SWMRS - Berkeley's On Fire Lyrics






My mama called me up because there's fire on the streets
Of all the Berkeley Police
And they're all slobs doing stupid jobs
And we're having indigestion in the belly of the beast
Because we're slobs doing stupid jobs

And you put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Bail out your guilty ass
It's not your business uh
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Bail your guilty ass out

Berkeley's on fire
Your TV lies
We'll be alright
Berkeley's on fire
Berkeley's on fire
I'm still alive
I don't know why
Berkeley's on fire

There's plenty different versions
On and off your TV screen
Of us at night
The property destroyed
Because TV news is bad for you
And bad TV is news for you
It's just a ploy, keep you under control
Too many, too many motherfuckers
Confusing this freedom speech with swastikas

Like Milo Yiannopolous

Okay, so we broke a little window
Little fight out in the street
But that's our job
Protect you from these slobs

And you put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Bail out your guilty ass
It's not your business uh
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Bail your guilty ass out

Berkeley's on fire
Your TV lies
We'll be alright
Berkeley's on fire
Berkeley's on fire
I'm still alive
I don't know why
Berkeley's on fire

Berkeley's on fire

Berkeley's on fire
Your TV lies
We'll be alright
Berkeley's on fire
Berkeley's on fire
I'm still alive
I don't know why
Berkeley's on fire

You better put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms down
You didn't wish it, go
Put your pom-poms back down





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  1. �.... ....

    When are we going to get an instrumental

  2. F.... !....

    This music video is *lifeeee* I cant even explain how much *I fucking love ITTTT*

  3. F.... A....

    *[picks up usb]*

  4. M.... O....

    someone please take this off my head i'll lose lose lose my mind

  5. F.... ....

    Weird question but does anyone know what font 'behave' is written in for this video?

  6. M.... R....

    This sounds like antifa propaganda....

  7. I.... ....

    I love this! You wanted to sound different you did it. I hope you find your dreams every waking day.

  8. J.... J....

    Finally. Some good modern music

  9. N.... N....

    Corona Capital. 🔥🔝

  10. V.... A....

    This is probably the stupidiest song I've ever seen.

  11. h.... w....

    Greendays retarted son

  12. M.... ....

    This sounds very "british" to me. Reminds me of Skins episode, the party on season. It had a Foals track similar to this. This is awesome.

  13. A.... ....

    I fucking love this band to an infinite extent they deserve the world

  14. 1.... 1....

    Chorus sounds like terrible talking heads ripoff this is the worst song ive ever heard , this band sucks , beach goons was much much better

  15. N.... B....

    Saw them open for Muse in Philly. Couldn't wait for them to be done. Completely generic.

  16. e.... ....

    There’s only 171k views damn huh? this band deserves at least 10 times more views on their every single video i aM PISSED

  17. K.... C....

    Ill bet money you are a sheltered, ignorant pack of bRats.

  18. L.... a....

    Feels very Ramones.

  19. J.... M....

    Introduced to this band when they opened for Muse a few nights ago in DC.

    And I was like "what the FLIP?" But in a good way. This song stood out as a particularly fun one. Very cool band! I shall keep listening to more! :)

  20. A.... W....

    Wow I Love it swmrsband

  21. �.... �....

    Λάνθιμος παντού

  22. C.... ....

    I fucking love this band

  23. R.... P....

    Something about this song reminds me of
    https://youtu.be/tmozGmGoJuw

  24. l.... ....

    2:42 was literally me the first time I listened to this song

  25. J.... H....

    This is quality content

  26. J.... N....

    I used to dislike this song, but after listening to it multiple times, it grew on me. Don’t know how, but it did.

  27. W.... !....

    Who's the girl at 0:20 ?

  28. R.... A....

    Interesting how their whole album differs for this and itself, I like that.

  29. O.... ....

    Anybody else really hearing "Romantic Rights" by Death From Above 1979? Great song btw

  30. g.... ....

    this is probably the only SWMRS song i don't like

    g.... ....

    I didn't like it at first, but it's kinda growing on me.

  31. J.... P....

    This sounds like a punk band doing a rap song with the trap hi hats. This seems to be a big step down in quality from Drive North. It's way too overproduced that I can't hear Joey's drumming all that well. It sound more like a computer doing all the drumming. And the lyrics are bland.

    Edit: The rest of the album was good.

  32. M.... K....

    Ben Shapiro should watch it

  33. A.... R....

    Hell yeah!!!

  34. M.... B....

    It sounds so much better with headphones tho

  35. M.... A....

    This is very Sleaford Mods esque. Very cool :)

  36. S.... ....

    yea but Berkeley does suck and the assholes who protested a speaker are pretty fucking backward cunts

  37. A.... m....

    I’m just reading through all the comments and I’m just like... ohh so this is where all the emo kids went when mcr broke up

  38. b.... ....

    i saw swmrs live once and i didnt fuck with them, but i'm glad i gave this a chance because its really good

  39. y.... b....

    ANYBODY KNOW THE TABS

    y.... b....

    main riff:
    e---
    b---
    g-----------5---5
    d-------4-----------4
    a---5
    e---
    just repeat that
    chords are d5, gm, a5 on e string, back to d5

  40. T.... P....

    Top Cascavel Brasil é nos

  41. M.... ....

    this album is going to be fucking amazing

  42. R.... X....

    Sis snapped

  43. K.... C....

    i love this song so much

  44. S.... a....

    🤘🤘🤘

  45. S.... ....

    Great sounding track... But cringy SJW lyrics. What a shame.

  46. E.... L....

    Fuck i missed SWMRs

  47. t.... b....

    (dropped my headphones banging to chorus)

  48. R.... L....

    sounds like damaged goods by gang of four

  49. P.... F....

    And Paradise has been reduced to ashes.

  50. E.... S....

    Most underrated song of the year

  51. O.... G....

    U N D E R R A T E D

  52. I.... D....

    This is wild , this the next it ! It's fire

  53. L.... ....

    This song kinda of reminds me of my chem's danger days album

  54. C.... ....

    Incase you didn't know one of the guys in the band is the son of Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day.

  55. D.... C....

    In the best way possible, this sounds like something that would have been on the Burnout Paradise soundtrack. This song is fucking great.

  56. R.... M....

    Verse 1]
    My mama called me up because there's fire on the streets
    Of all the Berkeley Police
    And they're all slobs doing stupid jobs
    And we're having indigestion in the belly of the beast
    Because we're slobs doing stupid jobs

    [Pre-Chorus]
    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    [Chorus]
    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    [Verse 2]
    There's plenty different versions
    On and off your TV screen
    Of us annoyed
    The property destroyed
    Because TV news is bad for you
    And bad TV is news for you
    It's just a ploy, keep you under control
    Too many, too many motherfuckers
    Confusing this freedom speech with swastikas

    Like Milo Yiannopolous

    Okay, so we broke a little window
    Little fight out in the street
    But that's our job
    Protect you from these slobs

    [Pre-Chorus]
    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    [Chorus]
    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    [Post-Chorus]
    You better put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't win shit, go
    Put your pom-poms back down

  57. N.... O....

    https://soundcloud.com/881theburg/sets

  58. K.... 5....

    *BROCOLIS ON FIRE*

  59. L.... B....

    Fucking weird. A video trying to be deep but just looks like a weird mess.

  60. A.... ....

    This song reminds me of the monks

  61. A.... ....

    I love this song however, swastikas are apart of freedom of speech. And Milo isn't a nazi btw.

  62. M.... U....

    my wig has disintegrated

  63. P.... A....

    Love this song!

  64. S.... R....

    This was so fucking good live man ✌

  65. R.... W....

    Badass song but their politics are retarded

  66. a.... ....

    l y r i c s

    My mama called me up because there's fire on the streets
    Of all the Berkeley Police
    And they're all slobs doing stupid jobs
    And we're having indigestion in the belly of the beast
    Because we're slobs doing stupid jobs

    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    There's plenty different versions
    On and off your TV screen
    Of us at night
    The property destroyed
    Because TV news is bad for you
    And bad TV is news for you
    It's just a ploy, keep you under control
    Too many, too many motherfuckers
    Confusing this freedom speech with swastikas

    Like Milo Yiannopolous

    Okay, so we broke a little window
    Little fight out in the street
    But that's our job
    Protect you from these slobs

    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    You better put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms back down

  67. B.... C....

    FUCK YEAH

  68. E.... X....

    YES PLEASE

  69. S.... S....

    Hate how political music is...what ever happened to "figuring it out"

  70. r.... e....

    im confused but i love it

  71. s.... f....

    The new album isnt even out or announced yet and it already owns my soul

  72. K.... B....

    i saw swmrs at this teeny tiny venue in january 2016 right before drive north was released, and i got to meet them all after the show. they're honestly the most down to earth, genuine, fun, kind dudes ever. they've managed to create their own unique sound in an era where everything sounds the same, and they do it damn well. their lyrics are always great and i could watch their music videos for hours and still be entertained. been with these boys since emily's army and i'll be loving their music forever

  73. M.... M....

    “Confusing freedom of speech with swastikas” oh you guys are soooooo punk. Please tell me more about destroying a city over mean words 🙄🙄🙄

  74. M.... M....

    "Berkeley's On Fire" lyrics
    SWMRS Lyrics
    "Berkeley's On Fire"

    My mama called me up because there's fire on the streets
    Of all the Berkeley Police
    And they're all slobs doing stupid jobs
    And we're having indigestion in the belly of the beast
    Because we're slobs doing stupid jobs

    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    There's plenty different versions
    On and off your TV screen
    Of us at night
    The property destroyed
    Because TV news is bad for you
    And bad TV is news for you
    It's just a ploy, keep you under control
    Too many, too many motherfuckers
    Confusing this freedom speech with swastikas

    Like Milo Yiannopolous

    Okay, so we broke a little window
    Little fight out in the street
    But that's our job
    Protect you from these slobs

    And you put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail out your guilty ass
    It's not your business uh
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Bail your guilty ass out

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire

    Berkeley's on fire
    Your TV lies
    We'll be alright
    Berkeley's on fire
    Berkeley's on fire
    I'm still alive
    I don't know why
    Berkeley's on fire

    You better put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms down
    You didn't wish it, go
    Put your pom-poms back down

  75. A.... ....

    Thanks Billie <3

  76. K.... ....

    I cant stop listening to this since it came out

  77. I.... ....

    Hannah è una bonazza

  78. x.... s....

    Ok but the girls’ makeup OOF i love

  79. T.... G....

    sometimes i wonder if there are any SWRMS fans who didn't get to them through green day lol

    T.... G....

    Definitely me, I just found them randomly on spotify

  80. T.... G....

    sometimes i wonder if there are any SWRMS fans who didn't get to them through green day lol

  81. M.... N....

    I LEGIT thought this was a song from the 90s that I never heard of until now. Summer 2018 vibes!!


    Its soo good!

  82. J.... S....

    this was so sick live at Reading!

  83. A.... L....

    Thank you guys, this is amazing

  84. I.... ....

    HOW TF ARE YOU GUYS SO GOOD. BEST SHIT TO COME OUT IN A WHILE. STILL MY FAVORITE BAND

  85. A.... V....

    The song is a bop and I love it. I don't understand the video but it's very aesthetically pleasing!

  86. P.... ....

    Does this mean a new album?!?

  87. L.... C....

    this is just so g o o d

  88. A.... C....

    danger days vibes

  89. K.... R....

    I approve it <3

  90. C.... ....

    These guys could be mistook for a British band. Love em

  91. �.... R....

    Yeeeah! It's cool 😎

  92. C.... B....

    BERKELEYS ON FIRE