Q: In "La de da de da de da de day oh" you rhymed "mall" 3 times, was there any hidden meaning behind that?
A: yes, this is what it is: After selecting this song for recording, i felt deep dread and regret the next day. basically there is a lot of anxiety around selecting a song to record and do a music video for, because unfortunately, for some unknown reason, i always make my songrecordings and videos very complicated. so it is a large commitment when choosing a song. At the time of selection, the song was only written up to the end of the first chorus. So i was feeling a deep amount of regret, the day after selecting it. but changing it would increase all doubts all around, because it had been a very thorough selection process, and if i invalidated that it would cast even larger shadows of doubt on the entire ability to select a song. So i was sitting in the waiting chairs for a haircut, just being very unsure of how to carry forward with the song, ... i had already attempted to change my mind earlier in the morning, to a much slower and sadder song. and i found myself circling back again to 'la de da', and just at the exact moment i was getting into the haircut chair, i let my mind turn to what i think might happen next, in the writing. obviously we are going into the second verse. And it's moments like these, when we say 'what if', that suddenly a blitz of writing comes. The first 3 lines of the second verse came at me very quickly. the relentlessness of the word 'mall' had a nice momentum to it, and certainly helped to plunge me into confidence that the song was the right choice, and by the time i got into the chair, i was certain i would be doing that song. the 4th line, however, did not come at all, and i had to force it later in the actual writing session and i am to this day not proud of it. so if i could summerize the answer to your original question, the meaning of the triple mall is 'momentum'