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Everything has fallen to pieces
Earth is dying, help me Jesus
We need guidance, we've been misled
Young and hostile but not stupid
Corporate leaders, politicians
Kids can't vote, adults elect them
Laws that rule the school and workplace
Signs that caution sixteen's unsafe
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Let this train-wreck burn more slowly
Kids are victims in this story
Drown the youth with useless warnings
Teenage rules, they're fucked and boring
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Earth is dying, help me Jesus
We need guidance, we've been misled
Young and hostile but not stupid
Corporate leaders, politicians
Kids can't vote, adults elect them
Laws that rule the school and workplace
Signs that caution sixteen's unsafe
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Let this train-wreck burn more slowly
Kids are victims in this story
Drown the youth with useless warnings
Teenage rules, they're fucked and boring
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to pieces
Everything has fallen to
We really need to see this through
We never wanted to be abused
We'll never give up, it's no use
If we're fucked up, you're to blame
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
"Anthem, Pt. 2" as written by Tom/hoppus De Longe
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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and fun to play.
lyrics are good too of course :p
takes me back.... <3
1. Commenting on teens in general. The older generation is always saying shit about the younger(and viceversa) but they don't want to take responsiblility for the fact that they are the ones we learned it from.
2. It's about respect. They are always saying "respect your elders!", but do they respect the younger generation? no. If they are going to act like we are dumbshit kids, then hell we're going to act like they are decrepit old farts!
3. Commenting on the worlds problems.- its talking about how the world is going to hell in a fuckin handbasket, and nobody will do anything to stop it. Sure they work out little problems, but nobody is willing to do anything drastic because that effects their own pockets (BP oil spill anybody??). It's saying, fuck we can't vote but WE are the ones dealing with the effects of these problems the most.
These older generations are handeling problems like they did in the past, but that no longer works. kids grow up a helluva lot quicker than they think, and some responsibility should be shifted to them.
4. Finally its talking about how stupid the rules and stereotypes surrounding teens(especially minors..) are. There are so many pretty much unnecessaqry laws. You can't buy a rated R movie ticket till your 17, and you cant even go with a freind and have them buy one. Why? its not like you don't see worse on the fuckin news every morning. There are rediculous cerfews, rules that you can't be at a park atfter dark(i got picked up by the cops twice at a park..) and so many more.. its honestly just stupid.
If these other generations don't like the things we do (think guages, skinny jeans, scene hair, baggy pants, weed paraphanelia) then let us do the things we like! if they keep banning things then all thats going to be left are worse and worse choices.
Ok im done ha i pretty much turned this into an essay.
Its about how parents are to blame for every teen's mistakes, every little thing that fucks up, its all about how kids are raised will effect the way they act. If a kid fucks up, if they're a stoner, if they drink, if they do drugs, if they're cynical and twisted, its all the parent's fault.
*Sigh* when will adults see us teens aren't complete shit for brains? -.-;
I also agree with Lxinsomniacxp when he says about kids and teenagers always being talked down to and not shown respect and how we can't choose how our lives are being governed. Maybe we're only "young and hostile" because we're being treated like that?
Basically, the line "if we're fucked up, you're to blame" says it all. To me it also means, the only good thing about this god damn rules is that we can turn out fucked up, and blame everybody else. :)
The verse:
Corporate leaders, politicians,
kids can't vote, adults elect them
laws that rule the school and workplace,
signs that caution, sixteen's unsafe.
to me carries the most weight in the song. it shows how kids have no say in what governs their lives, and the fact that they have lost control over their own standards and lives is what makes " sixteen unsafe".
that would be really too obvious. its kinda in a metaphor
its saying that its not our fault we're messed up bc we are a different generation and they cant expect us to act just like they did when they were kids, every genration is different then the next
they're saying we should get a say in rules and stuff too
not that its all our parent fault, that would be kinda retarded if it was