its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
So you say you gotta know why the world goes 'round
And you can't find the truth in the things you've found
And you're scared shitless 'cause evil abounds
Come and join us
Well I heard you were looking for a place to fit in
Full of adherent people with the same objective
A family to cling to and call brethren
Come and join us
All we want to do is change your mind
All you need to do is close your eyes
So come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
Don't you see the trouble that most people are in
And that they just want you for their own advantage
But I swear to you we're different from all of them
Come and join us
I can tell you are lookin' for a way to live
Where truth is determined by consensus
Full of codified arbitrary directives
Come and join us
All we want to have is your small mind
Turn it into one of our own kind
You can go through life adrift and alone
Desperate, desolate, on your own
But we're lookin' for a few more stalwart clones
So come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
We've got spite and dedication as a vehement brew
The world hates us, well we hate them too
But you're exempted of course if you
Come and join us
Independent, self-contented, revolutionary
Intellectual, brave, strong and scholarly
If you're not one of them, you're us already so
Come and join us
And you can't find the truth in the things you've found
And you're scared shitless 'cause evil abounds
Come and join us
Well I heard you were looking for a place to fit in
Full of adherent people with the same objective
A family to cling to and call brethren
Come and join us
All we want to do is change your mind
All you need to do is close your eyes
So come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
Don't you see the trouble that most people are in
And that they just want you for their own advantage
But I swear to you we're different from all of them
Come and join us
I can tell you are lookin' for a way to live
Where truth is determined by consensus
Full of codified arbitrary directives
Come and join us
All we want to have is your small mind
Turn it into one of our own kind
You can go through life adrift and alone
Desperate, desolate, on your own
But we're lookin' for a few more stalwart clones
So come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
We've got spite and dedication as a vehement brew
The world hates us, well we hate them too
But you're exempted of course if you
Come and join us
Independent, self-contented, revolutionary
Intellectual, brave, strong and scholarly
If you're not one of them, you're us already so
Come and join us
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"Don't you see all the trouble that most people are in"
Is a direct insult to the surrounding society. A religios group wouldnt say that. Thats what punks are saying.
"You can go through life adrift and alone Desperate, desolate, on your own"
Someone who beleives in a religion is not alone. Because the religious mindset has to come from somewhere, like forexample a priest. A religoius guy is too weak to go on his own
Whereas the punk mindset doesnt has to come from somewhere. So someone with a punkmindset can be isolate and on your own. A punk is strong enough to go on his own.
In other words this song is about punks should unite, not for the purpose of supporting the indiviual, because the individual could easily go on his own anyway, but unite, so the punk movement, as a whole, can grow stronger and have a greater voice.
"Don't you see all the trouble that most people are in"<br /> I don't see groups of punks going overseas to help afflicted people in third world countries. I know of a guy who's going to become a preacher who's done that. I know Mother Theresa worked her ass off to help people less fortunate than herself regardless of what religion she believed. You're a fucking idiot. Everyone who has commented in this song (except for thefooligan) has obviously not received a basic education due to their blatant inability to comprehend what they're reading. You only nit pick for horrible things when it comes to religion when you fail to see the good things it has done. I can look at every bad religion song on this site and find at least one retard who thinks the song is about "evil" religion even when it's about the government or something deeper and personal.