“Space Ghost Coast To Coast” is a song by the British indie rock band Glass Animals. It is the sixth song on their third studio album, Dreamland, and was released on August 7th, 2020.
Background[]
Space Ghost Coast To Coast combines bits and pieces of millennial childhood nostalgia with musings on school shootings. Frontman Dave Bayley explained to Flood and The Independent that the song was inspired by the fact that his childhood friend was caught attempting to plan a school shooting.
The band first began teasing the track along their 2020 Déjà Vu Tour, as seen on the setlist for one of the Boston show on the tour.
Cross-References[]
- 007 is also mentioned in Cane Shuga.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Said to you, "Why did you do it?"
Touch the glass, I'll feel you through it
Against the wall with the bracelets on
You look bizarre in the apricot
[Chorus]
You think that you're Space Ghost
You're wanted coast to coast
Fuck that shit, now I go
My way and you go yours
[Verse 2]
Gotta be all that coco, ay?
Playin' too much of that GTA
Playin' too much of that Dr. Dre
Doom, Quake, where'd you get the gun from, eh?
Really think that metal gonna make you safe?
Playing peek-a-boo with the Devil these days
Black cap back with a trench coat, ay
Livin' in the valley cuttin' porno tapes
(Livin' in the valley cuttin' porno)
[Chorus]
You think that you're Space Ghost
You're wanted coast to coast
Fuck that shit, now I go
My way and you go yours
[Verse 3]
Were you bored of gender norms?
Of bein' alone, no mama home
A bad divorce, or sad we can't
Afford the clothes our heroes own?
Remember when you stole
Mom's old Geo Metro?
You wore her old bathrobe
Too small to see the road
[Bridge]
We were just two Texas toddlers
Pokémon and bottle rockets
Dunkaroos and Real Monsters
Capri Sun straw in the bottom
[Chorus]
You think that you're Space Ghost
You're wanted coast to coast
Fuck that shit, now I go
My way and you go yours
[Verse 4]
Heard you were lookin' up the cookbook, names
Cut into the back of your bedroom door frame
Supervillain with a manifesto, dang
Gotta say I'm pretty glad they caught you, man
Get back to the kickball days
Scared to hold hands at school disco days
007, Nintendo, James
Bond, Hot Pockets in the microwave
[Chorus]
You think that you're Space Ghost
You're wanted coast to coast
Fuck that shit, now I go
My way and you go yours
[Outro]
(Livin' in the valley cuttin' porno)