Despite having their commercial peak seemingly behind them, Bodyjar remain a major attraction on the all-ages circuit in Australia, and continue to tour and play festivals. Selections from their discography have also been repackaged and released for the American and Japanese markets, where they have consolidated live followings.
Band members are also part of other side projects – Daughters of the Rich and Burn the City.
Despite an announcement on the official Bodyjar website, as of the 10th of January 2008, a new album "looks to be shaping up for late in the year". However, the band announced on September 4, 2009 they would be calling it quits after a farewell tour.
Bodyjar reunited in March 2012 to perform No Touch Red in its entirety at Melbourne's Corner Hotel, together with former tour mates One Dollar Short and Antiskeptic. Regarding the show, bassist Relf remarked, "When a good friend of Bodyjar’s says they want to start a label and release one of your old albums on vinyl, you don’t have to think too long or too hard about the response. No Touch Red kicked some arse back in the day and still holds its head up high all these years later, so I say let there be vinyl and a show to boot."
As of February 2013, Bodyjar has performed as a support act for various touring bands in Australia, such as The Descendents. Read explained in an October 2013 interview that, following the Descendants tour, the band had "a little bit of money in the bank" and decided to write and record for a new album: "we just thought let's write some songs and if they are good enough we can record them and if they're not then we can spend the money on beer I guess. But they turned out really well."[4]
Satisfied with their new songs, the band announced the release of a new record, Role Model, which is the first collection of new material in eight years. The first single, "Fairytales", premiered on 12 September 2013.
Read also explained that Tom Larkin of New Zealand band Shihad produced the album at his own studios in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia, and that the band referenced the sound production of the bands Refused, Foo Fighters and Starmarket for the recording process. Joey Cape from the U.S. band Lagwagon and Ahren Stringer from the Australian band The Amity Affliction contributed vocals to the album.
Bodyjar enlisted Australian independent music label UNFD to release Role Model on 18 October 2013, and bundle packages that included a skateboard deck, a t-shirt and a stubby holder were released. Baines hired Dutch design company ATTAK to create the artwork for the album.
You Say
Bodyjar Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
How can I begin to see a shade of human life?
You see a person's stance so crucially
Criteria for you and me and hate them just the same
You say, you say
But it's all come to fall
You say, you say
You say you live a life of poverty
That you partake of willingly
He knows who pays for you
You say, you say...
Everything I said might not
Be true but it's the only way you'll let me
Think of you You say, you say...
The lyrics to Bodyjar's song "You Say" are focused on the concept of judgment and hypocrisy. The first verse is addressing someone who claims to live their life perfectly, but the singer is unable to see any human flaws in them. The person in question is very critical of others, holding them to their own impossible standards and judging them harshly, using this criteria to hate them just the same. The chorus ("You say, you say...But it’s all come to fall") is calling out this hypocrisy - the self-proclaimed perfect life is eventually going to fall apart. The second verse speaks of someone claiming to live in poverty willingly, but the singer is skeptical and suggests that someone else might be paying for them.
The final lines in the song reveal a second layer of meaning to the title. "You say, you say" is used to question the reliability of the person's words, because they may not be truthful. The singer suggests that while everything they are saying might not be true, it is the only way that they can think of the person. This shows that the act of talking and expressing oneself, even if it is not entirely honest, is still valuable in constructing a picture of another person.
Line by Line Meaning
You say you live your life so perfectly
You claim to live a life that is flawless and without any flaws.
How can I begin to see a shade of human life?
How can I see any signs of humanity in a life that is touted to be perfect?
You see a person's stance so crucially
You view a person's posture as an essential aspect of their character.
Criteria for you and me and hate them just the same
Both of us have set standards for judging people, and we despise them regardless of what they do.
But it's all come to fall
Despite your efforts, everything has fallen apart.
You say you live a life of poverty
You claim that you lead a life of destitution.
That you partake of willingly
You consume it with your free will.
He knows who pays for you
Someone else supports you financially.
Everything I said might not
None of my statements might be true.
Be true but it's the only way you'll let me
You only accept me for who I am and what I say.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: CAMERON BAINES, GRANT RELF, ROSS HETHERINGTON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
ww1980kolo
This is the track that got me hooked on these guys.
damag3plan
Saw these guys live in about 95 in Canberra and they fucken rocked about 400 kids in a youth centre. It was fucken epic and I always felt they were a world class band held back by the fact they only had a small market in Australia.
Eric
still listening 2015! this band rocks
Ignacio Martinez
2020 here & still rockin strong boss! 👍
borek921
2020 :)
Uwe Wöllner
2019 !
Martin M.
2018, and still yeah :D
tutokore
Escuchando este temazo en el 2017 ..
Bulldog Campbell
Saw these guys along with Area 7 and frenzal rhomb in Townsville Australia circa late 90s. Good time’s
Gabriella MissYowlYY
awesome! I wish they would come to the UK!