Essentially, it is about "Robert" finding a revolver in a box in his father's closet. He appears to tell a group of kids identified only as "with the pumped up kicks" (nice shoes, perhaps a reference to Reebok "Pumps," LA Gear "Regulators," or Nike "Air" pump up Basketball shoes from the early 1990's) to run in anticipation of shooting at them. Also, some people may believe that it is a song about the Columbine shootings.
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Foster The People - Pumped up Kicks
Probably Columbine.
no. the song is about a boy who finds a revolver in his fathers closet and tells the kids refereed to as "with the pumped up kicks" that they better run befor he shoots them.
None Pumped up kicks is unique.
The chords for Pumped Up Kicks are Em, G, D, A with a capo on the 1st fret.