"Handlebars" in PSE

"Handlebars" by Flobots, expressed in American Sign Language.
[All lyrics and music are property and copyright of Flobots. I am not the owner, nor do I take any credit. No copyright infringement intended.]

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Requested by: kayiskrazy33
Thank you for the request! Enjoy!

Lyrics:
I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Look at me, look at me
hands in the air like it's good to be
ALIVE
and I'm a famous rapper
even when the paths're all crookedy
I can show you how to do-si-do
I can show you how to scratch a record
I can take apart the remote control
And I can almost put it back together
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem
I can tell you about Leif Ericson
I know all the words to "De Colores"
And "I'm Proud to be an American"
Me and my friend saw a platypus
Me and my friend made a comic book
And guess how long it took
I can do anything that I want cuz, look:

I can keep rhythm with no metronome
No metronome
No metronome

I can see your face on the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephone

Look at me
Look at me
Just called to say that it's good to be
ALIVE
In such a small world
All curled up with a book to read
I can make money open up a thrift store
I can make a living off a magazine
I can design an engine sixty four
Miles to a gallon of gasoline
I can make new antibiotics
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions
I know how to run a business
And I can make you wanna buy a product
Movers shakers and producers
Me and my friends understand the future
I see the strings that control the systems
I can do anything with no assistance
I can lead a nation with a microphone
With a microphone
With a microphone
I can split the atoms of a molecule
Of a molecule
Of a molecule

Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top
My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure
I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let'em all die in exasperation
Have'em all healed of their lacerations
Have'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like'em and
I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my command
I can guide a missile by satellite
By satellite
By satellite
and I can hit a target through a telescope
Through a telescope
Through a telescope
and I can end the planet in a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handle bars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Category:

Education

Tags:

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• language
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• flobots
• handlebars

[allyballybabe]

@WINKLERthaMAN hhaaha kirk, thanks. :)

[JesStonker]

You cheated. >:(

[AvenImages]

I think this is absolutely her best ASL song translation. She conveys the perfect amount of emotion and is amazingly expressive. Especially considering that she had her disclaimer at the beginning stating that she didn't agree with the views in the song (not sure what there is to disagree with necessarily unless she really approves of capitalistic imperialistic wars on humanity). In any case, the fact that she disagreed with the contents of the song and still made me feel what he lyrics were

[Suie92]

this song is awesome

[RassTheKing]

@RassTheKing more realizing that 'I' can do it, should I choose. By that time, the subject is more realizing exactly how much power they do hold, and as we all know, power corrupts.

This is all, of course, my opinion, but I love this song and the meaning behind not just the words but the feeling of it.

[RassTheKing]

This is really good, and I enjoyed it, but I think you lost a couple things in translation. Mainly the feel of the song. You're great at emoting and conveying feelings, but imo you didn't push it far enough. The song is supposed to have an innocent feel to it and then get extremely aggressive as it progresses. IE: The part about ending the world in a holocaust, your expression was smug, which works, but the feeling of the song and the way it's sung it's less telling that 'I' could do it, and

[Savkin11]

it looks like its fast forwarded a little bit....