I Can Tell
Sleaford Mods Lyrics

I can tell
The singer asserts their awareness

I can tell
The singer again asserts their awareness

I can tell
The singer once more asserts their awareness

This barrel you've got me bent over
The artist feels helpless and trapped by another person's control

Was it pulled from your pork cellar?
The artist questions the origin and quality of the situation they are in

In your lovely little house
The singer is sarcastically pointing out the apparent nice surroundings in contrast to their own predicament

I can tell
The singer repeats their assertion of awareness

When taverns raise the glass for no one
The artist is commenting on the lack of purpose or reason behind certain actions

No point trying to use your colon
The artist suggests that the person they are addressing is not telling the truth

I see it coming out your mouth
The artist believes that the person they are addressing is saying something false

Monday streets
The singer is describing the start of the week

The wet and bus stops get done over
The artist is describing the effects of unsavory activities at bus stops

By the youthless clubs on shut down streets
The singer is attributing the destructive behavior to a lack of other activities for young people

The one-percenters know, I do
The singer claims to have knowledge about the wealthy

It's just as well
The singer is accepting of the situation

I could be twenty-five years older
The artist is acknowledging their own aging and mortality

Shuffling into paper slippers, I catch the 42 to hell
The artist is describing a depressing, mundane daily routine

Noddy's streets ain't the same when you get older
The singer is noting that childhood nostalgia fades with age

No nutrition and the bold are figments eaten by the cold
The singer is highlighting the lack of resources and presence of danger in certain areas

I just hope, I just hope everything gets pulled apart and pushed
The artist expresses a desire for change and upheaval

Gets pulled apart and bust gets pulled apart
The artist is emphasising the need for radical transformation

You believe you be thinking that you got it
The artist is accusing the person they are addressing of being misled about their own understanding

But you're para like the rest of us who squirm in bank transfers
The singer is describing feelings of paranoia and fear over something as everyday as financial transactions

Leytonstone or a village out near Stoke-on-Trent
The artist is mentioning two different places that serve to represent the same situation

We move in ways in we don't invent
The singer is suggesting that societal norms have a strong influence on our actions

I mean it's bitter all the time
The singer is emphasizing the constant negativity of their environment

Pulled apart and bust pulled apart and pushed
The singer again emphasizes the need for change and upheaval

Pulled apart and bust pulled apart and pushed
The artist repeats the same emphasis on radical transformation

Pulled apart and bust pulled apart
The artist further emphasizes the same need for change

Got para then pissed bouncing off taxis trying to get sniff
The singer is describing a wild and dangerous behavior

I didn't get but I did
The singer is acknowledging the consequences of their reckless actions

Complementary white wine slid down my lid
The artist is describing a tangible part of their wild behavior

I got munched up hardcore
The artist is describing the intensity of their wild behavior

The train roared so did I
The artist is linking their wild behavior with the sound of a train

I was pie eyed
The singer is describing a level of drunkenness