Discover the story of the song > Bouncing Babies – The Teardrop Explodes

The song is about the struggles the protagonist faced growing up. He fell down and had to fight for his life, but he always kept going. People cling to things they can believe in when they have nothing else, but the protagonist found it easy to keep moving forward. He was once a bouncing baby, but now he feels like a ticking bomb and hopes someone will come and help him before he hurts someone.