In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I heard them say that the meek shall reign on Earth
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes
Inchoate beatitude, the lord of the flies
So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscopic images of love on the way
Brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pay
1000 more fools are being born every fucking day
They try to tell me that the lamb is on the way
With microwave transmissions they bombard us every day
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep
The vortex of the minds ensconced within the murky deep
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes
Inchoate beatitude, the lord of the flies
So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscopic images of love on the way
Brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pay
1000 more fools are being born every fucking day
They try to tell me that the lamb is on the way
With microwave transmissions they bombard us every day
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep
The vortex of the minds ensconced within the murky deep
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Mellow_Harsher
1000 More Fools Lyrics as written by Brett Gurewitz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The 1000 fools are the people who believe this dishonest and agendized shit of this anointed ass hole Greg Graffin. Oh Oh we are free thinkers we follow Bad Religion cuz they are smart and they make us feel smart. Can you illiterate fucks spell indoctrination.
You see I was going to point out the flaws in Daves' points, but instead I'll point out the flaws is galliums'.<br /> <br /> This song is not dishonest, exaggerating? Yes, but not dishonest. And what "agenda" could Gurewitz (not Graffin) possibly have with a song that's about the state of the world? It's not even a song about believing this, or living that, or any sort of call to action, it's simply a song about a state of being. And what possible reason could you have for generalizing Bad Religion fans to claim to be free thinkers because they listen to Bad Religion? Even so, BR is one of the most intellectual bands there is, anyone who puts them down I can't even take seriously because their platform has to be too weak.
gallium, you think people that listen to BR cant spell indoctrination, yet you must not understand the meaning. everyone is indoctrinated somehow to whatever culture they live in. You yourself are through media, teachers, preachers, politicians, your parents. maybe you should look into epistemology.