What do you think Jump into the Fog means?

The Wombats: Jump into the Fog Meaning

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Jump into the Fog Lyrics

What a great achievement it was to get a hotel room this late
I bet they charge by the hour here
The kind of place where you should bring your own UV ray
It's not a big problem with me, love
You don't look that hygienic anyway
I'm only here...

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  1. anonymous
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     May 15th 2024 !⃝

    I think the song is about promiscuous sex, nihilism and all-round modern hedonism trying to fill the insatiable void of loneliness, narcicissm and self-loathing in the person telling the story. A theme that resonates with many of us in this age of disposable sex with the inherent risks of heartaches, betrayals, and venereal disease.
    I don't think its about a prostitute as some have suggested, as I get the sense the other partner in the story is just another lost soul trying to also forget/destroy/lose themselves rather than face the gaping maw of reality.
    Better to be nihilsitic and uncaring rather than risk climbing a 'ladder' (i.e being sober/stay in a committed relationship) that's 'too steep' when you inevitably 'slide back down again'.
    I think it a really sad song.
    It's a self-inflicted, selfish, nihilistic heartbreak.

  2. anonymous
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     Aug 19th 2013 !⃝

    SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS?

    My God, it doesn't even SOUND like he's singing those lyrics. The correct lyrics are:

    'I wanna twist the structure of my average day'

    Right, that's it.

  3. anonymous
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     Aug 19th 2013 !⃝

    I've just noticed something else!

    'Snakes and ladders abandoned here love'

    Dear God, 'abandoned'? That, yet again, makes no sense! The correct lyrics are:

    'Snakes and ladders are banned in here, love'

    Case closed.

  4. anonymous
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     Aug 19th 2013 !⃝

    And also, you're using the wrong lyrics, it's actually:
    'In hope that we hit the ground upright'

    It's honestly cringeworthy, 'You know that we hit the ground upright' oh dear God, that sentence doesn't even make any sense. Before putting some lyrics that are incorrect anyway, at least use the correct words to replace the wrong ones.

  5. anonymous
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     Aug 19th 2013 !⃝

    You're all wrong.
    A quote given from a band member himself stated:
    "loosely based on a night I had in Bergen when we toured there back in the day, before we had a record deal or anything. I don't know it's just quite a nihilistic, debaucherous song about having promiscuous sex!"

  6. rusH1023
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     Sep 10th 2012 !⃝

    I somewhat disagree with Ota Otaria.

    "Jump in to the Fog" is the realization that life shouldn't be governed by strict rules and conservative decisions, from my perspective. Enjoy the unknown. Maybe even more existential is the idea that, life being as fragile as it is, you still live it to the extreme and hope the hand your dealt is a good one (your hand in life -- let someone else's legs break or brains smash).

    In my opinion, the first verse isn't about a dating couple going to an ambiguous place. He's clearly taking a dirty hooker and banging her in a dirty, pay-by-the-hour hotel. In the chorus, he wants to "shake the foundations of his average day" by doing something crazy. He feels dead inside (maybe at his office job or whatever), so he jumps into the unknown and subsequently feels alive.

    The second verse, to me, is partly a reference to religion, or any such controlling ideology, and the ridiculous ideas of sexual conservatism. He's saying that he's happy to have found someone willing to give it up so easily, even if it's frowned upon. For every ladder, there's a snake waiting around the corner. But fuck it. Do it anyway.

    The bridge describes his mistakes, obviously, and that there's some regret, but that life's more fun this way. Pretty simple.

  7. Ota Otaria
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     Jun 22nd 2011 !⃝

    "What a great achievement it was to get a hotel room this late!
    I bet they charge by the hour here
    The kind of place where you should bring your own UV ray"

    This is about a couple gettin' a (dirty) room late, in an ambiguous place. Probably their make out wasn't planned. He's ironically complaining about where they endend (probably there wasn't any room left in a better hotel)

    "It's not a big problem with me, love
    You don't look that hygienic anyway
    I'm only here because I want to twist the structure of my average day"

    He's saying (or maybe the girl is answering) probably you don't have problem with this ugly room! This girls looks like she doesn't have problem in makin' up with other guy, like she's dirty too. He doesn't like it but this time he's just trying to have some easy sex.

    "We feel nothing so jump into the fog
    You know that we hit the ground upright
    We feel nothing so jump into the fog
    I just hope it's your bones that shatter not mine"

    "Jump into the fog" means to enjoy the fact that they're having a relationship not knowing each other. He just hopes that, if someone has to get hurt, that he won't be the one. He's asking her to take the risk and enjoy the moment.

    "What a great achievement it was
    To find someone who shirks such little self-restraint
    I'm a non believer but I believe in these dirty little wicked games
    Snakes and ladders abandoned here love
    The climb's too rough to slide back down again
    I'm only here because I feel the day deserves a truly sordid end"

    Again, ironically he's complaining about this girl that's not gonna give up easily making up with him, 'cause she's not giving up her self-restraint (she's not relaxing). He's a not believer but he enjoys this wicked games; next he's refering to the board game 'snakes and ladders'. He's saying that, as in the board game, the climb of the climax in their flirt is that rough that they can't go back. He just wanted a sordid end for the day.

    "I just hope it's your brains that splatter not mine"
    Again he hopes not to be hurted.

    "You know that we hit the ground upright"
    If we jump this way, playing it safe (no love involved), we'll touch the ground standing.

    "I've made some bad decisions, I'll admit that freely
    It's just that life tastes sweeter when it's wrapped in debauchery"

    He's admitting that he may have make some mistakes but he justify himself saying that there's something sweet in things that were not meant to last (as a passionate flirt oriented to sex and not for the build of a serious relationship)

    "So drop your map, drop your plans, drop that five-step program
    Because there's not an ounce of faith in this leap
    It's clear you feel nothing so jump into the fog with me"

    He's asking the girl to leave behind any plan because bringing on plans is symptom of not having any faith in destiny. This song is about the freedom of flirt, takin' it easy and loving the uncertainty of life.

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