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Angry People Lyrics
That's the problem, dear, with angry people
They try to go it alone Digging in and making cranky feeble pleas That other angries disown Angry people think a good solution Is getting others involved So they surround themselves with happy people And watch their smiles dissolve We just drag them down We just drag them down We just drag them down Until they're just like us Angry people get so sanctimonious Telling us what to do Hoping no one outs them all as phonies just cause We are all phonies too And those of us who once had wives and families Understand what I mean What was once a calm and peaceful refuge Is overtaken by spleen 'Cause we just drag them down We just drag them down We just drag them down Until they're just like us I am the singer in the band We're only trying to lend a hand And though it's not what we had planned We understand That we just drag you down We just drag you down We just drag you down Until you're just like us In a square a thousand angry people Are waving signs in the air (HEY!) While a million other happy people Are trying hard not to care (BACK OFF!) You see, the happy people's biggest problem Is they're never fearing the worst While the rest of us will never sleep until Your happy bubbles are burst Yeah, we just drag them down Didn't I just drag you down Just watch me drag you down Until you're just like us Until you're just like us Oh, until you're just like us Until you're just like us
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01-28-2007
And now that that's out of the way: The more I listen to this song, the more I think maybe it's about politics and, specifically, the band's having been criticized for "getting too political." Along the same lines as "Maybe You're Right" and "take it Back," in other words.
There are some POV changes that I can't pin down. Some of the verses are in the POV of those being criticized, trying to invalidate the protesters--and the band writing protest songs--by writing them off as "angry people" trying to drag you down, etc. Others are from the band's perspective: "just trying to lend a hand," and trying to burst the happy people's little bubbles regarding things like the disaster in Iraq, global warming, etc.
Or maybe I'm wrong and it's just a silly song.
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02-04-2007
It's about angry people. I would know, throughout all of high school, I was one of those "angry, angry people". You know, those types who say "everything" is bad, pick arguments, and generally try to make people feel bad because they feel bad. You, know, the people who are all dark and depressed and cut their hair weird and turn EVERY SINGLE THING into a political argument.
But in the end, they see the truth. So the song is about the angry people, who see the world as being terrible, and CONSTANTLY complain about it, and the happy people, who are completely ignorant about the world and are able to be happy. So it's a battle between the depressed angry wise losers, and the happy, stupid masses. And in the end it doesn't matter because both sides are hypocrites and have faults.
It also talks about how people try to avoid learning about social issues (like Iraq, Global Warming) because it just makes them feel rotten.
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02-17-2007
In my opinion, the "angry people" in this song are people who like to talk politics, specifically the band, and how apathetic people just don't want to bother. The bridge especially expresses, "I am the singer in the band/We're only trying to lend a hand." Steve Page doesn't like that people criticize is desire to discuss politics.
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02-23-2007
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06-04-2007
Later, it's 'We just drag YOU down," pitting the listener with the happy people.
Finally, the verse complains about the happy people, and uses the inclusive "we," meaning "you and I just drag them down." He then immediately points out that he dragged the listener down to his side.
or not.
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08-13-2007
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