Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I heard them say that the meek shall reign on Earth
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes
Inchoate beatitude, the lord of the flies
So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscopic images of love on the way
Brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pay
1000 more fools are being born every fucking day
They try to tell me that the lamb is on the way
With microwave transmissions they bombard us every day
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep
The vortex of the minds ensconced within the murky deep
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes
Inchoate beatitude, the lord of the flies
So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscopic images of love on the way
Brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pay
1000 more fools are being born every fucking day
They try to tell me that the lamb is on the way
With microwave transmissions they bombard us every day
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep
The vortex of the minds ensconced within the murky deep
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Mellow_Harsher
1000 More Fools Lyrics as written by Brett Gurewitz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is saying that the people who are poor and live in rural farm areas, who's babies are starving to death, are still holding on to their belief in a higher power, even when their beliefs are what's causing their problem. Their belief keeps them trapped in a viscious cycle, and causes them to remain thinking in the box, hence the title, 1000 more fools. These fools teach their children the same ideas, that to think foryourself is a crime, and if they think for themselves, they need need to pray for their wrongdoings. these people belive that love from above will save them.
The 1000 fools are the people who believe this dishonest and agendized shit of this anointed ass hole Greg Graffin. Oh Oh we are free thinkers we follow Bad Religion cuz they are smart and they make us feel smart. Can you illiterate fucks spell indoctrination.
You see I was going to point out the flaws in Daves' points, but instead I'll point out the flaws is galliums'.<br /> <br /> This song is not dishonest, exaggerating? Yes, but not dishonest. And what "agenda" could Gurewitz (not Graffin) possibly have with a song that's about the state of the world? It's not even a song about believing this, or living that, or any sort of call to action, it's simply a song about a state of being. And what possible reason could you have for generalizing Bad Religion fans to claim to be free thinkers because they listen to Bad Religion? Even so, BR is one of the most intellectual bands there is, anyone who puts them down I can't even take seriously because their platform has to be too weak.
gallium, you think people that listen to BR cant spell indoctrination, yet you must not understand the meaning. everyone is indoctrinated somehow to whatever culture they live in. You yourself are through media, teachers, preachers, politicians, your parents. maybe you should look into epistemology.
I am sorry to regret that the part about the not thinking Christians has become quite aparent in churches today. These non-thoughtful Christians of today I admit run away to their Churches when they come up against an argument that attacks their beliefs. But these churches are not being biblical. Christians were once on the forfront of thought. Think of the major universities: Harvard, Oxford, Yale... All were began by Christians. And take for instance the greatest commandment in the Bible is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your MIND." So if one looks at Christianity one would think that they have no reasons for their faith. This is quite the contrary. They have many reasons even though they seem like "fools".
To really understand the context of this song one must look at the author who's entire life is atheism this guy is an atheist first, and a lousy musician and professor are behind that. I am so impressed with his award as the new face of atheism. It was awarded to him by Harvard university.His degree is all about Darwinism, His dissertation is how belief in God and evolutionary biology are not compatible. His stated goals of this evil band are to spread atheism and lead youth to lead secular lives. Now read the lyrics. This guy is just using the hungry baby as a tool for his agenda, because he really thinks that baby should have been aborted. I despise this band and I find their lyrics nothing less than pure evil. The 1000 fools are really the ones who believe this garbage.
Not that Greg wrote this song, but, he's not an atheist. "I wasn't that happy billing myself as an atheist. To me it just doesn't say that much; it doesn't say much about you. Instead I bill myself as a naturalist, which I think says a lot more. Because a naturalist is someone who... first of all–they study natural science, and they have a hopeful message".<br /> <br /> Why would you possibly downplay the starving baby logic? It's a very real problem in the world whether there's a god or not, atheist or theist you cannot deny that the "starving baby" is there. And don't act like you know that he wanted the baby to be aborted, you lose all validity when you speak so precisely on behalf of others.<br /> <br /> You find this bands' lyrics to be nothing less than pure evil? Haha they're not even a punk rock band that's like that. Look at Sorrow, Slumber, There Will Be A Way, Hopeless Housewife, You've Got A Chance, In So Many Ways, Before You Die, Tiny Voices, New Leaf, Dream Of Unity, Someone To Believe, Sowing The Seeds Of Utopia, Them And Us, Parallel, Too Much To Ask. My gosh man..
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theres more of your kind born each day and the destruction is just growing, BR is saying that your religion can not stop this.
Considering they are fomenting it. I don't get the people who gotta do it their way want a system that will take away their right to have their way. What stupid fucks.
As for your first sentence, no, they are not. Just, no..<br /> <br /> As for the second sentence, I agree, good thing Bad Religion isn't like that huh?<br /> <br /> As for the third sentence, this song is lyrical genius. Whether you disagree with the song or not it is very smart, there's no validity in your third sentence.
I think this song is about the disparity between many religous people's beliefs and the reality of the world around them. The point seems to be that these people are mired in willful ignorance with their heads up in the clouds, and meanwhile the world is burning around them. It's almost as if he's saying that they use religion as a drug to escape reality...
This song is about children who grow up in christian homes(like myself) although i turned out agnostic. But it's about children who grow up in christian homes to become christian parents and raise christian children, hence let the diseased cycle continue, but they never had a chance(1000 more fools). hennessee101, i agree that a lot just go run to their churches when their faced with an argument that attacks their faith. But it seems the only thing they have to go on for their religion is blind faith. Because there is no vestige of god in world or an existance of the above.
dave i hate to break it to you, but ti isnt about rural areas, its about all places. although i must commend your ability to look up the word bucolic, it is hinting at the birth of jesus, essentially.
I want something more is so short i never payed much attention to it. but this song has good meaning but they have NEVER SAID they wanted to be poetic. THEY HAVE SAID that they wasnted to make good punk music that made people think, and this song does a good job of it.
this band and Pink Floyd i think have the best lyrics of all time...
what does an avowed atheist know about Christianity?
Statistically speaking atheists know a lot more about Christianity than the average Christian that's why they don't believe in it. Like how people who know about cholera don't drink out of toilets.
Who are you targeting gallium? wexenwex or Bad Religion? Because neither are "avowed atheists". But does the simple illogic in your question justify to you that atheists know nothing about Christianity? A lot of atheists know a lot about Christianity, just as a lot don't. Likewise, a lot of Christians know about Christianity, and a lot don't. Why then, do you generalize?
Okay call me crazy, but I don't think this song is about religion. I think it's more of a state-of-the-world thing. 1,000 more fools are born every day, saying more people are born every day and they're just as much of fools as the rest of us. We hear the media, think the meek will have power, we're content with our mediocrity, the worst to come isn't the rapture, it's the starving babies in the world.
Its about being angry and jealous of contented and happy people with blind faith.