Lyrics for Angry Young Man as interpreted by kevin

Angry Young Man Lyrics
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend he refuses to crawl
And he's always at home with his back to the wall
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost
And struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross
And likes to be known as the angry young man

Give a moment or two to the angry young man
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand
He's been stabbed in the back he's been misunderstood
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good
And he sits in his room with a lock on the door
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
And he likes to be known as the angry young man

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight
I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right

And there's always a place for the angry young man
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks
And his honor is pure and his courage is well
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man

Yes there's always a place for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend he refuses to crawl
And he's always at home with his back to the wall
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost
And struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross
And likes to be known as the angry young man

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weezerific:cutlery
03-22-2002

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i had my pointless point of view too. i love this song. it's so great, you can feel the emotion in the lyrics.

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nikki2141
08-27-2002

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This song is absolutely great. If anyone doubt's Mr. Joel's talent, one should see him perform this song live. There's nothing more intimidating.

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leaneys
03-27-2003

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Is there anyone out there you DOESN'T know someone like this?!?!?

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A22loudogg
04-16-2003

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This song is the definition of myself, I can relate to everything said in this song. for every line in his song i have a personal life experience to go with it. so if you don't know anyone like this, now you do.

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lilamishgirl26
03-05-2005

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I rewrote this song once so the lyrics were "Angry Young Sam" cuz I figured it might as well just say my name, it described me so well...

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okandroid
04-17-2006

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It strongly dismays me to say that before the last few days, I'd never heard this song. I like it lots now. Heck of a song....

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WickedWitch
06-27-2006

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It reminds me of a bunch of different friends of mine who are always complaining that they're "misunderstood", but I get the feeling sometimes that they go out of their way to not let people understand them... this definition doesn't work perfectly with the song, but it's one angle.

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Jan the Man
09-01-2006

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It basicly depicts a stubborn boy who has a great sense of pride, but meets the new world and learns that wrong and right dont matter, and wont give up on his intentions whatever they may be.

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Adam B
12-04-2006

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this song is great billy joel's knowlage of human emotion comes through very well such as in the line:struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross signifying that this person thinks he's god or holy

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sapphireskies
12-12-2006

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This song makes me think of my boyfriend, because he's been through so much, and has so much rage and hurt built up inside of him, and he's been stabbed in the back so many times, that it makes our relationship hard... he just won't let me in sometimes.

"I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight."

A-FUCKING-MEN. What else can you say? I have that as my aol signature, because I can understand it so well.

Linds

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supernuke
03-05-2007

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One of my favorites ever. So powerful.

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ThaneOfNothingness
05-14-2007

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I think everyone has an internal "angry young man." The issue is getting over your problems and yourself.
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I'm working on it.
Anyway, at his concert, this was the first song he played and I sang along... way too loud.

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PrEsLeYsBiGsIsTa
07-14-2007

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One time I videotaped my younger sister dancing in the dark with one of those glow in the dark sticks, or whatever, to this song. It was pretty amazing.

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Roseweave
11-17-2007

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I dunno, isn't this song celebrating Apathy?


"I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight
I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right "

Just surviving is a noble fight :/ Get on with my life, don't try to change things, don't have "pointless views". Reinforcing mainstream values, talking about the rebellious in a patronising manner... not very rock'n'roll I must say.

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poguemahony
12-24-2007

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This song always reminds me of that quote by Churchill: "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." A lot of people go through that process, especially when they get out of college, have kids, pay taxes. Iimagine it's a stab at Billy Joel as a kid too.

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ProfessorKnowItAll
02-12-2009

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This song reminds me of how I used to be. I used to be pretty damned wrapped up in myself, and I would see my philosophical and political debates as the be-all-end-all and harangue those I disagreed with. And I have no doubt that I was "fair and true and boring as hell."

Then I had to start fending for myself. I grew resentful listening to people lecture me on this and that, and then I realized how obnoxious I must have been when I did that. So I tried not to harass others so much with my politics and philosophies and just get on with living my life; indeed, now more than ever it seems like "just surviving is a noble fight."

I don't think it's mocking the rebellious per se, but I do think it's telling the dorm-room pundits that they'll be whistling a different tune about not working for "The Man" when their parents aren't paying their way through life anymore.

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serenity12310
11-08-2009

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MOST AMAZING PIANO PLAYING EVER.
have you seen him ever play this?? its simply mezmorizing

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