelasquez2260

The interlude of this song is just a masterpiece

@vinterbukser2261

I recommend this indie song. Faceless humming by The Impures





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@RandomNameName

This has to be my favortie song of this EP at the moment.

@Pepperjohnson99

This music makes me so happy!! I feel so warm inside.

@finlaymacdonald452

WHAAAAT TIIIIDEEEEEE YOUUUU TAAAANDING ONNN

@ashthetrashboat1982

that drum beat is immaculate

@aliframedhis

*moaning in spanish*

@scorpiiiondude3327

jgjfgjgj

@demjoseph5716

Kajfkskak XD

@fiat2496

most underrated song of all time.

@madness7922

I remember the day when this song came out, it was in the summer and I just fell in love with it instantly.

@edilbertoantonio3866

Unchain me
It's not my midnight yet
Act like a fox but think like a sheep (Wall Street)
Unchain me
Cause this is my bank's advice
We're gonna give it back to you
Some other day
Take off from the runway
Thinking of a sad day
Racing down the highway
Looking at me sideways
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
Unchain me
It's time
I know the way uptown
Unchain me
I've waited for the time
Get you with your pyjamas on
Take off from the runway
Thinking of a sad day
Playing with his new toys
Looking at the sad boys
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
And we take
What we like from them
And then say
"What do you want from me?"
Don't wait so long
Way too long
They wait too long
I can't stay awake too long
You never wait for some
Other generation
I'll wait somewhere
Alone
Get it in your head, get out of (my way)
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side are you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
What side you standing on?
Oh

@thegetdown5060

..............i wanna let u know about this hidden gem song ( SLEEP BY THE IMPURES )


is a really good underrated as heck tune, check it out :)))





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@spoof2418

Perfect song to listen to driving in the night

@paulrobinson7643

Fuck yeah it is.

@giulysmile99

IM ALREADY OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG
THE STROKES ARE FUCKING BACK

@jamiensitaaaa3591

Anyone else like that part at 4:33 ? Lol

@saulg.7247

One of the bests parts xd

@rottedmolar

First time i heard this song i was high off edibles with my new friend in his dorm and all i could think is how lucky i was to of met him. he showed me this and other songs. then another day we went to a play together and we blasted this singing. i love that dude and i hope we will continue to be friends

@c.n9219

First time remember I ever played this song, my roomate went out of the room!! 😄😄😄 (She's a bad music tastes person)

@jaysonmcewen4056

You lot still friends?

@rottedmolar

@@jaysonmcewen4056 Nope, wish I was back in that time though

@NiceAcuracy

3:08 Aerodynamic

@c4Rl1741

pensé lo mismo

@maldonadomartinezdafne1648

+Charlotte s oye también pensé eso xD

@jorgegarces360

Bueno es saber que no soy el único que vio esa similitud ;)

@Tocy777isback0414

The bridge at 3:08 is very Aerodynamical...if you catch my drift.... :D

@LuisOlivas

Daft Punk like their music

@jaggedsigns3O11

3:08
Daft Punk's - Aerodynamic

@mouatazbekkari8866

the strokes is the band that won my admiration forever ! when i was going through a real hard part of my life i found meaning in their songs , will be forever grateful ♡

@matthewtolson7412

Listening to this while rolling into downtown Minneapolis to head to work is pretty great.

@311luis6217

Automatically liked it just because it's the strokes. I've been waiting so long

@Tocy777isback0414

The bridge at 3:08 is very Aerodynamical...if you catch my drift.... :D

@lalaman3154

ayyyyyyyyyy I love daft punk

@alejandrodisenoichijuv1047

well,at least im not crazy, its in the song indeed

@watchande

I came running to the laptop with an urge to reference that part to a Daft Punk song, but I was missing the name. It's the reference is super-obvious =D

@badinipreferidos

i think that was like a tribute to daft punk... you know julian collaborated with them in random acess memories

@theceo1

YES IKR I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

@themangomanjuice

I’ve loved the Strokes ever since I found this song fall 2018.

@BrendanPramjee

used to be a huge fan in the early days, heard this one and plane and was hooked again !

@JamesSmith-ek1or

So many South American fans. A bit surprising. Great song.

@Romancandle88

Fab is Brazilian and Jules is half Spanish ancestry plus the strokes has always shown Latin America mad love

@Scarletfields12

and albert's mother is argentinian

@bbbalter2706

we love the good stuffs

@firdawesome3203

Conversely, Asia gets zero love (except Japan)!

@Mattmattymattymatt

they had it on the radio this afternoon, came home to search it and listen to it again :D

@RaHeadD10

i love how the strokes evolved musically this is their best stuff since ''this is it'' and people hating on it cos its not like their old stuff. What do you expect, for them to keep making the same record for the next 15 years...

@kat-jj5xj

this is. one of the greatest songs ever released.

@fronesis01

Fuck what a Great song! The Strokes has always been in my "present" also in my "past"... and definitely in my "future"!

@rokeros34

YEAH!

@robyoung3457

Ize see what you did there

@josea.subero4842

Uff really really the best song of the new ep.

@modarXmodar

I can't get enough of this tune!

@animezando646

me either

@debaserdeducer4555

Oh man! I just totally had an epiphany! Each song on this EP represent the future, the present, and the past of The Strokes evolution of sound.

Drag Queen - Future
OBLIVIUS - Present
Threat of Joy - Past

@cesarfrias1587

yeah, I'm guessing this is the present, joy is the past and that weird ass song that starts the ep is the future? Maybe.

@prezidenttrump5171

If Drag Queen is the future, then the future sucks ass.

@angusporcupine

i disagree. Oblivius - past (it has the guitar riff repeating in the beginning, distorted vocals, and a guitar solo like most songs in Is This It have)
Drag Queen - Present (It had the same sort of style Comedown Machine had)
Threat of Joy - (in their next album we'll probably hear more relaxing songs like Threat of Joy)

@Malverde888

no shit sherlock

@danielcareaga2416

You´re fckin right!

@ojedal7796

That guitar makes this song addicting af for me :)

@gonzotolkien

1:07 is when the daydreams start

@eireal6175

Still waiting them to play it live. This song made it to my top3 of all time from the strokes

@stereostigma5794

https://youtu.be/MMGkDOSJBjA

@rileyherbert739

4:32 onward, chills every time.....

@vinterbukser2261

I wanna dedicate this indie song. >>>>>>>>>> Faceless humming by The Impures





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@MrEmafon4

Mother of god, that riff is SOLID GOLD !

@scorpiiiondude3327

That part where it was uh, a very loud and high pitched sound that basically destroyed my ears because I was wearing headphones? That part? Oh, okay.

@parlay-music

Heavy manic street preachers vibe to it

@user-qq7um6tj9j

Radiohead, Red hot chili peppers, now the strokes.
What the hell is happening?
It makes me so freaking excited!

@Gio8130

and Metallica!

@brendanvanryn7742

que ganas de abrazar a jules , la mejor banda indie lejos

@fva00

que putaso

@yorpacsi9080

(léase con la voz de isabel) que trolazo

@isaacleiton8178

Death Cab For Cutie les parte el alma en mil pedazos

@brendanvanryn7742

Izack Leitón no entendi jaja

@nott5507

+Brendan Van Ryn es una banda

@jacobb4077

wtf i didn't know the strokes were so big in non-english-speaking countries

@iiamrowan2019

same

@catalinarobles316

+RowanDaBoat they are, can't wait to see them in Chile😻

@dante35517

Yet in the United Sates I have never heard anyone talk about them

@Wingoball69

they're on talk shows and our tv pretty often. especially with this new album. Are you from america?

@dante35517

Kevin Reeves Yeah in the US rock isn't really popular at all

@enfercesttout

Strokes before sleep...

@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422

I do, too.

@stevechambitas98

Same here

@juanjacobotheb8989

suena a combinacion entre macchu pichu y one way tigger

@rodrigorodriguez3823

Escucha Aerodynamic de Daft punk y suena mas a ella en el minuto 3:08 creo.

@filemonmartinez6451

A HUEVO!

@rodrigorodriguez3823

+Kurt Adams yes, the guitar solo is so similar

@rodrigorodriguez3823

+Kurt Adams I love this EP

@danielacarrera2492

Exacto!

@agunsux

I love this song. This is The Strokes what I'm talking about. They should make more songs like this.

@talkshh

i love this song so much

@CNrite

I haven't loved a song this much in an extremely long time, thanks you The Stokes!

@florenciaherrera9269

Another master piece.Thanks you for so much.

@aaronortiz7456

best song on the EP

@littlenewyorkers8403

Threat Of Joy, chill. Track is fire though.

@BurtSampson

Threat of Joy is better, this song is still fire though.

@littlenewyorkers8403

Agree.

@adrianpadilla9786

This song is so good

@soy_homeotermo

Esta canción se me hace una chingonería desde el día en que salió, no me explico por qué tiene relativamente tan pocas vistas.

@mhernandez4986

exacto y el solo, porque esta infravalorada?? no tiene sentido

@jiyadbarich3923

the strokes are the best really the best when i was sad , happy , when i have a problem the strokes are my second famly

@frankey10

NEW STROKES!!!!!!

@frankey10

napol3on is a nice guy Hey nerd

@ericscott9029

What an unfitting username for you.

@N3WBTASTIC

What are you fucking gay?

@ericscott9029

MLGSaT Why the fuck would that matter?

@MrTherber2

I upthumbed all of you

@truthreveals7198

That bass line...n guitar n singing versastyle💖

@InsuperableMany

This song is super soothing. Gotta love The Strokes.
I'm just so glad they continue to make music.

@denisemejia7074

I absolutely love the rhythm and beat to this song

@esbenstergaard1190

then ur fucking awesome

@luiseduardomanriquerivas9160

Daft Punk + The Voidz + The Strokes

@potatopotato4887

obsessed with this

@mradriankool

Love 1:10 when he cuts loose on the vocal. I know there’s a lot of moaners out with regard to his vocal style, but it’s there since day one. It’s has range and variants all of it’s own and let’s face it there’s no mistaken who you’re listening to.....and beautiful softness to it after the daft punk break. The Strokes sounding exactly the same and yet completely different for over a decade !

@CarEdy23

i think this one is my favorite from the EP

@berenicebluberry

I love this so much 🥰

@fiat2496

3:00 the squeal of the guitar is fire

@claudiaalexander5137

I have truly loved every single song the strokes ever wrote! No lies. I have every album. I’ve been listening to their music for a big portion of my life. I wish they would visit South Africa! Come to Cape Town!

@palgonyak8955

OBLIVIUS !

@richrevuskez

The Strokes a Chile wn!!!!! cuando sera por la chucha :D

@benjamin25216

algun dia en algun lollapalooza XD aguante Julian casablancas

@donaldben1

;_; "someday" ;)

@dead_beat_poet

just perfect!

@iqbalhaqim7365

Shivering