This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
A sullen figure walks along a dusty road
His life was holy and he couldn't bear the load
He left his people and a simple life behind
He raised his torso and he looked into the sky
Shouting his questions
Looking for directions
"What do I do now?"
Now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray
The stresses of maturing compound every day
She glances up to see her favorite video
And gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes
In need of affection
She craves a direction
Her heroes offer her
Everyone is looking for something
And they assume somebody else knows what it is
No one can live with the decisions of their own
It seems so they look to someone else
To tell 'em what to be
Tell 'em what to wear
Tell 'em what to say
Tell 'em how to act and think
Compel others compulsively, until the world is all like them
A righteous student came and asked me to reflect
He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect
I don't believe in self important folks who preach
No Bad Religion song can make your life complete
Prepare for rejection you'll get no direction from me
You'll get no direction from me
You'll get no direction from me
(One, two)
His life was holy and he couldn't bear the load
He left his people and a simple life behind
He raised his torso and he looked into the sky
Shouting his questions
Looking for directions
"What do I do now?"
Now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray
The stresses of maturing compound every day
She glances up to see her favorite video
And gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes
In need of affection
She craves a direction
Her heroes offer her
Everyone is looking for something
And they assume somebody else knows what it is
No one can live with the decisions of their own
It seems so they look to someone else
To tell 'em what to be
Tell 'em what to wear
Tell 'em what to say
Tell 'em how to act and think
Compel others compulsively, until the world is all like them
A righteous student came and asked me to reflect
He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect
I don't believe in self important folks who preach
No Bad Religion song can make your life complete
Prepare for rejection you'll get no direction from me
You'll get no direction from me
You'll get no direction from me
(One, two)
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I thing this song is about how fans do what many bands say... "a confused schoolgirl stares at the t.v. (...) and gets ideas from madonna's nasty clothes". I thing they've noticed many fans just do what their lyrics say, many fans gets ideas from bad religion lyrics, then, they say: "NO BAD RELIGION SONG CAN MAKE YOR LIFE COMPLETE"... you can't only follow their lyrics... you will get no direction from him.. be yourself!! not be what artists say you have to be (nor madonna, neither bad religion)
yeah this song prettywell talks about how nobody can think for themselves anymore, whether it be american propaghanda, religion, or images shown on TV.
And how raising people to become demi-god icons is a bad thing. Because they cant live your life and solve your problems
This is one o my favorute bad religion songs, noy because of the music, but because of the message of not following the rest and being autonomous.
I thought this was one of hte most under-appreciated bad religion songs ever. Obviously I think we all agree it's prety upfront with "No bad religion song can make yer life complete" but I think the song is them realisticly looking at themselves as the kind of heiarchy that they always sing against in religious figures and just trying to be hoenst and say how they view themselves in with the rest of the world
"no bad religion song can make your life complete" I like that. They're not full of themselves
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its pretty clear-cut. you see BR on stage getting their message across and your inspired... you wanna start up a band.. who are you trying to be. did he look to someone else for that descision? and then theres one more band out there in the genre. tough stuff. sullen song
They may not tell you what to do, but they do make an attempt to tell you how to think. Is it a forgone conclusion that respecting the wishes of others is wrong? I would suggest if not in this song, it is obvious in many of their other songs.
In this song, Greg realizes that many people look to their heros to learn what they should do in life. He then realizes Bad Religion may become said heros for some people. Greg does not want people looking to him or Bad Religion for advice. You can love Bad Religion but don't look to them for advice.