The Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma Ci… Read Full Bio ↴The Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Former members include Mark Coyne (lead vocals), Richard English (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), Nathan Roberts (drums), Jonathan Donahue (guitar, backing vocals), who went on to form Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones (guitar, backing vocals), and Kliph Scurlock (drums).

The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.

In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.

The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.

Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.

Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.

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Everything's Explodin'
The Flaming Lips Lyrics

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Boy, you play so loud that you could wake the dead
And some of the living, they're wakin' too
When I look outside and these worlds collide
And sends shit flyin' everywhere

And everything's explodin'
And these cars are crashin' and everybody's happy
Everything's explodin'

And these cars are crashin' yeah

When I look in my mirror and my brains are fallin' out
Of my head

Well, there's nothing wrong, it's just the way I feel
And if you don't like it, write your own song

Overall Meaning

The Flaming Lips's song Everything's Explodin' talks about the chaos and destruction that can happen when worlds collide. The singer in the song points out that the noise he makes is so loud that it could wake the dead and some living people too. It seems like he is trying to convey that the chaos he creates is not just limited to himself but affects everything and everyone around him. The world is suddenly exploding and cars are crashing, but the strange thing is that everyone seems to be happy. It's as if the turmoil brings some kind of joy to people's lives.

The line "when I look in my mirror and my brains are fallin' out of my head" suggests that the chaos has affected him personally too. He doesn't seem to mind it though and says, "there's nothing wrong, it's just the way I feel." The last line of the song, "if you don't like it, write your own song" suggests that the singer is unapologetic about his chaotic ways and if someone doesn't like it, they should make their own choices.

The song's lyrics, like many of The Flaming Lips's songs, are open to interpretation. It could be about rebellion against societal norms, the feeling of being alive amidst chaos, or just about letting loose and enjoying life. Whatever the interpretation, the song uses vivid imagery of destruction and chaos to create a thrilling and exciting soundscape.

Line by Line Meaning

Boy, you play so loud that you could wake the dead
Your music is so loud that it has the power to wake up the dead

And some of the living, they're wakin' too
The living people are also waking up because of the loud music

When I look outside and these worlds collide
I see different worlds colliding with each other

And sends shit flyin' everywhere
As a result, everything is flying/shifting around

And everything's explodin'
All the chaos is causing everything to explode

And these cars are crashin' and everybody's happy
Even though cars are crashing, everyone seems to be enjoying the chaos

Everything's explodin'
The chaos and destruction continue

And these cars are crashin' yeah
Cars are still crashing

When I look in my mirror and my brains are fallin' out Of my head
I feel overwhelmed and like my mind is falling apart

Well, there's nothing wrong, it's just the way I feel
I may seem like something is wrong, but it's just how I feel

And if you don't like it, write your own song
If you don't like my music or my perspective, create your own art.