You don't mean it

You need a uniform
So you won't be ignored
You are affected
And so you're accepted

It's time you invested in a bottle of poison
So we don't have to hear about you bitchin and moanin
You think you could afford a fuckin bottle of asprin

Boo fuckin hoo you're not the only one whose live's a piece of shit
And yet miraculously somehow we all seem to deal with it
Did anybody think that you would really seriously slit your wrists
In fact I think that everybody thinks you're seriously full of shit

You think you're saying something relevant as you connect the dots
You never reaqlized you have to get in line to suck a cock
You're telling me that fifty million fans are never wrong
I'm telling you that fifty million fans are fucking morons


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You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long as It's Not Challenging) Lyrics as written by James Euringer

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    Anyone who's focusing on one group of people with their definition is a complete moron. The song is about the growing trend in contemporary music where artists just put out grating melodrama for teens of all types to eat up. It doesn't matter if it's My Chemical Romance, Korn, or Avril Lavigne. The point Jimmy is trying to make is that it's all insipid bullshit that everyone involved in should be ashamed of. Hell, the name of the band refers to this, and I'm fairly certain there's at least one song on every album they've made that tries to illustrate this point.

    And yet half of his fans don't get it. There's a reason why he's a bit passive aggressive towards us.

    TrendyHateon August 11, 2010   Link
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    It's about all of them, nu-metal bitches, angry teenage boys, angry teenage girls, whiney man-children, Jocks, geeks, nerds, goths, emokids, Nazi Punks, Sammy Hagar and the Pimped up Gangstas...... it's abotu everybody who feels the need to conform/act stupid/be an asshole/join a clique &c. there's no need to try to limit it to a few specific categories. It's about everybody who thinks they're rebelling when they're doing the opposite, coming from a band that really does strive to standd out and be unique.

    shadowwiththeeyeson July 05, 2005   Link
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    Being GOTHIC has nothing to do with being depressed and suicidal. This song is about the trends. Every little whiny kindergoth thinks they are being so badass, whering dark eyeliner and cutting themselves but being goth is so much deeper. Its a lifestyle that you really can't live @ 14 years old. Its about the music first and the lifestyle second, and depression doesnt fit into that.

    Boo fuckin hoo you're not the only one whose live's a piece of shit And yet miraculously somehow we all seem to deal with it Did anybody think that you would really seriously slit your wrists In fact I think that everybody thinks you're seriously full of shit

    PERFECT lyrics for the kids who cut for attention, and do that royal emo shit.

    You think you're saying something relevant as you connect the dots You never realized you have to get in line to suck a cock

    HAHAHAHAHA. He's saying that these kids don't realize that however clever thay, they know NOTHING and in the real world, you have to get in line and STILL get on your knees to get anywhere (I meant that symolically, meanign you have to almost degrade and downgrade yourself to get anyhting). Try finding a fucking job you whiny pieces of shit.

    It's time you invested in a bottle of poison So we don't have to hear about your bitchin and moanin You think you could afford a fuckin bottle of asprin

    And this is the answer. If you are so interested in suicide and death, then kill yourself.

    GREAT song.

    thebutcheresson February 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    Hell yeah, it is about time somebody sits down to have a nice talk to every fucking emo bitch out there.

    SomewhatDamagedon April 12, 2005   Link
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    ^^i couldnt have said it better lol

    Alexis507on April 15, 2005   Link
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    new album equals pimp as hell

    StrayCatStyle22on May 10, 2005   Link
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    Also sounds like a clear slap at those stupid fucking bands that latch onto a recently trendy emotion (Yeah like the emo, goth, whiny angst crap) or to push their shit records.

    ryukuchanon May 29, 2005   Link
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    shadow eyes dude you rule

    this song needed to be made

    zeffezon August 26, 2005   Link
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    This has to be one of my favorite songs on their new album.

    HAha, it reminds me of a girl I once knew, especially "Did anybody think that you would really seriously slit your wrists In fact I think that everybody thinks you're seriously full of shit"

    It's exactly her. but yeah. agree with everyone else on the meaning.

    thats the scary part. MSI actually wrote a song or two that has slight meaning. O_o!

    nowaitIliedon September 17, 2005   Link
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    O.o Ironicly I'm a goth and I totally love this song. Of course I'm not really crazy about suicide probably because I've known people that have thrown themselves into the streets and out of windows and survived and that would kind of suck. Oh yeah back to the point I was making.... Not all goths want to die.

    Kaicille Erison September 23, 2005   Link

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