| Against Me! – Miami Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is about the manifestation of capitalism in big cities and how apparently necrotizing consumerism is when it is viewed en masse. The gross imagery of rot conveys the affect that one gets when one's eyes are opened to the waste and rot of great numbers of people just eating and shitting and aging and creating huge amounts of rotting garbage in one area over the course of a lifetime. |
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| Against Me! – From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is against me's indictment of condaleeza rice. They criticize unnecessary war, the insanity of de-escalating violence with an army, and the misuse of the word "freedom" by our government. In addition, they point out the fact that the Republican party is just using her race to fill a quota since the party is predominantly white and vehemently opposes affirmative action, which is designed to counter racism against hyphenate groups, such as African-Americans. The assertion is that she's working against what was gained in the Civil Right's Movement. |
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| Against Me! – From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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so the real lyrics of this song are: "From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer)" Regime change under a Bush doctrine of democratic installations. Constant war for constant soldiers. What are we gonna do now? De-escalation, through military force. Increase the pressure, Oh Condoleeza What should we do about the situation in Iran and North Korea? Condoleeza. Democratic election under Marshall law. An Iraqi president out of control of our choices. After all this death and destruction Do you really think your actions advocate freedom? The presidents giving a speech in Georgetown To remember the voice of a slain civil rights leader, Do you understand what the martyrs stood for? Oh Condoleeza do you get the fucking joke? Condoleeza Condoleeza Condoleeza What are we gonna do now? Condoleeza Condoleeza Condoleeza What are we gonna do now? |
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| Against Me! – We Did It All for Don Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Also, this is during their period of anarchism. So that should frame up what they were thinking about when they wrote it pretty nicely. | |
| Against Me! – We Did It All for Don Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's about being indestructible because your beliefs are so strong and true. It's about being young, and rootless and defying the American Dream of being a slave to middle class mediocrity. It's about going on tour. |
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| Against Me! – We Did It All for Don Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Please tell me why we couldn't stay Don't let this feeling ever go away Let this memory forever be inside of me Through every hour of every day It's with the company of these friends That we drove on through the night We were carried by the wheels of armageddon We're gonna force ourselves to live Thankful it's hurt more than we've ever felt It's just our means to an end Please tell me why we couldn't stay Don't let this feeling ever go away Let this memory forever be inside of me Through every hour of every day It's with the company of these friends That we drove on through the night We were carried by the wheels of armageddon And honestly we were armed with our best intentions Maybe those intentions alone are just enough to get us anywhere but here In the middle of America Six cylinders will take us further than any president The same promises that we forgot the last time There's no difference between staying and a bullet in the head So fucking tell me why we couldn't stay Don't let this feeling ever go away Let this memory forever be inside of me Through every hour of every day It's with the company of these friends That we drove on through the night We were carried by the wheels of armageddon Maybe it's gonna come from the radio Or the next 8 hour day Driving to the next town A collect call home to your best friend We are the company we keep We could live off of dumpsters if we have to Sell our blood by the pint to make rent This kind of dignity doesn't come easy But you'll never find it for sale And that's why we couldn't stay But never let that feeling ever go away Kept to memory, inside of us Through every hour, through every day Until we die It's with the company of those friends We drove on through the night Behind the wheels of armageddon |
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| Against Me! – What We Worked For Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This, like so many songs by against me is a rallying call to make more of an impact in this world than working to live and die. I've also been told that it's an explanation for why the band doesn't play covers. |
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| Against Me! – Sink, Florida, Sink Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| haha, it's about how no one in florida will see what's wrong with florida until it's sinking. so they're telling florida to sink so things can get better. | |
| Against Me! – Sink, Florida, Sink Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| haha, it's about how no one in florida will see what's wrong with florida until it's sinking. so they're telling florida to sink so things can get better. | |
| Against Me! – Violence Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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oh wait, no, it's this version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpTZjfNEi0s |
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| Against Me! – Violence Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Actually, I just played the song to the video muted, and it syncs up perfectly, and that's really creepy. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3buH7UTz8 Try it^^. Just start the song and then a second later start the video. |
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| Against Me! – Violence Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is about domestic abuse. The implication that it's specifically child abuse. If anyone has ever suffered or been around domestic abuse, this conveys a very personal sentiment concerning it. From a psychological standpoint, I'd say that whichever member wrote this song has probably suffered domestic abuse or known someone very personally who has. The use of the term "young flesh searing on a twin mattress" is an implication of a child pretending to be asleep while the "footsteps coming down the hall" of the abusive parent approach. You can play this song very well over a muted video of Aerosmith's "Janey's Got a Gun" for an illustrative example... |
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| Against Me! – Joy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Also, they fooled you guys completely, haha. Oh yea, and if you're still not convinced... "my panic is the only reason there's a joy" |
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| Against Me! – Joy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is about dissociation. It gives an unreliable "fake" happy by having a calming melody with depressing lyrics. This device is often used in music to create a sense of "faking it" and pretending to be happy for others' sakes. They juxtapose "grand imagery" such as glory, sirens, lions, rockets red glare, triumph, etc. with skewed, disgusting, alone, cage, flight (as in retreat), failing, drug use... In short, this is a song about pretending not to lose hope, while in reality one loses faith, not only in country, but god AND country. |
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| Against Me! – Walking Is Still Honest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Also, they're "untouchable" because they don't subscribe to the doom of hell. | |
| Against Me! – Walking Is Still Honest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Edit: It's about the privilege and croneism that goes on in the Christian Right. "A Justice I cannot change" "You can be anything, when you're on your fucking knees" This talks about how much harder it is to be an atheist in America rather than just follow the flock. It also speaks metaphorically about the futility of fighting the Christian majority. In addition, the son is asking "why couldn't you have raised me like them so it'd be easier?" the mother explains, the son understands, and, in the chorus and last verse they unite together as "Iron fisted champions" and threaten to "rip the doors to your priveleged heaven." which speaks to the WASPish idea that predestination to heaven is linked with monetary wealth in this life. |
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| Against Me! – Walking Is Still Honest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Son: Dear mother, this is just survival can't promise your children everything but you won't lie so they can sleep tonight defeat tasted nothing like you said 22 days left till the end of the world Mother: My legacy was making you a man for a justice i could not change this one voice not to forget fight every fight like you can win an iron fisted champion an iron willed fuck up. Both: Can anybody tell me why god won't speak to me, why jesus never called on me to part the fucking seas, why death is easier than living you can be almost anything when you're on your fucking knees not today not my son not my family not while walking is still honest and you haven't given up on me... Letter to god: Dear shithead this isn't happening the sky is really falling the paint's all made of lead there's asbestos in the walls, hell's coming to rip off the doors to your priveliged heaven do you want to love and feel it you can look but you can't taste it you can reach but you'll never have it we are untouchable, untouchable is something to be. |
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