The Explosion

Terrorists

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Could you be a rebel in your work clothes
Do you need a slogan to define what's on your mind
Could you chose your fights, could you bide your time
You're always fighting from the outside
Terrorists again have grabbed the headlines
But I don't care, I'm staying in tonight
Terrorists again have grabbed the headlines
But I don't care, I'm staying in tonight
I could be a pen and paper outlaw
Write off all the rules and break the new ones I hold true
And I would choose my fights
And I would bide my time
Take them down from the inside
Take them down from the inside
Terrorists again have grabbed the headlines
But I don't care, I'm staying in tonight
They've got the airwaves too
But I'm still black and blue
From the record skipping
Stricken from the record once again

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scooby-doo On Jul 21, 2002

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by FISTFULofREVOLUTION

23y ago

what a GOOD fuckin' song!

and this band put on a great show :)

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by Deiffsalas 3y ago

@FISTFULofREVOLUTION what's the meaning when he says: "I'm still black and blue"?

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