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You can have it all, I ain't got the heart to fight, no.
Total exhaustion, complete breakdown. For the asshole I am,
apologies in full, please leave me alone.
Pull over the van, let me out.
And we'll give the money back, to the record label.
Fire the agent, fire the manager.
We ain't got what it takes, to make it.
We got indifference, got no respect for them.
Feels like you already said so much,
feels like you can never say enough.
Let someone else take our place,
let them be your entertainment.
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(they're just waiting)
To tear us apart
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(they're just waiting.)
To tear us apart
Total exhaustion, complete breakdown. For the asshole I am,
apologies in full, please leave me alone.
Pull over the van, let me out.
And we'll give the money back, to the record label.
Fire the agent, fire the manager.
We ain't got what it takes, to make it.
We got indifference, got no respect for them.
Feels like you already said so much,
feels like you can never say enough.
Let someone else take our place,
let them be your entertainment.
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(they're just waiting)
To tear us apart
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(you know they're waiting)
You know they're waiting,
(they're just waiting.)
To tear us apart
Lyrics submitted by hardcor_toonz
Track duration: 02:53
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Mostly all punk bands use vans. Just because a song has a couple of words in common doesn't mean that it's related in any way.
"may the likes of this song never make one fucking dollar, leave it for a demo tape to be played until it's broken then remembered only for what it was"
Yeah. That song never made a dollar. and now it's remembered for what it was. A badass song that Tom Gabel wrote a long time ago. Move on.
-againt me
feels like you can never say enough."
As in no matter how much critisicm their back stabbing original fanbase (which i find funny that they can say they are the "true fans" of AM!), they can't change the directiom of the band.
Before I go into anything, it's probably not the 'best' idea to analyze this song by itself. The album is definitely meant to be placed together, and not torn about word by word...
(This is gonna be long.. just a warning)
Around the time of this album and before, the band had a conflict of interest with Plan-It-X; part of their fanbase for their decision to sign to Fat, etc...
"Even at our Worst, We're Still Better than Most" isn't so much about being a (boo-hoo) sellout.. it's about facing adversity on all sides for the decisions they make, and sort of pointing out that there's no way (or rather, it's improbable) they could just drop everything, and return to playing at campfires and basement shows.
The song also notes the idea that the band is not a movement or ideal... or punk rock saviors.. they're now a source of entertainment that we (in reference to fans) spend hours criticizing AND supporting. And at this point, it's beyond their control (unless they break up). The next song on the album ("Problems") continues this story.... >_>
Anarchists aren't supposed to support capitolism, and by getting a record label, they have sold them selves to it.
Now I think they are regretting it.
Capitalism has very negative conotation surrounding it now. It somehow no longer means free market, but means corporations creating monopolies to exploit the public and that is simply not true. Sure corporations do this all the time but that is not capitalism that is a failure in regulation.
I seriously doubt they are regretting the record deal because they haven't had to change who they are. They can still believe in anarchism all they want even if they don't sing about it anymore. In fact calling them an anarchist band is stupid. Just because a band believes in something and maybe writes a few songs about something labelling them is just wrong.
We got indifference, got no respect for them.