Five Years Old
Fish Lyrics

Pushing through the market square
Walking through a busy marketplace full of people

So many mothers sighing
The mothers are disappointed and feeling regretful

News had just come over
Recent news has just arrived

We had five years left to cry in
People only have five years to live before the world ends

News guy wept and told us
The person who delivered the news was crying and told everyone that the Earth was dying

Earth was really dying
The planet was becoming uninhabitable

Cried so much his face was wet
The person delivering the news was crying excessively

Then I knew he was not lying
The person delivering the news was telling the truth

I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
The person is hearing different sounds, from telephone rings to operas to songs they like

Saw boys and toys, electric irons, TVs
The person saw a number of things, including children's toys, household appliances, and televisions

My brain hurt like a warehouse
The person's head is filled with so much information that it's causing them pain

It had no room to spare
The person's head is so full that there is no more space for anything else

I had to cram so many things to store
The person had to try and remember a lot of things at once

Everything in there
The person is trying to remember everything and store it in their head

And all the fat-skinny people
The person sees people of all different shapes and sizes

And all the tall-short people
The person sees people of all different heights

And all the nobody people
The person sees people who are not important or special

And all the somebody people
The person sees people who are important or famous

I never thought I'd need so many people
The person is surprised at how many people exist

A girl my age went off her head
A young girl had a mental breakdown

Hit some tiny children
The girl attacked some small children

If the black hadn't a-pulled her off
If a black person hadn't intervened

I think she would have killed them
The girl may have killed the children if no one had stopped her

I saw a soldier with a broken arm
The person saw a wounded soldier

Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
The soldier was staring at a car

A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
A police officer is kneeling and showing respect to a priest

And a queer threw up at the sight of that
A gay person was disgusted by the scene

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour
The person thinks they saw someone they know in an ice cream shop

Drinking milkshakes cold and long
The person they saw was drinking a long, cold milkshake

Smiling and waving and looking so fine
The person they saw was happy and looked great

Don't think you knew you were in this song
The person they saw may not know that they are being mentioned in the song

And it was cold and it rained
The weather was cold and wet

So I felt like an actor
The person felt like they were in a movie scene

And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
The person was thinking of their mother and wanted to go home

Your face, your race, the way that you talk
The person is thinking of someone's physical appearance and how they speak

I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
The person is expressing their love and appreciation for the person they are thinking of

We got five years, stuck on my eyes
The idea that the world is ending in five years is constantly on their mind

We got five years, what a surprise
The idea that the world will end soon was unexpected

We got five years, my brain hurts a lot
The person is mentally stressed by the thought of the end of the world

We got five years, that's all we've got
The end of the world is a certainty and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it