| Propagandhi – Unscripted Moment Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think the overall theme of the song is that the world is generally bad, and we can expect bad things to happen (they're "scripted"). Occasionally though, there's an unscripted good moment, one of love and happiness and purity. In the case of Freiberg, it was he and his father reuniting after the Holocaust and decades apart. The last half of the song, I think, is about Chris's unscripted moment--his son being born. "Thought I was fucking outta here with two middle fingers in the air. Then like a mile-wide meteor, he came crashing through my door." Presumably they weren't planning on having a kid , but it happened, and Chris sees it as one of the purely good things in the world. Before that, he was ready to give up on the world as entirely bad and worthless. The line "Upstairs I hear her voice she softly singing to him and I come undone." further suggests this is about his son, and his wife singing to him. Chris does have a young son right now, probably 3 or 4 years old, so the timing fits with the song well too. |
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| Bad Religion – Vanity Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this song is describing humanity's basic nature as animalistic, angry, violent, self-important, and of course vain. First verse--describing the anger and violence of humanity, as well as saying that humans are merely animals after all. Second and third verse--Humans throughout history have destroyed other cultures, mocked and destroyed their works, and replaced them with their own cultural icons, all to glorify ourselves and satiate our vanity. Then, when we're the ones being destroyed by another culture, we denounce our vanity and grovel for mercy. Fourth verse--We're hyperaware of our shortcomings and failures, yet impaired to be able to fix them. We have to constantly elevate humanity's importance, make ourselves feel special in the universe, to differentiate ourselves from other animals. And ironically, we depend on those "lesser" animals for everything. Fifth verse--Kind of reiterating what's been said. We as humans, in our vanity, constantly need reassuring that we're better than others and that we're special in this world. |
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| Bad Religion – My Head Is Full of Ghosts Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't think this has anything to do with God or even metaphysics, as evidenced by: "Oh to hell with superstition There's a stranger in the house I don't need no exorcism I need a key And the lock is inside out" I think it's about trying and failing to understand consciousness, and specifically your own mind. The ghosts are part of that consciousness, but not the primary ones, evidenced by "a partition from the host." So I suppose he's trying to find himself, trying to find what he truly thinks and believes. Maybe the ghosts are humans' inherent biases and illogical thoughts that have to be weeded out before truly understanding something. |
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| Bad Religion – Fuck You Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The song is criticizing the lazy and hostile opposition many people (including punks) have about things they don't like. Instead of starting a meaningful discussion on an issue or doing something to fix it, they just say "fuck you" and go on about their day. They don't even really think about it, in that they're Pavlovian and simply recite those words whenever they hear something they don't like. It's kind of funny because a lot of punk bands that I love use this "fuck you" approach a lot. | |
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