| Portugal. The Man – So American Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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__You are the one they call Jesus Christ. __Who didn't know no rock and roll. __Just a mission made of guns that they give boys in Vietnam __But they always told him Really love this one, being called by them "Jesus Christ" would imply a martyr, savior, leader by example to virtue and righteousness. To not know rock and roll, implies a contradiction or disconnection to the "youth" in a broadstrokes kind of way.. you didn't know how to "get down" be cool, roll with it. But you did know the mission, the calling, to war, destruction, conquest.. They always told you of the madness that is within you, within all of us. This is how you come to know your agression. evil side. __There's a madness in us all. __There's a madness in us all. __So who broke the rules? __Who broke the rules? __Who broke the rules? hey Looking for a fall person, the empirically wrong individual, someone must have broken a rule.. for this situation to come to fruition.. that where The Messiah has become a man handing out guns to children in Vietnam (in this example). Something here has created a major point of confusion. __They said __Every one of you will never try to lend a hand __When the police men don't understand. When the individuals that ought to be assumed to know the law, right from wrong, good from bad, are without the enlightenment -understanding- direction, "you" will remain frozen, and not willing to attempt to provide the direction, the law, the framework for that which is correct, virtuous. __Oh tell your boys, all you boys __Think you're so American. __Girls, all you girls __They're so American. Historically Americans stand for much of that which is just, free, and virtuous (this is what the girls and boys think they are). But perhaps we are only American now in the most contemporary form, a confused, corrupt, misguided power, one of imperialism, greed, self love, lack of diplomacy. |
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