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The Decline Lyrics
Where are all the stupid people from?
And how'd they get to be so dumb?
Bred on purple mountain range
Feed amber waves of grains
To lesser human beings, zero feelings
Blame it on
Human nature, mans destiny (mans destiny)
Blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
Fear of God
The fear of change
The fear of truth
Add the Bill of Rights, subtract the wrongs
There's no answers
Memorize and sing star spangled songs
When the questions
Aren't ever asked
Is anybody learning from the past?
We're living in united stagnation
Father what have I done?
I took that 22
A gift to me from you
To bed with me each night
Kept it clean
Polished it well
Cherished every cartridge, every shell
Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt
There's a carcass of my second kill
Down, by the park, under stone, under pine
There's a carcass of my brother William
Brother where, have you gone to?
I swear, I never thought I could
I see so many times
They told me to shoot straight
Don't pull the trigger, squeeze
That will insure a kill
A kill is what you want
A kill is why we breed
The Christians love their guns
The church and NRA
Pray for their salvations
Prey on the lower faiths
The story book's been read
And every line believed
Curriculum's been set
Logic is a threat
Reason searched and seized
Jerry spent some time in Michigan
A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime
A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
A dime in California, a twenty dollar fine
Jerry only stayed a couple months
It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is simple and fast
It beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch
Don't think (Stay)
Drink your wine (Home)
Watch the fire burn (Be)
His problems not mine (Safe)
Just be that model citizen
I wish I had a schilling
(For each senseless killing)
For every senseless killing
I'd buy a government
America's for sale
And you can get a good deal on it
(A good deal on it)
And make a healthy profit
Or maybe, tear it apart
Start with assumption
That a million people are smart
Smarter than one
Serotonin's gone
She gave up, drifted away
Sara fled, thought process gone
She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere
Messages no one will ever hear
Ten thousand messages a day
A million more transmissions lay
Victims of the laissez faire
Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns
A hundred decibels turns to one
One bullet, one empty head
Now with Serotonin gone
The man who used to speak
Performs a cute routine
Feel a little patronized
Don't feel bad
They found a way inside your head
And you feel a bit misled
It's not that they don't care, yeah
The television's put a thought inside your head
Llike a Barry Manilow, jingle
I'd like, to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
A symphonic blank stare, yeah
It doesn't make you care (make you care)
Not designed to make you care (make you care)
They're betting you won't care (you won't...)
Place a wager on your greed
A wager on your pride
Why try to beat them when, a million others tried?
We are the whore
Intellectually spayed
We are the queer
Dysfunctionally raised
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
Living through conformity
One more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
One more prayer to keep us safe
There's gonna be a better place
Lost the battle, lost the war
Lost the things worth living for
Lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain
Na na na na na
La na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
The going get tough, the tough get debt
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
Next of kins pay for your sins
A little faith should keep us safe
Save us
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
When giving in is so damn comforting
And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth, but prefer lies
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Why go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat, live in decline
Be the victim of our own design
The status quo, built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?
Fellow members
Club "We've Got Ours"
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his, and I've got mine
Meet the decline
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
"Where are all the stupid people from? And how'd they get to be so dumb? Bred on purple mountain range Feed amber waves of grains To lesser human beings, zero feelings "
"Blame it on Human nature, mans destiny (mans destiny) Blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy) Fear of God The fear of change The fear of truth "
"Add the Bill of Rights, subtract the wrongs There's no answers Memorize and sing star spangled songs When the questions Aren't ever asked Is anybody learning from the past? We're living in united stagnation"
Father what have I done? I took that 22 A gift to me from you To bed with me each night Kept it clean Polished it well Cherished every cartridge, every shell
"Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt There's a carcass of my second kill Down, by the park, under stone, under pine There's a carcass of my brother William Brother where, have you gone to? I swear, I never thought I could I see so many times They told me to shoot straight Don't pull the trigger, squeeze That will insure a kill A kill is what you want A kill is why we breed"
"The Christians love their guns The church and NRA Pray for their salvations Prey on the lower faiths " -The fact that even if our government is supposed to seperate church and state, it still isn't. The powerful majorities in America are still abusing the minorities. also, they pray for their own salvation, serlfishly not thinking of everyone else
"The story book's been read And every line believed Curriculum's been set Logic is a threat Reason searched and seized "
"Jerry spent some time in Michigan A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit A dime in California, a twenty dollar fine "
"Jerry only stayed a couple months It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass Asphyxiation is simple and fast It beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch "
"Don't think (Stay) Drink your wine (Home) Watch the fire burn (Be) His problems not mine (Safe) Just be that model citizen "
"I wish I had a schilling (For each senseless killing) For every senseless killing I'd buy a government America's for sale And you can get a good deal on it (A good deal on it) And make a healthy profit Or maybe, tear it apart Start with assumption That a million people are smart Smarter than one "
"Serotonin's gone She gave up, drifted away Sara fled, thought process gone She left her answering machine on The greeting left spoken sincere Messages no one will ever hear "
"Ten thousand messages a day A million more transmissions lay Victims of the laissez faire Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns A hundred decibels turns to one One bullet, one empty head Now with Serotonin gone "
"The man who used to speak Performs a cute routine Feel a little patronized Don't feel bad They found a way inside your head And you feel a bit misled It's not that they don't care, yeah "
"The television's put a thought inside your head Llike a Barry Manilow, jingle I'd like, to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony A symphonic blank stare, yeah It doesn't make you care (make you care) Not designed to make you care (make you care) They're betting you won't care (you won't...) "
"Place a wager on your greed A wager on your pride Why try to beat them when, a million others tried?"
"We are the whore Intellectually spayed We are the queer Dysfunctionally raised "
"One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain Living through conformity "
"One more prayer to keep me safe One more prayer to keep us warm One more prayer to keep us safe There's gonna be a better place "
"Lost the battle, lost the war Lost the things worth living for Lost the will to win the fight One more pill to kill the pain "
"Na na na na na La na na na na Na na na na na Na na na na na "
"The going get tough, the tough get debt Don't pay attention, pay the rent Next of kins pay for your sins A little faith should keep us safe "
"Save us The human, existence Is failing, resistance Essential, the future Written off, the odds are Astronomically against us Only moron and genius Would fight a losing battle Against the super ego When giving in is so damn comforting "
"And so we go, on with our lives We know the truth, but prefer lies Lies are simple, simple is bliss Why go against tradition when we can Admit defeat, live in decline Be the victim of our own design The status quo, built on suspect Why would anyone stick out their neck? " -We know what's goinging on, but we let them brainwash and lie to us. It's our fault that they can do it to us. Everyone needs to meet the status quo. No one wants to stand up.
"Fellow members Club "We've Got Ours" I'd like to introduce you to our host He's got his, and I've got mine Meet the decline"
"We are the queer We are the whore Ammunition In the class war We are worker We love our queen We sacrifice We're soilent green "
"We are the queer We are the whore Ammunition In the class war" Just repition that the government is using all of us and making us fight each other to draw attenton away from it's own actions.
If yo0u look at the jacket design for this CD, it is the same as for a video by Pink Floyd, called the Wall, I believe. If you watch the video as you listen to the Song, you'll notice an interesting effect.
I didn't read most of these comments because they are lame, but this is the most amazing song in punk music's history. The raw emotion and mixture of anger, sadness, and desperation Fat Mike carries with his voice is unbelievable. It is an incredibly eye-opening song. The first time I heard it my jaw dropped. It deals with many political issues which are relatively obvious such as guns, drugs, and religion. Fat Mike is neither a democrat or republican, but he just thinks it's rediculous how the majority of americans just sit back and watch everything fall a part, they don't even use their voice to speak out because they only care about themselves. And he thinks the country thinking as a whole is better than one dumbshit as president, which is true. Basicly he's saying that the country's carlessness will lead to it's demise, or perhaps it already is. It's a truely amazing song, the music is very intricate and just flawless.
This IS THE BEST SONG IN THE WORLD...It Has a meaning... NOFX Rule! (Oh I Think it took Fat Mike 6 months to finish it!)
BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN!!!:d bout the hatred shown by NOFX towards the Republican government and their ideology of laissez faire and rugged individualism. How Mike dislikes the Republicans only looking after their own, freedom for jsut us not all...I cud write a whole politis essay on this song lol
God this song is amazing, the first time I listened to it I must have shat my pants. A beautiful piece of artwork no doubt. The lyrics are very "mind-opening" for lack of a better word. Definitely something any fan of music should know about.
i think Orange defines punk as Blink 182 and Sum 41. therefore- he has no idea what punk is.
first off no one should call anyone a fag, if you do you are homophobe mother fuckers. second of all your opinions about what is punk could all be right. mine definition of punk is fighting for what you believe in to change the world for the better. not like that blink 182 crap babbling on about nothing on MTV all fuckin day. MTV is sucky music that no one should give in to. its just another way to make people conform to the most "popular thing" which is a whole crap wad of music that no punk should listen to. if Tim Yohannon were still alive he would probably tell you that. and for those of you who dont know who Tim Yohannon is, he was like the friggin god of punk. he basicly said what was and wasnt punk. ask fat mike on the nofx official website. he and Tim were good friends but Tim died in 1998. and also orange, if you cant tell a music masterpiece from crap then you should be watching MTV, cuz this song is greatest musical masterpiece ever. if you say punk HAS to be fun music for people who like fun music, that is true, but it can also be about politics and changing things wrong with the world like violence, war, oppressive governments, hate, racism, and facism. i say the whole political part of punk is a good thing.
this has got to be the best song in the world.. nofx is amazing.. i wonder how long it took for them to write this whole thing.. anyone know? its fuckin awesome.
This is one of the best songs I've ever heard that came form NOFX, probably one of the best songs ever IMO. It deals with a whole bunch of issue's like politics,drugs,guns, etc. An example would be this one line.
"Jerry spent some time in Michigan / A 20 year vacation / after all he had a dime"
IMO this means that Jerry has gone to jail for 20 years for having a dime bag.(Marjuana for you who don't know the slang. :)) Then later on in the song they go off to say that Jerry commited suicide by sufficating himself (Asphyxiation ).
The Decline, I believe is basically how people are giving into the government and just not caring about anything but themselves. I could go deeper into this but...meh..Too much typing..Just listen to the song and understand.
Democrats are just as bad as republicans. They both suck, and are only out for their own selfish gain. Still, this is a great song, and worthy of its own CD.