Lyrics for Punk Rock Song as interpreted by NtoTheDrk

Punk Rock Song Lyrics
Have you been to the desert?
Have you walked with the dead?
There's a hundred thousand children being killed for their bread
And the figures don't lie they speak of human disease
But we do what we want and we think what we please

Have you lived the experience?
Have you witnessed the plague?
People making babies sometimes just to escape
In this land of competition the compassion is gone
Yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on
We keep pushing on

This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like ants in a colony we do our share
But there's so many other f***in' insects out there
And this is just a punk rock song

Have you visited the quagmire?
Have you swam in the shit?
The party conventions and the real politic
The faces always different, the rhetoric the same
But we swallow it, and we see nothing change
Nothing has changed...

This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like workers in a company we do our share
But there's so many other f***in' robots out there
And this is just a punk rock song

Ten million dollars on a losing campaign
Twenty million starving and writhing in pain
Big strong people unwilling to give
Small in vision and perspective

One in five kids below the poverty line
One population runnin' out of time
Runnin' out of time

This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like ants in a colony we do our share
But there's so many other f***in' insects out there
And this is just a punk rock song

And the figures don't lie they speak of human disease
But we do what we want and we think what we please

One in five kids below the poverty line
One population runnin' out of time

This is just a punk rock song
This is just a punk rock song
This is just a punk rock song

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pinkfade
05-04-2009

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We'r all fucked.

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LoserDude27
04-05-2009

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Heard this song for the first time and found a couple of mistakes. Just thought I'd help clean it up a little. :)
Awesome song by the way.

But we swallow it all, and we see nothing change
Like workers in a factory we do our share

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Cyanic
11-01-2008

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Too me, this song seems to mean something different to what most of you see it as. Looking at the lyrics in depth, I don't see the chorus as anything to do with it being "Just a punk rock song", but they're attempt to share their views with those who actually give a shit.

I see the chorus at them saying that it is just a song, not a solution, but they have wrote it to encourage people to find a solution.

The problem, I think is the Greed and suffering in the world ("One in five kids below the poverty line")
and how people can so easily turn a blind eye to it (And the figures don't lie they speak of human disease, But we do what we want and we think what we please).

An amazing song, and is incredibly moving, which would be unusual to find in todays over publicized punk bands (I'm looking at bands like Sum41).

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Richard Enahobo
06-10-2007

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"This one would be a most suitable substitute for the Pledge of Allegiance crap."

Hahahaha hell yes it would. Although American Jesus might work even better as a Pledge of Allegiance substitute.

There's a bunch of problems in this world and most people don't seem to care. That seems to be the message of this song.

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R.H.C.P fan
01-05-2007

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awesum song

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Skuitar21
07-22-2006

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I definatley disagree with Ass_Cobra and Kuffs. The rest of you guys got it for sure.


I recently went to a third world country. It is so FUCKING horrible to see conditions out there then see Americans so blind! It hurts to be a part of America.


And about the most remembered song by bad religion- thatstoo hard because there are many that have similar meanings that are no better than others. In the end the answer to that question may be a personal biew that has to do with what the song sounds like since all the songs have excellent meanings. -heh*

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r-e-volution
03-29-2006

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my mother tongue is german and I've known this song since like 8-9 years, but i have never understood acoustically what it was all about. now i see. theyre darn right about these issues, but there can be done something about it, but we have to change the whole system in order to make it...

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River Wolf
08-28-2005

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This excellent Bad Religion song is a tool, which is used to make people in developed countries realize all the problems in the world, which they are not facing and hopefully make them more aware in global issues and contribute to solving these problems.

"This is just a punk rock song, written for the people that can see something's wrong." This song is written for people and the only people that will get in are ones who aren't too ignorant to realize the world has big issues, which need to be solved.

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JASGripen
04-26-2005

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This one would be a most suitable substitute for the Pledge of Allegiance crap.

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gofuckyourself
02-28-2005

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I agree with WrinkledPhole, its definetly about how the world is, and how punk is a protest music, showing only reality, and it is still taken to be simplistic bullshit that just screams for no reason (Tipper "The whore" Gore's view of punk rock music)

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rideonlythelabel
02-06-2005

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i think that the "this is just a punk rock song" means that this is their attempt to make people realize the injustice and greed in the world, and at the same time an attempt to change the world, but they know that's it's kind of futile, hence the
"This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like workers in a company we do our share "

means like we know it's not enough but at least we're trying.

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JoE][BoXeR
12-27-2004

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I love Bad Religion..And I loved it even more when I saw them live in KC last summer at Warped :-d.

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bluetears
10-05-2004

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i seriously am astounded that you can argue about which bad religion song would be the one preserved.. there can be no contest, no winner (not least 'cause it just defies the point of some great songwriting) because they have so many truly superior songs that it is impossible to choose any fewer than about twenty when pushed...

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kapinnn
06-30-2004

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The Handshake comes to mind when u say better songs... O_O

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Securitron5k
06-24-2004

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The point isn't that it says "PUNK ROCK" or whatever. He's saying that people here punk rock and think of feel good bullshit like Blink 182 and Sum 41, and Bad Religion or any real punk isn't supposed to be feel good.

Also, whoever said "sorrow" has the most meaning doesn't listen to enough BR. Sorrow is good, but a lot of thier other songs are more meaningful than Sorrow, I think.

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kapinnn
04-08-2004

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if you actually read the posts above you would know that they are posting about the meaning of the song and not just "punk is cool".

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Ass_Cobra
06-29-2003

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i hate when people rant about how much they love this song. And it should not be the song remembered by bad religion! not even close. Most of the kids who are crazy about this song just like it because it says PUNK ROCK. you think, "man thats totaly cool hes talkin about punx and shit". i think it might be my least favorite BR song just because stupid kids post stuff such as the 17 some posts above this one.

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Radicaldreamer
06-08-2003

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Has anyone else heard the live version (with Rancid)? I think it's better than the original.

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goodbar
03-20-2003

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i remember first hearing this song about 6 months ago. it helped change how i view the world.

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wrinkledPhole
03-13-2003

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no kuffs, when he says "this is just a punk rock song" he's mocking the way in which most people view punk rock: simplistic, and "not-to-be-taken-seriously". there is so much wisdom to be found in punk rock(generally speaking) and yet people have this "dont-take-it-seriously" attitude towards punk rock. Here he is talking truth about the global status quo yet most people wont listen to what he is saying because "this is JUST a punk rock".

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knotty_brodie_freak
03-13-2003

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can't say too much more....

the song to be preserved is we're only gonna die

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InTylerWeTrust
10-14-2002

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Totally agree with kuffs, and is there a better band than Bad Religion out there? I doubt it.

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kuffs
09-08-2002

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this song is saying even with all these fucked up things and kids looking for a direction that in the end it is just a punk rock song so dont live by it.

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chichen_
09-06-2002

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This Song is really good. The lyrics are very good writen, they limit themselves to whats necesary and they donīt say nothing that isnīt true and they donīt fall in a extreme anarchist point of view.
By the way, i think this song says how good Bad Religion is making Punk Rock music and the respect we should have to this greats old bands.

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soul_doubt
09-01-2002

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naah if there was any BR song preserved it would prolly be sorrow, cuz its got the most meaning to it

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