i'm not a punk, how can i be?
show me the way to conformity
try to be different but it's always the same
end up playin' someone else's game
i'm just a square goin' nowhere
i'm just a square goin' nowhere
you used to walk by my side
now you see me comin' now you hide
i see you here i see you there
i can see that you don't care
i'm just a square goin' nowhere


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    I think that the song is saying that not doing something because everyone else is doing it is the same as doing something because everyone is doing it. Opposition to conformity is another type of conformity. Being punk is about being yourself. About not sacrificing who you are to fit in. Showing what you think on the outside. If to you that means spiking your hair and peircing yourself, by all means, go ahead. If its not, don't do it just because you want to follow everyones' perception of what "Punk" is.

    IComeAnonon August 13, 2014   Link

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