I thought this song was alluding to the conformity imposed by the gutterpunk's of the berkeley scene where jawbreaker first arose.
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.
I thought this song was alluding to the conformity imposed by the gutterpunk's of the berkeley scene where jawbreaker first arose.
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.