Lyric discussion by jizbot 

through the best of times, through the worst of times. through nixon and through bush.

pretty self explanatory

do you remember '36, we went our separate ways, you fought for stalin and i fought for freedom.

the spanish civil war, when the left was fighting against the fascists, and then the leftists started fighting between themselves. "you fought for Stalin" means that the other person was a communist (Stalin was the only country to help the left fight the fascists, even though Germany and Italy both helped the fascists)

you believe in authority, and i believe in myself. i'm a molotov cocktail, you're the dom perignon.

molotov cocktail=explosive made with gasoline and a wine bottle~he is a proletarian fighting for rights dom perignon=expensive wine~she is a member of the bourgeoisie, a rich liberal

baby, what's that confused look in your eye?

liberals and anarchists have a history of not understanding each other

what i'm trying to say is that i'll burn down buildings whlie you sit on a shelf inside of them

anarchists take direct action while liberals try to pass laws and reforms

you call the cops on the looters and the pie-throwers.

he is criticizing them for not being extreme enough

they call it class war, i call you co-conspirators

kind of like if youre not with us youre against us (Against Me!)(alright sorry bad pun)

'cuz baby, i'm an anarchist and you're a spineless liberal

liberals arent extreme enough

we marched together for the 8-hour day and held hands in the streets of seattle

anarchists and liberals protesting at the WTO in 1999

but when it came time to throw bricks through that starbucks window you left me all alone

anarchists started a riot at the protests, but the liberals stayed out of it

you watched in awe at the red, white & blue on the 4th of july

liberals are patriots

but while those fireworks were exploding i was burning that fucker and stringing my black flag high

black flag=anarchy

eating the peanuts that the parties have tossed you

liberals just take what the republicans and democrats give them

in the back seat of your father's new ford

rich liberals who dont work or know why people join the far left

you believe in the ballot, you believe in reform

faith in democracy

you have faith in the elephant and jackass

faith in the two party system (elephant=rep, jackass=donkey=dem)

and to you solidarity is a four-letter word

solidarity=swear

we're all hypocrites, but you're a patriot.

dunno what to say if you dont get that part

you thought i was only joking when i was screaming, "kill whitey" at the top of my lungs

white people have screwed the world

at the cops in their cars and the men in their suits

symbols of conformity, brutality and fascism

no i won't take your hand and marry the state.

fin

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