No more
Tick tick...BOOM Lyrics
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Walking up six flights of stairs
Or throwing down the key
Because there is no buzzer
No more
Walking thirteen blocks
With thirty pounds of laundry
No more faulty wiring
No more painted floors
No more spitting out my ultra bright
On top of dirty dishes
In the one and only sink
Hello, to my walk in closets
Tidy as Park Avenue
Hello, my butcher block table
I could get used, I could get used
I could get used to you
No more
Climbing over sleeping people
Before you get out the door
Of your own building
No more
Noxious fumes from gas heaters
That are illegal
Or will blow up while you are sleeping
No more
Leaky ceilings
No more
Holes in the floor
No more
Taking a shower in the kitchen
While your roommate's eating breakfast
And you are getting water on his corn flakes
Hello, to shiny
New parquet wood floors
As waxed as a wealthy girl's legs
Hello, dear Mister Dishwasher
I could get used, I could get used
I could get used, I could get used to you
I could get used to you
No more, exotic
No more, neurotic
No more anything
But pleasantly robotic
We are moving on up
We are moving on up
To the East Side
To the East Side
To a deluxe apartment
In the sky
What's that?
Oh, come on
Hold on, breathe
Easy
What are you doing?
It's him
Ah, hold the phone
Hello, to dear Mister Doorman
Who looks like Captain Kangaroo
Hello dear fellow, and how do you do?
I could get used, I could get used
Even seduced, even seduced
I could get used to you
Oh, yeah
The song "No More" by Tick tick...BOOM highlights the struggles of living in a run-down apartment by depicting the frustrations of the singer with the everyday problems they have faced in their past living arrangement. The song begins with the singer describing the discomfort they faced while living in their previous apartment - from walking up six flights of stairs to get to their apartment, to hauling 30 pounds of laundry across town in the winter. The frustration is highlighted by the mention of faulty wiring, painted floors, and the struggle of spitting toothpaste in a dirty sink.
The second half of the song demonstrates the positive feelings that the singer has after moving into a new apartment. The new apartment is described as having shiny new floors, which are waxed to perfection, and a luxurious butcher's block table. It depicts this transition as moving "on up to the East Side to a deluxe apartment in the sky." This luxurious transition is complete with a doorman who looks like Captain Kangaroo, and the singer could even be seduced by them; that’s how much they are enjoying their new luxurious lifestyle.
Line by Line Meaning
No more
Walking up six flights of stairs
Or throwing down the key
Because there is no buzzer
I don't have to struggle to climb six floors to my apartment or throw the key down to someone because there's no buzzer.
No more
Walking thirteen blocks
With thirty pounds of laundry
In the fuckin' dead of winter
I don't have to carry a heavy load of laundry for 13 blocks in the freezing winter anymore.
No more faulty wiring
No more painted floors
No more spitting out my ultra bright
On top of dirty dishes
In the one and only sink
I don't have to deal with all the apartment's issues - like bad wiring, ugly floors, and sharing a sink with my roommates' dirty dishes.
Hello, to my walk in closets
Tidy as Park Avenue
Hello, my butcher block table
I could get used, I could get used
I could get used to you
I am excited to have spacious closets and a nice butcher block table that I could get used to.
No more
Climbing over sleeping people
Before you get out the door
Of your own building
I don't have to disturb people sleeping in the hallways before I can leave the building anymore.
No more
Noxious fumes from gas heaters
That are illegal
Or will blow up while you are sleeping
I don't have to worry about toxic gas fumes from illegal heaters that could blow up while I'm asleep.
No more
Leaky ceilings
No more
Holes in the floor
I don't have to cope with the apartment's leaking ceilings or floors with holes in them anymore.
No more
Taking a shower in the kitchen
While your roommate's eating breakfast
And you are getting water on his corn flakes
I don't have to take a shower in the kitchen where water could spill over my roommate's breakfast anymore.
Hello, to shiny
New parquet wood floors
As waxed as a wealthy girl's legs
Hello, dear Mister Dishwasher
I could get used, I could get used
I could get used, I could get used to you
I could get used to you
I am excited about my shiny new parquet floors and an automatic dish washer that I could get used to.
No more, exotic
No more, neurotic
No more anything
But pleasantly robotic
I am happy to have a robotic life without all the exotic and neurotic problems of my old apartment.
We are moving on up
We are moving on up
To the East Side
To the East Side
To a deluxe apartment
In the sky
We are now moving to the luxurious East Side where we will have a deluxe apartment in the sky.
What's that?
Oh, come on
Hold on, breathe
Easy
What are you doing?
It's him
Ah, hold the phone
The artist is momentarily distracted from their joy and shocked by something alarming on the phone.
Hello, to dear Mister Doorman
Who looks like Captain Kangaroo
Hello dear fellow, and how do you do?
I could get used, I could get used
Even seduced, even seduced
I could get used to you
Oh, yeah
I am excited about the doorman who looks like Captain Kangaroo, and I am pleased that I could get used to him or even become smitten by him.
Contributed by Jonathan P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Silver Starlight Productions
This whole scene just radiates chaotic theater kid energy and I am here for it!!!
silly critter
@Blood Ink. lol you're a jealous hack aren't you
CinematicMaj
"theater kid"
jam28may
@Antoni Zajkowski NVM him, it's either he's just hating or he's one of the few who claims that talent is only for people who are privileged enough to have learned something since they were a child.
B Blackmon
@Blood Ink. you really pulled up just to hate on a dead man... takes a special kind of a hoe to do that.
Antoni Zajkowski
@Blood Ink. what?? what do you mean
Ana Levintan
I will never get tired of this movie, of the songs, everything it's wonderful
emptyvoices31
I just wish Jonathan Larson wasn't taken from us so young. Think of all the contributions he could have additionally made. But I love the fact that these songs were preserved and in that sense, he lives on to inspire others. I just wonder what other music he might have written if he was still living today. He would be in his sixties now.
Aisling
Have watched the film 6-7 times by now. It really is wonderful 🥰
Sergio Illera
Same lol NO MORE!