Gold
The Partysquad & M.I.A Lyrics

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Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold
Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold

Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold
Show me your gold, do what you're told

No time for games, put on your blindfold

They wanna know, no I can't say no
Go to places others wanna blow
So here we come, people you don't know
Ride the side to the middle of the war
Gas, pedal, mine makes metal
Feel that heat, let me pour, kettle
Roll out like I Skype on bike
(Need a glove, white like Mike)
One drop, one shop, we hide like jackal
Bust that bullet, and we disabled
GPS, we can enable
Read about it on your kindle
Rebels will double like a iTunes shuffle
Muffle the signal on the drone missile
Muzzle ya dogs when I step into the hustle
I'm the queen of the east
(Now it's time for you to travel)

Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold
Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold

Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold
Show me your gold, do what you're told
No time for games, put on your blindfold

Clap, clap your hands your hands can clap
Clap, clap your hands your hands can clap

Clap, clap your hands your hands can clap
Clap, clap your hands your hands can clap

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of The Partysquad and M.I.A's song Gold paint the picture of a person going through a stage of self-discovery and introspection. The person is searching for a sense of purpose and meaning in life but is lost, more lost than they have ever been before. They thought that they had figured it out, but they realize that they are still not sure about their identity and what they are searching for. The metaphor of gold turning into rust is used to symbolize the idea that what once appeared valuable may now be worthless.

The lyrics touch on the idea that material possessions, such as gold, can be fleeting and do not necessarily bring happiness or meaning to life. The person in the song has everything they could imagine and yet still feels lost and lonely. The line "Surrounded by shimmering bricks, only makes it lonelier in the end" suggests that the more possessions one has, the more isolated they may feel.

The final lines of the chorus, "Don't dare ever, pray for this again" express a sentiment of disappointment and disillusionment. The person seems to be saying that they do not want to go through this stage of uncertainty and emptiness again.

Overall, the lyrics of Gold are introspective and philosophical, forcing the listener to reflect on what truly brings value to life.

Line by Line Meaning

Patience, I will be finding myself
I need time to figure out who I truly am

You thought, you thought I figured it out
You assumed I had everything under control

I'm lost, more lost than I've ever been (Than I've ever been)
I'm completely directionless and confused

I never knew how gold would ever turn to this
I never expected something so valuable to become so worthless

Everything you could imagine
I have everything I could have ever wanted

Is everything I have now
But it's not enough

You only want the surface
People are only interested in superficial things

Don't dare ever, pray for this again
I never want to experience this again, and neither should you

Never pray, never pray again
I am determined to move on and leave all of this behind

Who knew, who knew gold could turn to rust
It's hard to believe how something so valuable could become so worthless

It turned to rust
What was once valuable is now useless

Sharp torn and dead
This loss is painful and final

Surrounded by shimmering bricks (Shimmering bricks)
I am surrounded by wealth and luxury

Only makes it lonelier in the end (In the end)
But it only serves to highlight my isolation and sadness

Could this be it? (Could this be it?)
Is this all there is to life?

Don't dare ever pray for this
I never want to go through this again and neither should you

Never pray for this (Don't dare)
Let's move on and forget about this

Lyrics © WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Cloud9, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JUSTINE ELINOR FRISCHMANN, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam

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