Barenaked Ladies: Bank Job Meaning
Bank Job Lyrics
We were back on the freeway, foot to the mat
I can't understand it; we had it down pat
It's very upsetting, could we leave it at that?
We all had positions; we each had a role
We'd over-rehearsed it; we...
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I think they wrote this in reference to Steve's split from the band.
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Cheating girlfriend gets pregnant.
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The above interpretations are good, but look deeper. The song is all those things, but also about back-stabbing, and the blatant deferral of responsibility, which is so common in our age. "This went wrong entirely because of you, and you should now 'shoulder the blame'" and the complete lack of "team play" once things get rough. We've all had friends or family do this to us at one time or another.
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Pretty simple song. A play by play of a bank job gone wrong and the criminals discussing what happened and placing blame.
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