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You're not punk and I'm telling everyone
Save your breath, I never was one
You don't know what I'm all about
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac
My enemies are all too familiar
They're the ones who used to call me friend
I'm coloring outside your guidelines
I was passing out when you were passing our your rules
One, two, three, four
Who's punk? What's the score?
Got a friend, her name is Boxcar
Cigarettes and beer in El Sob
Her hair was blue, now it's green
I like her mind, she hates the scene
My enemies are all too familiar
They're the ones who used to call me friend
I'm coloring outside your guidelines
I was passing out when you were passing our your rules
One, two, three, four
Who's punk? What's the score?
You're on your own
You're all alone
Save your breath, I never was one
You don't know what I'm all about
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac
My enemies are all too familiar
They're the ones who used to call me friend
I'm coloring outside your guidelines
I was passing out when you were passing our your rules
One, two, three, four
Who's punk? What's the score?
Got a friend, her name is Boxcar
Cigarettes and beer in El Sob
Her hair was blue, now it's green
I like her mind, she hates the scene
My enemies are all too familiar
They're the ones who used to call me friend
I'm coloring outside your guidelines
I was passing out when you were passing our your rules
One, two, three, four
Who's punk? What's the score?
You're on your own
You're all alone
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by embassyrow
Track duration: 01:55
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Instead, Blake is saying, who the hell is punk anyway? It's probably his friend Boxcar who couldn't give a rat's ass about the scene or monikers anyway.
In all, Blake couldn't care less about "punk" if it means barriers put up between people.
I don't care who covers whatever anymore, it's music.
And enjoifreedumb, um, I think that blake just really liked kerouac at the time (see: condition oakland).
Its easy to see the mockery in the first line.
"You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone." [echoed from the scene]
Save your breath, I never was one." (the response)
Followed by making a mockery of their purported idealism:
You don't know what I'm all about. [echoed from the scene]
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac. (the response)
Its boiling down the simplified mindset.
Its mocking them for their anti-authoritative voice unaccompanied by any action. Moreover the Kerouac reference is in regards to the pretentious delusion carried by these individuals for "living out of the bounds" (quite like Kerouac in "On the Road"), but in itself historically, Kerouac's impact on literature is nothing but spit in the ocean. These people feel so unique for having read Kerouac, though perhaps this has been their only excursion into the realm of literature (ie pretentious).
"My enemies are all to familiar..."
The again refers to the "scene." Because there style of music or even perhaps lifestyle does not coincide with what was expected.
In truth none of this should be further explained because its becomes self-evident.
"You don't know what I'm all about.
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac." - So good! I feel like those lines should be thrown in the faces of so many people.