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Sober girls and broke guys aren’t allowed in the club.
This is because the main attractions in a club are drunk girls everyone is trying to pick up on, and the rich guys who can buy booze for these girls.
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A second childhood playing reference.
This one is towards ‘hide and go seek,’ where one person closes their eyes and counts, while the other goes to find a place to hide, and stay until they’re found.
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He’s going to continue making music until he’s not allowed to, like a kid will color on the walls until his caregiver takes his crayon away.
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This refers to his artistic expression.
Much like kids color on walls for everyone to see, he puts his music up for the world to see.
Both are similar forms of artistic expression, and they’re both very unwelcome at points, much like Foster sees himself.
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This brings the childhood and the romance together.
He’s going to hide in the bedroom, so that when she comes and ‘finds him’, they can have some romance.
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This is a reference to ‘hide and go seek,’ where one person counts to a set number, and the other runs away, to find a hiding spot.
It also introduces the next line, about hiding in the bedroom.
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A list of kind of ‘rides’ kids partake in.
These include ‘piggy backs’ and ‘back rides’, where one jumps on another’s shoulders, which signifies their dependence towards each-other, and the support they offer.
‘boat ride’ and ‘sleigh ride’ are both epitomal childhood experiences, fun events and rides. They could be used to show the fun they are having together, or to continue the theme of ‘getting away’.
And we're all just having fun Foster the People – Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
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This is another playground reference.
They’re running away from the world, to find solace and have fun together.
This is much like kids running around at a playground, running around care-free.
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This line begins the continuous metaphor between his love with a girl (the subject of the song), and a playground/childhood theme.
This is the overall theme of the song, and he constantly uses childhood metaphors in comparisons with their relationship and dynamics.
This line in particular means that he feels like they’re alone together, in a world that is constantly moving and changing.
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This song is a continuous metaphor between his love with a girl (the subject of the song), and a playground/childhood theme.
This is the overall theme of the song, and he constantly uses childhood metaphors to make beautiful comparisons with their relationship and the dynamics of their feelings.
I thought it meant like people who don’t talk much but have huge ideas.
This song is actually about what a toddler would do if they ruled the world :) you can see it on the wikipedia page for this album.