| Bad Religion – Victory Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The velveteen and oaken fixture = crucifix ----------------------------------------- There was the parents of a child who have let an escort of people take their child and handed over to a priest. My guess is circumcision. ---------------------------------------- His helpless enemy was wounded, both hands raised with hope Religious people raises their hand even when they were going to die. My guess : the crusades ------------------------------------- Among the parade crowd there stands a decorated man Remembering how he helped to save this sacred land "Parade crowd" might be the same "escort" we've mentioned. "Decorated man" > "Decoration" > sign of power or social status> "he helped to save this sacred land" > crusades again and this decorated man was promoted to his place by contribution to the crusades. He might have started the war, or directly involved in the fighting. And this man killed an enemy who was religious but not christian.< this was in his memory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So many times, so many lives Test the other side Waiting to see what the maker has in mind "Test" To put under severe strain by taking away lives for many times. To prove that their maker was true. ----------------------------------------------------------- "The unsuspecting commoners hum diligent each day" To be in a state of feverish activity of attention and care "Father's sins" 1. Adam and Eve 2. the commoners are the direct descendants of the crusades. Since the decorated man was alive in the parade the crusades happened not long before the series of events. So it's 1. ----------------------------------------------------------- The crimes are without motive but they ignore all restraint They have not right course to kill muslims but they have ignored that. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| Bad Religion – Ten in 2010 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Let's look at the other song off the same album "The Gray Race", "Punk Rock Song". Here it says, "Big strong people unwilling to give Small in vision and perspective" Clearly stated the position of the band that the strong people should help the starving people as referred to the first few lines. "In this land of competition the compassion is gone Yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on" "competition" as in Capitalism. "Yet we ignore the needy" Again appealing to the rich to help out the poor. I see BR as somewhat left-liberal like and have no need to do a philosophical jab toward revolutionary socialists. |
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| Bad Religion – Ten in 2010 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I don't get it, where did you get the "anti-socialist" part from the song? I agree with your interpretation of the line that it refers to the abundant and poor will all be on the same economic class. But "mortal combat" might not be referring to the conservative-socialist struggle."Mortal combat" might refer to people striving not to die. Afterall, even if we will all at last starve to death doesn't mean that the class wars are completely futile. I don't sense the satire towards socialism. | |
| Bad Religion – Come Join Us Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I can tell you are lookin' for a way to live Where truth is determined by consensus Full of codified arbitrary directives Come join us BR's new song popular consensus is against it and says it can't determine the truth and also in the song true north it says "Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees. That's your moral compass, but what good is it to me?" there's no way BR would like to give arbitrary directives to others So I don't really think that this song represents them "But we're lookin' for a few more stalwart clones" Punk is about individualism so this is not punk supporting the idea that this song is not about themselves "All we want to have is your small mind Turn it into one of our own kind You can go through life adrift and alone Desperate, desolate, on your own" if you don't become their clone you'll be adrift and alone, to persuade people to become one of them. A society that preys on the weak to thrive This is not about punk, punk doesn't turn people into clones. this can be about any political groups or a cult Greg recruiting people into his secret BR club is certainly stretching the truth It should not be about religion either religion is not hated by the world and religious people don't hate the world |
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