Wheatus is a rock band from Northport, New York formed by Brendan Brown (vo… Read Full Bio ↴Wheatus is a rock band from Northport, New York formed by Brendan Brown (vocals, guitar) in 1998. After writing a few songs, Brown enlisted his brother Peter Brown (drums) and Rich Ligey (bass) to record a demo. In 1999 the band signed with Columbia Records and released their debut album, Wheatus, the following year. This album contained the band's first, and so far biggest, hit, Teenage Dirtbag (from the movie Loser).

For the bands second album, Hand Over Your Loved Ones, Shannon Harris (from Relish) joined on keyboards. Due to disagreements with the record label, mostly caused by Brendan Brown's wish to self-produce the album, the album received little promotion and did not sell well.

Michael Bellar (keyboards) then joined the band and they re-released their second album (containing two new songs) on their own record label, Montauk Mantis, this time named Suck Fony. In 2005 they released their third studio album, TooSoonMonsoon, once again on their own label.

In 2005, both Mike McCabe (bass) and Michael Bellar (keyboards) left and were replaced by Nicolas diPierro and Gerard Hoffman. Then the following year, diPierro and Pete Brown left and were replaced by Matt Milligan (bass) and Kevin Garcia (drums).

Current lineup:
Brendan Brown (vocals)
Matt Milligan (bass)
Gerald Hoffman (keyboards)
Kevin Garcia (drums)
Johanna Cranitch (backing vocals)
Georgia Haege (backing vocals)

Web-page: http://www.wheatus.com/

The London Sun
Wheatus Lyrics

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Socrates ain't got nothing on me when it comes to overthinking
Paranoid that's how I prefer to be into the ground I'm sinking
Then you call
And you say
To me in your ordinary way
That you can't
Help me out
Of the ordinary

Chorus:
You're just like the London Sun man you're over and done with before you've begun
And I won't
Be like the only one who would stand there and smile and try to be fun
When I say
Hey baby what went wrong we go back to beginnings the story's too long
To be told
Like you were the only one who ever got left in the dark by the London Sun

Hurricanes are blowing out my brains but my eyes are calm and hollow
Airplane stalls from the sky it falls you can read the news tomorrow
Then you call
And you say
To me in your ordinary way
That your life
Has become
Too fucking ordinary

Chorus
You're just like the London Sun man you're over and done with before you've begun
And I won't
Be like the only one who would stand there and smile and try to be fun
When I say
Hey baby what went wrong we go back to beginnings the story's too long
To be told
Like you were the only one who ever got left in the dark by the London Sun

If you wanna leave
It's alright
I know what it's like
To feel like
Life is passing by
When you are stuck in the place you're in
Ordinary space you're in
I'm stuck at a nook in the place that I'm stuck in with you

Chorus (2x)
By the London Sun (4x)

Overall Meaning

In Wheatus’s song The London Sun, the singer shares his psyche. The song begins with a boast of thinking things through way too much that Socrates wouldn’t have anything on him. He is paranoid and always finds himself sinking into the ground. Then, the singer’s thoughts are interrupted by a phone call from his loved one, who speaks to him in her ordinary way. She tells him that she can’t help him out of his ordinary. The chorus frames the narrative of the song. The singer compares his loved one to the "London Sun," over and done with before you've begun, and talks about how he won't be like the only one who would stand there and smile and try to be fun. He asks her what went wrong, but they both know that the story is too long and to be told. The singer ends the chorus by framing his story again, like he's the only one who got left in the dark by the London Sun.

The second verse of the song speaks of how the singer is feeling trapped in jittery, nervousness yet experiencing calmness at the same time. The imagery invokes chaos theory, as if his brain is a hurricane with a calm eye. The singer also mentions airplane stalls and talks about how the news would flash next day. He then recalls his loved one calling him again and tells him how her life has become too ordinary. The song ends with both admitting they feel stuck in the same situation and asking each other to leave.

Line by Line Meaning

Socrates ain?t got nothing on me when it comes to overthinking
My ability to overthink surpasses that of the great philosopher, Socrates

Paranoid that?s how I prefer to be into the ground I?m sinking
I like being paranoid and it's causing me to sink deeper into despair

Then you call
At that moment, you call me

And you say
You speak to me

To me in your ordinary way
In the usual manner in which you speak to me

That you can?t
You express that you are not able to

Help me out
Assist me in some way

Of the ordinary
To break free from the ordinary

You?re just like the London Sun man you?re over and done with before you?ve begun
You're like the fleeting London Sun that sets quickly after rising

And I won?t
I am not going to

Be like the only one who would stand there and smile and try to be fun
I refuse to act like the person who pretends to be happy and cheerful despite being unhappy

When I say
In the instance I express

Hey baby what went wrong we go back to beginnings the story?s too long
When I ask you what went wrong, I suggest we go all the way back to the beginning since the story is so complicated

To be told
It's a story better left untold

Like you were the only one who ever got left in the dark by the London Sun
As if you were the only person that the London Sun ever left in the dark

Hurricanes are blowing out my brains but my eyes are calm and hollow
My mind is in chaos, but I appear emotionless

Airplane stalls from the sky it falls you can read the news tomorrow
A plane might crash any moment and will make the headlines the next day

That your life
You speak about your life

Has become
It has turned into something

Too fucking ordinary
It's very boring and unremarkable

If you wanna leave
If you want to go away

It?s alright
It's okay

I know what it?s like
I understand how it feels

To feel like
To get the impression

Life is passing by
That life is slipping away