Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth Only, I don't know how they got out, dear Turn me back into the pet that I was when we met I was happier then with no mind-set And if you took to me Like a gull takes to the wind Well, I'd've jumped from my tree And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well New slang when you notice the stripes The dirt in your fries Hope it's right when you die, old and bony Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall Never should have called But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely And if you took to me Like a gull takes to the wind Well, I'd've jumped from my tree And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well God speed all the bakers at dawn May they all cut their thumbs And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find Without a trust or flaming fields Am I too dumb to refine? And if you took to me like Well, I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well
Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth Only, I don't know how they got out, dear Turn me back into the pet that I was when we met I was happier then with no mind-set And if you took to me Like a gull takes to the wind Well, I'd've jumped from my tree And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well New slang when you notice the stripes The dirt in your fries Hope it's right when you die, old and bony Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall Never should have called But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely And if you took to me Like a gull takes to the wind Well, I'd've jumped from my tree And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well God speed all the bakers at dawn May they all cut their thumbs And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find Without a trust or flaming fields Am I too dumb to refine? And if you took to me like Well, I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would've fared well
A canção foi escrita por James Mercer baseada em sua experiência vivendo em Albuquerque, Novo México, aos 20 e poucos anos, refletindo o desânimo e a desconexão que ele sentia em relação aos seus amigos e ao cenário musical local.
Embora não tenha entrado nas paradas musicais internacionais, a faixa se tornou um fenômeno cultural após seu destaque no filme Garden State (2004), onde a personagem de Natalie Portman afirmou que ela "vai mudar sua vida".
A música ajudou a atrair a atenção da gravadora Sub Pop Records, lançando o single em fevereiro de 2001 e gerando um grande interesse da imprensa pelo álbum de estreia da banda, Oh, Inverted World.
A canção começou a ser licenciada para diversos meios de comunicação a partir de 2002, incluindo comerciais do McDonald's que foram ao ar durante os Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno daquele ano.
O clipe de "New Slang" foi dirigido por Lance Bangs e apresenta filmagens realizadas tanto em Albuquerque quanto em Portland, Oregon.
A aparição na tela grande resultou em um aumento significativo nas vendas de discos e na visibilidade da banda, além de receber avaliações muito positivas dos críticos, que a consideraram uma das melhores faixas do álbum.
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