Let’s Eat Grandma are an experimental duo from Norwich, Norfolk. Best friends since the age of four, multi-intrumentalists Rosa and Jenny create imaginative and original music that crosses the worlds of pure pop and progressive weirdness.
‘LEG’s music is neither ‘inside’ nor ‘outside’ – neither Space Lady nor Jessie J but instead exists in a liminal zone where untutored weirdness crashes up against canny pop nous, where id and superego are locked in a wildly fluctuating battle and at no point are the psychically vampiric notions of ‘cool’, ‘authenticity’ and ‘tradition’ sticking their unwanted beaks in.
They could head off in almost any direction and that’s rather thrilling.'
Their band name is taken from a grammatical joke meant to emphasize the importance of comma placement.
Cool & Collected
Let's Eat Grandma Lyrics
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I'll still wait to sit so [crazy?], putting down to watch online
Antiseptic so infectious, next to you, I'm far away
That's sometimes why I feel the need to echo every word you say
'Cause I'm impressed with you, I don't have that effect on you
I can't express to you, I'll be here if you want me to
I'm just obsessed with you, I'm always such a mess with you
So what we gonna do, we're gonna find out somehow
How to be cool and collected
I wanna be bold and unaffected
But I'm just ooh, ooh
But I'm just ooh, ooh
The same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
And you make me feel so
And you make me feel so
And we're gonna find out somehow
How to be cool and collected
I wanna be bold and unaffected
But I wish I was you
I still blur in the haze that you cut straight through
Like you wanted me to
And you'll always wait, but I thought you knew
That I'm the same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
I'm the same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
The same as I ever was
In "Cool & Collected," Let's Eat Grandma explores the desire to be cool and composed in the presence of someone who impresses you. The lyrics suggest that the singer is still a stranger to this person and spends a lot of time speculating about them. They are clearly attracted to this person, but they feel like they are not as impressive as the other person. The singer wants to be unaffected and bold, but they are not sure how to achieve it.
In the chorus, the singer wishes to be cool and collected like the other person. They express a desire to be like them and to be able to cut through the haze like they do. The song is about the internal struggle to be confident and self-assured. The lyrics suggest a desire to impress the other person while also wishing to be more comfortable and confident in their own skin.
Overall, "Cool & Collected" is a song about self-doubt and the struggle to be comfortable in one's own skin. The singer wishes to be more like the other person, but ultimately realizes that they are the same as they ever were. The song seems to suggest that it's okay to be yourself, even if you're not as composed or cool as someone else.
Line by Line Meaning
Safe to say we are still strangers speculating all the time
Although we spend time together, we still don't really know each other and often speculate about our relationship
I'll still wait to sit so [crazy?], putting down to watch online
I'll eagerly wait to sit next to you, even if it means putting aside my own interests to watch things online with you
Antiseptic so infectious, next to you, I'm far away
Although I'm physically close to you, I feel emotionally distant because of our differences
That's sometimes why I feel the need to echo every word you say
I try to agree with everything you say in order to feel closer to you, even if I don't necessarily believe it
'Cause I'm impressed with you, I don't have that effect on you
I look up to you and admire you, but I don't feel like I have the same positive impact on you
I can't express to you, I'll be here if you want me to
I don't know how to express myself, but I'll be there for you if you need me
I'm just obsessed with you, I'm always such a mess with you
I can't help but think about you all the time, and being around you makes me feel anxious and disorganized
So what we gonna do, we're gonna find out somehow
We need to figure out a plan for our relationship and how we can move forward
How to be cool and collected
We need to learn how to be calm and composed in order to make our relationship work
I wanna be bold and unaffected
I want to be confident and not let my emotions dictate my behavior
But I'm just ooh, ooh
However, I still feel overwhelmed and unsure of myself
The same as I ever was
I haven't changed despite our attempts to improve our relationship
And you make me feel so
You have a big impact on my emotions and how I feel
But I wish I was you
I envy your confidence and wish I could be more like you
I still blur in the haze that you cut straight through
I still feel confused and disoriented, even though you seem to have everything figured out
Like you wanted me to
I feel like you want me to be more like you, which is difficult for me
And you'll always wait, but I thought you knew
You're patient with me, but I don't know if you realize how difficult it is for me to change
I'm the same as I ever was
Despite your influence on me, I don't feel like I've changed much
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton
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