The man has pseudo-friends who constantly criticize his actions. They moralize him, "teach" him and advise him to make a significant change in his life, because the way he is and what he does is not what they say it should be. They may find his life lame or immoral. They hold themselves up as role models. The man replies that he will make his own choices and decisions and he does not agree to unconditionally make himself under the influence of questionable quality advice. He justifies this by saying that there is always someone for whom he will be important, no matter what he does and no matter what he is. Although it is not said directly, I read it as meaning that he will always be important to himself in every way and he will always have his own support.
"Everyone is different and maybe that's a good thing, but you exceeded that mark 1000 times" - I remember very well how sad the words I once heard (from my peers and it was in negative context) at school made me feel.
Another home is lost from someone who was poor
Another body found for the government to ignore
Another cop caught beating up on innocence
Another law that seems to make no fucking sense
Natural disaster is just something we don't need
Another person tested positively to HIV
Another mountain side that we cannot see
Another politician's life remains a mystery
Newspaper headlines, do they tell us what is right,
or what is wrong?
I wanna know exactly what the fuck is going on
The media has built a fortress
All around our minds
Will I see it broken before I lay down and die
The clock is winding down
Just a matter of time before it comes here to this town
...countdown
Another wall is built between color and race
Another wrong decision about peace is made
Another chemical is dumped into the sea
Another fact is not exactly what you read
Another piece of land that just could not be saved
Another education that could not be paid
Another killer in the street is roaming free
Another day, Another pain, Another misery
I've got a feeling, I've got a bad feeling inside
Another body found for the government to ignore
Another cop caught beating up on innocence
Another law that seems to make no fucking sense
Natural disaster is just something we don't need
Another person tested positively to HIV
Another mountain side that we cannot see
Another politician's life remains a mystery
Newspaper headlines, do they tell us what is right,
or what is wrong?
I wanna know exactly what the fuck is going on
The media has built a fortress
All around our minds
Will I see it broken before I lay down and die
The clock is winding down
Just a matter of time before it comes here to this town
...countdown
Another wall is built between color and race
Another wrong decision about peace is made
Another chemical is dumped into the sea
Another fact is not exactly what you read
Another piece of land that just could not be saved
Another education that could not be paid
Another killer in the street is roaming free
Another day, Another pain, Another misery
I've got a feeling, I've got a bad feeling inside
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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