Most People Are DJ's
The Hold Steady Lyrics

Hold steady Ybor City. You're up to your neck in sweat and wet confetti.
The atmosphere of excitement and chaos is palpable in Ybor City, with people sweating and wet confetti everywhere.

If you want to get a little bit heady.
If you want to get wild and uninhibited.

It's gonna have to get a little bit heavy.
Things need to get intense and chaotic for the desired effect.

We're jamming jetskis into the jetty now.
We're doing something reckless and daring, like crashing jetskis into the dock.

With some guy who looks like Rocco Sefredi.
With a person who resembles a famous porn star.

And I've heard he's been dead once already.
Rumors suggest this person has died at least once before.

It's going down right now in lower town.
Something exciting and possibly dangerous is happening in the city's lower area.

They're skipping off the good ship U.S.S. sexuality.
People are casting off societal norms and exploring their sexuality.

Searching for the merchant with the five minute delivery.
Looking for a quick, pleasurable experience or instant gratification.

They're slipping soft rock into the set list now.
They're incorporating mellow music unexpectedly and possibly ironically.

They got some new guy that looks just like Phil Lynott.
A new person has joined the group, and their appearance resembles that of Phil Lynott's.

We're stumbling but I think we're still in it.
We may be struggling, but we're still hanging on and trying our best.

It's a big world girl and I can't understand it.
The world is vast and complex, and it's difficult to comprehend everything.

We're tiny white specks on a bright blue planet.
We're small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

I was a teenage ice machine. I kept it cool in coolers. I drank until I dreamed.
I used to drink excessively and pretended to be unaffected by it. I drank until I became unconscious and dreamt.

When I dreamed I always dreamed about the scene.
My subconscious mind was preoccupied with the party culture and my lifestyle.

All these kids look like little lambs looking up at me.
The young and naive people around me resemble innocent and harmless lambs.

I was a twin cities trash bin. I did everything they'd give me.
I lived a reckless and dangerous life in the inner city and consumed whatever was available.

I'd jam it in my system. she had me cornered in the kitchen.
I consumed drugs or alcohol without any regard for my health or future. A woman had me trapped in the kitchen.

I said I'll do anything but listen to some weird talking chick.
I was unwilling to listen to a strange and perplexing woman's ideas or beliefs.

Who just can't understand that we're hot soft spots on a hard rock planet.
The woman couldn't comprehend that we're fragile beings living in a harsh world.

Baby take off your beret.
Suggesting the woman should let down her guard and relax.

Everyone's a critic and most people are djs.
In today's society, everyone has opinions and critiques, many people also feel qualified to play DJ.

Working backwards from the doctor to the drugs.
Trying to analyze how someone obtained drugs by retracing their steps back to the doctor who prescribed them.

From the packie to the taxi to the cabbie to the club.
Going from a liquor store to a taxi, to another taxi driver, to the club.

A thousand kids will fall in love in all the clubs tonight.
Young people are looking for love and forming relationships in clubs tonight.

A thousand other kids will end up gushing blood tonight.
Other young and reckless people will likely find themselves physically hurt tonight.

Two thousand kids won't get too much sleep tonight.
Many people will be staying up late and depriving themselves of sleep tonight.

Two thousand kids they still feel pretty sweet tonight.
Despite everything, people are still having a good time and feeling happy tonight.

I still feel pretty sweet.
An acknowledgement that despite everything, the singer is still feeling happy.