ok guys so me and my friend are debating, is this song about the statue of liberty? if a cop comes to take his liberties hes going to fight and like every lyric fits, my friend said its a homeless man who like lives around the statue "people give me quarters treat me like im famous" anyway, listen to the song imagining that..it actually seems plausible (i didnt believe my friend at first)
ummm It's in portland.... who doesn't smoke weed? most people are like hippie granola tree huggers. just sayin. i dont mean any disrespect but thats what it always seemed like to me.
@jannotta1122 Does it matter that he smokes weed? His music should speak to you regardless. He is a true musician and you're sitting there and stereotyping him as a "stoner man and that's the only way people can enjoy his concerts/music" Not the case at all. No disrespect to you, but please listen to his lyrics.
He isn't stoned or high on dope or anything.. if you read further about the man you would have discovered that he his a scar right next to his right eye from a childhood accident that gives him a lazy eye look. I would imagine he hates it so he plays it down by just lookin like hes fucked up all the time..
this isn't about a billboard, its a metaphore for someone who will do anything to defend whats his, pablo picaso was a man who fell in love with his painting even though it wasn't real, i see it as a homeless man, maybe a drug adict, hes in love with the freedom and peace of mind he gets from it, the officer(our society, the govt, etc) is taking it away from him and he doesn't want let it go, but the feelings you get from the drugs are fake just like picaso's painting
@lokkentoons his love was real just as picaso's love for his painting was real, its the emotions of defending what you love, the things made out of pain are just as real as anything else, honestly im really bad at explaining the way I see things esp on youtube
One of most soulful songs for sure,creative in the way he tells it. The symbolism is a very nice touch, yes it's about a painting on the side of a building that he would stop at nothing to defend.
@1234magicman4321 theres 2 ways of doing that, one is placing the palm of your strumming hand on the strings for a sec after the strum .. the other way is with the fretting hand realese preasure or place finger/s over all strings with little pressure on the strings just enough to slow the vibration.. wat ever method feels more comfortable works :)
Pablo Picasso did 40 portraits of Sylvette David. I think this is what the song is about. There are 2 statues based off these portraits; one in Chicago and another on the NYU campus, and both have faced major controversy. Although neither is forty feet tall. The Chicago Picasso is 50 ft tall and the NYC Picasso is 36 ft tall. I think it has more to do with the portraits themselves.
Yeah. He came here and did an "acoustic" (him with a drum machine for songs like Hurricane Waters) show and I liked it much more than his show with the full band.
. It's about a homeless guy who is in love with a women on a billboard. He thinks she is perfect & is going to defend her at all costs so no one takes her down. That's all he has
but yeah, this is a great song & this guy is really good. Great lyricist.
i think, along with several others i believe, that this song is actually about an artist who has made some sort of paiting/graffiti on a wall/building of a woman.
the song is called pablo picasso
and at one point he says
"but for some odd reason they calling you a painting"
but if i am right is not sure. this is just how i see the meaning of this song and it' lyrics
hes talking about a homeless man who lives under a billboard that has a picture of a woman on it and is very protective of it thats why the helicopters are flying around him when he has the bottle and a stick
this song is about a guy and how is girlfriend is considered to be to good for him and how he is struggling to live up to the expectations that other people have
I've always thought its simply about a picasso painting (some can be 40ft tall) and the obsession with famous artwork, maybe he's singing about a specific piece of his. The cars drive by the musuem to see this painting, illuminated by moonlight.
"I'll pretend I got a razor" worst thing to do to a painting.
"they keep calling u a painting", pretty obvious lyric.
Again, on another take, Picasso was a surrealist so, this song is perhaps meant to have many different, yet valid interpretations
I think he is talking about a billboard. I absolutely love this song. My friend and I threw around the idea that the song is about a homeless old guy with dementia and the police are trying to take him away from a billboard that he thinks is in love with him. Then someone is trying to change the billboard and he pulls out a gun. I sounds out there but if you really think about it could be true. That is just what I feel.
it's not about the statue of liberty. last time i checked the statue of liberty is ALOT bigger than 40 feet tall and look at the title of the song. pablo picasso is an artist. Its about a painting of a women that the artist has grown attached to
I think its about this bum who sits on the corner by a prostitute or, get this it could be the Statue of Liberty...."40 feet tall, and at night the lights hit her features, and the cars all drive by to see her and take her picture!"
I believe its either a billboard and a crazed bum or just a painting because of the end "for some odd reason they keep callin you a pinting"..My thoughts..
It's a gift in itself to accept who you are, to cherish that simple love and then bring the understanding that surpasses it all in a unique way.I love nature, it's peacuful,
relaxing, ya know:)this is him, all he felt at that moment(JOY). The beauty of a gift with such passion is the secret to the road less traveled, Keep it Funky Citizen's Got SOUL!
hm.. interesting to read what others think it's about... I always assumed he was a slightly deranged sidewalk artist... "everywhere i go, people hand me quarters and they pat me on my back, they treat me like i'm famous" "she never bats an eye when people take her picture" Yes, no? hm. I still prefer to think of it this way :D
The song is about a painting he stole pretty much, and he's a bit crazy and believes it's an actual woman *smiles* hence the title of the song "pablo picasso"
Listen to the song closely and it'll make sense -- there's even a line that says "for some odd reason they keep calling her a painting"
I'm not sure but i think he's in love with an actress and always sees her on billboards (the whole movie star and 40ft tall thing) and he maybe has mental issues or is homeless and i think he might kidnap her (the whole mr officer if you come to take us thing and also the whole 'they're calling me a nuisance')
I'm not sure though - its just my take on the song
wow Citizen Cope is very talented. Very passionate about his music. Great poetry, very inspiring. i will sure be adding a cover video to this beautiful song, to only compliment his talent
ok guys so me and my friend are debating, is this song about the statue of liberty? if a cop comes to take his liberties hes going to fight and like every lyric fits, my friend said its a homeless man who like lives around the statue "people give me quarters treat me like im famous" anyway, listen to the song imagining that..it actually seems plausible (i didnt believe my friend at first)
Shchphinkter11 1 month ago
@Shchphinkter11 Apparently it's about an insane homeless man who is in love with a billboard
Zach10k 3 weeks ago
ummm It's in portland.... who doesn't smoke weed? most people are like hippie granola tree huggers. just sayin. i dont mean any disrespect but thats what it always seemed like to me.
MissLadyLexa 2 months ago
he actually does smoke weed ..obviously u havnt been to any of his concerts moran
jannotta1122 5 months ago
@jannotta1122 Does it matter that he smokes weed? His music should speak to you regardless. He is a true musician and you're sitting there and stereotyping him as a "stoner man and that's the only way people can enjoy his concerts/music" Not the case at all. No disrespect to you, but please listen to his lyrics.
poolgeek4 4 months ago
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Go see this guy live.....
MaxCapSings 8 months ago
I never knew Joaquin Phoenix could sing.
jmorris11883 1 year ago
He isn't stoned or high on dope or anything.. if you read further about the man you would have discovered that he his a scar right next to his right eye from a childhood accident that gives him a lazy eye look. I would imagine he hates it so he plays it down by just lookin like hes fucked up all the time..
DoTheEvolution00 1 year ago
@DoTheEvolution00 even if he is stoned, he is still a great artist. :)
Shadowho 11 months ago
@DoTheEvolution00 How does he play it down by just bieng high all the time?
Daviddoesit 9 months ago
listen to Orion by Metallica main riff sounds exactly like this
tennislaurence 1 year ago
@tennislaurence Naahhh brah, you crazy
Dosmosable 1 year ago
@Dosmosable It's similar chords man :)
tennislaurence 1 year ago
@tennislaurence Nah bro
Dosmosable 1 year ago
this isn't about a billboard, its a metaphore for someone who will do anything to defend whats his, pablo picaso was a man who fell in love with his painting even though it wasn't real, i see it as a homeless man, maybe a drug adict, hes in love with the freedom and peace of mind he gets from it, the officer(our society, the govt, etc) is taking it away from him and he doesn't want let it go, but the feelings you get from the drugs are fake just like picaso's painting
IngloriousBear 1 year ago
@IngloriousBear Who's to say the things made out of paint aren't real?
lokkentoons 1 year ago
@lokkentoons his love was real just as picaso's love for his painting was real, its the emotions of defending what you love, the things made out of pain are just as real as anything else, honestly im really bad at explaining the way I see things esp on youtube
IngloriousBear 1 year ago
Its about a famous movie star on a billboard and a homeless man that falls in love with it
attack123 1 year ago
One of most soulful songs for sure,creative in the way he tells it. The symbolism is a very nice touch, yes it's about a painting on the side of a building that he would stop at nothing to defend.
ufreak 1 year ago
I love, love, love this guy.
mountainmmama 1 year ago
Isnt that mr officer not pablo picasso?
blankstar22 1 year ago
@blankstar22 it's picasso, man. this song is dope.
beerndumplings 1 year ago
This song gives me chills
lebronjames6363 1 year ago
Amazing and very unique voice
ctmedz 1 year ago
Citizen Cope is SO under-rated. His voice is so unique and his lyrics are so powerful. I think this is my all time favorite song of his. So tragic.
badfishSTP 1 year ago 4
this dude is my favorite artist of alllllll timeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
jerseyjere 1 year ago
How High does this guy get before his shows :)
Windells89 1 year ago 10
@Windells89 look at him lmao, he is stoned out of his mind, but he is extremely talented
tightend44 1 year ago
haha it should be the full name -
pablo diego jose francisco juan nepomuceno de los remedios crispin cipriano de la santisima trinidad ruis y picasso
Haannaahh92 1 year ago 3
hell yeah that guy is alsom, i like musician that can share emotion through his music
J0hnRicc0 1 year ago
he looks like paul wesley
ElanderSkull8 1 year ago
what did he do to make it so the sound on his guitar just stops like that?
1234magicman4321 1 year ago
@1234magicman4321 hes releasing tensions with his frettin hand muting the strings
kingowensteve 1 year ago
@1234magicman4321 theres 2 ways of doing that, one is placing the palm of your strumming hand on the strings for a sec after the strum .. the other way is with the fretting hand realese preasure or place finger/s over all strings with little pressure on the strings just enough to slow the vibration.. wat ever method feels more comfortable works :)
xdsk0x 1 year ago
@A7XMCR3DG ummm no their website says that this song is about heroine... that's nice tho....
123456cheerio 1 year ago
Well their website says the song is about heroine.
123456cheerio 1 year ago
I like this song. It's mystic and profound. Beautifully Out of the Ordinary.
dichoso68 1 year ago
Thanks for clearing that up!
heyitstheo47 2 years ago
word
jkd3dawg 2 years ago
hes fucked in this vid lol
zdog123dog 2 years ago
what tuning is that? i want to try it
etyrnal 2 years ago
WHAT ARE THE CHORDS
jahblessyou2 2 years ago
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KimdraculaM 2 years ago
Mr. Officer, if you come to take her then that means one of us, goin' end up in a stretcher.
darkhero65 2 years ago
how many tabs are in this song?
jahblessyou2 2 years ago
Pablo Picasso did 40 portraits of Sylvette David. I think this is what the song is about. There are 2 statues based off these portraits; one in Chicago and another on the NYU campus, and both have faced major controversy. Although neither is forty feet tall. The Chicago Picasso is 50 ft tall and the NYC Picasso is 36 ft tall. I think it has more to do with the portraits themselves.
kamrynjade 2 years ago
Portrait of Sylvette was done by pablo picasso i think this song has somthing to do with it....
jesta8000 2 years ago
gotta support peope who can sing......................with no bullshit music
tpauli78 2 years ago 58
im dizzy
tpauli78 2 years ago
love i just got into his music this feeling its just amazing
jijo149 2 years ago 5
repp m\that DMV my dude!! great music
4649773 2 years ago
had to look up the song that plays during the sons of anarchy promo and now i'm hooked on this guys stuff. he's got a great voice and a unique style.
inhatredofme 2 years ago 22
@inhatredofme i went through the exact same thing. i love cope!
smileygal2493 1 year ago
good idea for a song. i like cope.
mezertin 2 years ago
i like the idea where the lady is a rare dimond and the poor man stole to feed his family and now hes on the run and the headlines get everywhere
comment1301 2 years ago
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i'll have to agree. much better with the band..
Jmonks1986 2 years ago
what a song never heard it before fantastic thanks
jaxkizzy 2 years ago
he sounds great by him self but then i love accoustic music
2121jen 2 years ago 4
whatever. he sounds great either way. he's like king midas. everything he touches turns to gold!!
halenozzies 2 years ago 3
I love Citizen Cope, but I feel he's one of the few artists that sound better with the band.
dieselson77 2 years ago
Umm. No.
odiusXpopulis 2 years ago
you like him better without the band
dieselson77 2 years ago
Yeah. He came here and did an "acoustic" (him with a drum machine for songs like Hurricane Waters) show and I liked it much more than his show with the full band.
odiusXpopulis 2 years ago
I thought this was called mr. officer?
fcmilsweeper9 2 years ago
Nope -- Pablo Picasso
odiusXpopulis 2 years ago
Not hard to miss the meaning in these lyrics...
. It's about a homeless guy who is in love with a women on a billboard. He thinks she is perfect & is going to defend her at all costs so no one takes her down. That's all he has
but yeah, this is a great song & this guy is really good. Great lyricist.
peterpanmannnn 2 years ago
i think, along with several others i believe, that this song is actually about an artist who has made some sort of paiting/graffiti on a wall/building of a woman.
the song is called pablo picasso
and at one point he says
"but for some odd reason they calling you a painting"
but if i am right is not sure. this is just how i see the meaning of this song and it' lyrics
either way it is a great song
ibdirty 2 years ago
xxxFlobotxxx is right, its about a homeless man who is love with a women on a billboard, its easily my favorite song by this beautiful man.
elizabethrosestevens 2 years ago 2
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I think this whole song is about dealing pot actually....thats what i got out of it...
mikish87 3 years ago
hes talking about a homeless man who lives under a billboard that has a picture of a woman on it and is very protective of it thats why the helicopters are flying around him when he has the bottle and a stick
xxxFlobotxxx 3 years ago 4
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you fag are you really that gay that you care if he looks good not if he sounds good YOU QUEER!!!!
lfuru831 3 years ago
I like this song a lot, but that has to be one of the weakest acoustic version of any song I've ever heard.
dewey3007 3 years ago
whatever this song is truly about, its amazing and beautiful and amazing, as is he and i love it....
one2bucklemyshoesies 3 years ago
he's talking about mona lisa.
jaqvigga 3 years ago
j'adore.....trop trop bien.superbe musique
nadege2838 3 years ago
This guy is great
lungumaria 3 years ago
this song is about a guy and how is girlfriend is considered to be to good for him and how he is struggling to live up to the expectations that other people have
Briggz1228 3 years ago
I've always thought its simply about a picasso painting (some can be 40ft tall) and the obsession with famous artwork, maybe he's singing about a specific piece of his. The cars drive by the musuem to see this painting, illuminated by moonlight.
"I'll pretend I got a razor" worst thing to do to a painting.
"they keep calling u a painting", pretty obvious lyric.
Again, on another take, Picasso was a surrealist so, this song is perhaps meant to have many different, yet valid interpretations
beyondabraxas 3 years ago
Your mother looks like a maggot you bastard.
xOkanx 3 years ago 5
I think he talks about Statue of Liberty
"The woman that I love
Is forty feet tall
She's a movie star
She's all in the papers"
"The light hit her features
And the cars drive by
Just so they could see her
And she never bats an eye
When someone takes her picture"
xOkanx 3 years ago
I think he is talking about a billboard. I absolutely love this song. My friend and I threw around the idea that the song is about a homeless old guy with dementia and the police are trying to take him away from a billboard that he thinks is in love with him. Then someone is trying to change the billboard and he pulls out a gun. I sounds out there but if you really think about it could be true. That is just what I feel.
Chanteandi 3 years ago
Yeah i could go with that, Good interp dude
benni2k 3 years ago
o my god , an angel is singing
michaimeskinsek 3 years ago
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average music total stoner
stmleo24 3 years ago
no way is this average you should listen to some of his other songs..but hell yes to the stoner part haha
italianton502 3 years ago
im in love with his music [:
alliepicone15 3 years ago
wow, another artist who sounds so much better live than in the recording studio
fattoldpig 3 years ago
it's not about the statue of liberty. last time i checked the statue of liberty is ALOT bigger than 40 feet tall and look at the title of the song. pablo picasso is an artist. Its about a painting of a women that the artist has grown attached to
acieIV1 3 years ago
wicked song wicked sound awsome love more then album one awsome cope he is all over the place - Scrubs,One Tree Hill so damn talented.
naujokazz 3 years ago
this is the song that made me realize how kick ass citizen cope is... all of his music is brilliant
blueberry0yum 3 years ago 4
true that LONG LIVE CITIZEN COPE!!!!
boyt42 3 years ago
this guy is really good
mejia85710 3 years ago 4
I think its about this bum who sits on the corner by a prostitute or, get this it could be the Statue of Liberty...."40 feet tall, and at night the lights hit her features, and the cars all drive by to see her and take her picture!"
jellolen 3 years ago
My thoughts are as follows
"The woman that I love
Is forty feet tall
She's a movie star
She's all in the papers"
Statue of Liberty...She is huge, In movies and papers..
MMAJUDOKA1 3 years ago
"And everywhere i go
People hand me quarters
And they pat me on the back
They treat me like im famous"
The way other countries treat Americans for being American.
MMAJUDOKA1 3 years ago
Wow he sings this WAY to fast!
but he soundsreallygood
RachaelSpyker17 3 years ago
He is so friggin good...stripped down and live actually sounds even better than the album track
rossk4 3 years ago 4
No offence to those of you who think he's attractive but he seriously looks exactly like Hellboy. I can't unsee it.
mulletmaster123 3 years ago
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i can hear samantha ronson singing this, sorry, but this is like the perfect song for her and lindsay lohan :)
felixfelicis 3 years ago
I believe its either a billboard and a crazed bum or just a painting because of the end "for some odd reason they keep callin you a pinting"..My thoughts..
WrxEddy 3 years ago
and you're from maryland or at least like maryland so your life must suck. u might as well just kill yourself already.
histatehustla 3 years ago
It's a gift in itself to accept who you are, to cherish that simple love and then bring the understanding that surpasses it all in a unique way.I love nature, it's peacuful,
relaxing, ya know:)this is him, all he felt at that moment(JOY). The beauty of a gift with such passion is the secret to the road less traveled, Keep it Funky Citizen's Got SOUL!
FunkyLovingQueen 3 years ago
hm.. interesting to read what others think it's about... I always assumed he was a slightly deranged sidewalk artist... "everywhere i go, people hand me quarters and they pat me on my back, they treat me like i'm famous" "she never bats an eye when people take her picture" Yes, no? hm. I still prefer to think of it this way :D
JenniMG 3 years ago
Amazing love this song!
JudyR123 3 years ago
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idk but hes one ugly fuck. bahaha.
histatehustla 3 years ago
this guy rocks!
narasface 3 years ago
Go Go Go to see Citizen Cope, trust me
ecvrock 3 years ago
The song is about a painting he stole pretty much, and he's a bit crazy and believes it's an actual woman *smiles* hence the title of the song "pablo picasso"
Listen to the song closely and it'll make sense -- there's even a line that says "for some odd reason they keep calling her a painting"
He's so brilliant.
TheParisianofChicago 4 years ago 5
great song
imahottieohyeah 4 years ago
love this song!! great musician!
emcashem 4 years ago
cool is the only word to describe
dawgho1 4 years ago
does anyone know what hes talking about in this song? is it a statue or something??
AZNl3oy58 4 years ago
I'm not sure but i think he's in love with an actress and always sees her on billboards (the whole movie star and 40ft tall thing) and he maybe has mental issues or is homeless and i think he might kidnap her (the whole mr officer if you come to take us thing and also the whole 'they're calling me a nuisance')
I'm not sure though - its just my take on the song
MentalMindFork 4 years ago
wow Citizen Cope is very talented. Very passionate about his music. Great poetry, very inspiring. i will sure be adding a cover video to this beautiful song, to only compliment his talent
mike100453364 4 years ago 2
i cant wait to see him live, only 11 days left that i have to wait!
3migo 4 years ago
i love this guy
BeatDemon08 4 years ago
smooth as fuck!
nihilityinfinite 4 years ago
This song was the best part of the concert I was at cause everyone sang it before he did!!
fritz2us 4 years ago
genius?YES
iKILLpeople187 4 years ago
he has an amazing voice
burtonchick101 4 years ago
hiiiigh as a kite
NorwayLove 4 years ago
beautiful voice.
golfprincess4 4 years ago
Citizen Cope is AWESOME!!!!!!!
x18candles 4 years ago
Citizen Cope is AWESOME!!!!!!!
x18candles 4 years ago
Nice voice but that guitar hurts my ears; ever thought to vary the strumming just alittle? Monotonous droning accomp.
Rexicano 4 years ago
yeah..it has the tune of son's gonna rise
shaw1 4 years ago
awesome MUSIC man,,
azzcjs 4 years ago
Totally awesome!
smitzr 4 years ago
tha illest
truthisnotfreedom 5 years ago
cope is blues
erthbndmsfit 5 years ago
amazing
sin6666 5 years ago