Pride Lyrics
We are all just people, no matter what land mass we live on. All the pride we have that makes us different than each other does so by building walls between us. Once you have those walls, every different group with their own pride will fight about how they are better than the other or how another is weaker. Who wants to be apart of that? When it comes down to it, we are all just people, all the same. Hiding behind your stereotypes gets you no where and is hurtful to people.
this song makes me think of anti-flag. although the message seems a bit extreme (to possess no pride for your heritage), it can be taken on a more moderate scale to be an excellent point. our pride turns into egoism and ruins the best of us. applied to current affairs it makes an interesting point, where we are now at a high-time for american pride. to what extent does the american flag represent peace and democracy rather than military superiority and dominance over the weak?
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This song brings up a new point with sept. 11. I am sick of everyone discovering a brand new "pride" or patriotism for our country. Where was this patriotism before the death of hundreds of thousands. As for the song, it talks about how ones history does not affect the future or who you are. Stop living in the past or with some fake pride in your country.
the dialogue in the beginning of the song is from American Beauty. Angela tells Jane the boy she likes is a freak and you know how it goes after that.
And I don't think the message is extreme when telling you to cut all strings attaching you to your past, and to who you already were when you were born. I guess the point is to let go of all that history, all the division of classes and backgrounds and make your own path with total freedom. and if you cut the links to the past, you do it either way it is a good or bad past. so you let go of pride and shame or fear, you are yourself, new and free.
nevermind, that dialogue is from another song.
Pride isn't just American pride dumbasses. It's also in race, like Mexican pride, Asian Pride, Irish Pride. Its like whats the point? You're taking pride in not being yourself and resorting to mob rules mentality. Taking pride in your heritage is rather pointless, cuz all it does is creates walls. People always point to racism, but that is a result of people taking too much pride in their ancestry and ethnicity