"A Walk" as written by and Greg Graffin....
Shut off the TV and peel off those sunday gloves
And I'll stain the clean that you've been counting
Old Mr. Fletcher passed by here today
After 40 years of toil he just up and walked away
Fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes
He shrugged when I asked him about it
He said, 'Young man pay heed, you listen well to what I say
Now there comes a time for a man to walk away
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
On my way (dissuade) I'll sure take some time
To burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind
He passed by again and he was shivering from the cold
I'm not sure but I think he was trying
He told me about the weather and something old to pay
'But tomorrow,' he said, 'I'm gonna surely walk away
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
On my way (dissuade) I'll take my sweet time
And burn all the bridges that I leave behind
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
And I'll stain the clean that you've been counting
Old Mr. Fletcher passed by here today
After 40 years of toil he just up and walked away
Fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes
He shrugged when I asked him about it
He said, 'Young man pay heed, you listen well to what I say
Now there comes a time for a man to walk away
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
On my way (dissuade) I'll sure take some time
To burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind
He passed by again and he was shivering from the cold
I'm not sure but I think he was trying
He told me about the weather and something old to pay
'But tomorrow,' he said, 'I'm gonna surely walk away
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
On my way (dissuade) I'll take my sweet time
And burn all the bridges that I leave behind
Walk away (walk away) I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade
Lyrics submitted by Misanthropos
"Walk Away" as written by Brett Gurewitz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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If this was there only song I heard I would guess they were libertarian. This song is one of the only ones that critizies democracy and government.
(wish more did, I find it hard to believe Brett or Greg can be smart enough to see through the haze of religion but can't see the problem with government.
"You are (the government)"
"American Jesus"
Ones about how you can change the system and the other about nationalism.
--Song "The Empire Strikes First" -- Calling out the USA for invading out countries, saying we STRIKE first. This song totally called out the war in Iraq, calling the USA the bad guys. They even sing it slowly for stupid people like you, saying "We strike FIRST, don't want to be E.M.P.I.R.E"
---Song: " Inner Logic" -- VERY anti-Govt. Quote from song: "Simulating TYRANNY under Red alert, protecting the rich".
--Song: "Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever" The title of the song is from 1984. Ever heard of 1984? Probably not. The entire song is literally about the movie/book 1984.
--Song: "Part 2: The numbers game." This song VERY anti-govt. Quote from song: "They call it liberation, BIG BROTHER schemes to RULE THE NATION with their electric eye in the sky ." This songs is anti big brother and Government.
--Song: "Against The Grain". Quote from song "You are ignored and defeated by the GOVERNMENT, taking away from the individual. Against the grain, that's where I'll stay, swimming upstream AGAINST the grain"
-- Song: Submission complete (VERY VERY anti-Govt song, basically like 1984). Telling you to question your college, saying the puppet masters FEAR people who think, etc etc. Quote from song "The puppet masters fear originality
They tighten up the tethers and they shackle your feet
Song: "Unacceptable" -- Talking about fluoride in the water!! Quotes from song: "One part per million, cancer-causing chemicals, ozone-depleting arsenals...This mammoth pogrom set upon us is courtesy of the USA"
--Song: "Television" (telling you to THINK for yourself, turn off the TV)
--Song: "Individual " -- Just look at the song title
-- Song: "You are the Government" -- Uh, this song speaks for itself.
--Song "Tiny Voices" Is an anti-war song. Quote from song "Comes a haunting swelling mass of voices, its screams of forgotten victims and the cries of innocence"
--Song: "Walk away" -- the opening line says TURN OFF your TV.
--Song "Sowing the Seeds of Utopia". Quotes from song: "We all know politicans only go half way there, just HALF way there, but no one seems to care, yeah no one seems to even care. Now what have you done to foster the truth, besides just HIDE THE LIES? "
--Song: "The State of the End of the Millennium Address" -- entire song is talking about the Government.
--Song "Strange Denial". Quote from song "Substance was restrained and the spirit was broken, dirt for the masses and inequality. BLACK COATS by our side advocating dogma without constitution"
Song: "You've Got A Chance" -- Song about individualism and you can change and take on the world. Quote "You got a chance to confort the world today, depiste circumstances you've got a chance even though it SEEMS so far away. It's such a wealth of information, WHY are you so poor?" Last line telling you to WAKE up, there is so more information so why don't you know everything that's going on.
Song: "World without melody" -- Song telling you to STICK OUT of the crowd, be yourself, song about pure individualism to the EXTREME.
--Song "New America" -- This one is CLEAR. Quote "We need a new America, see through the LIES THEY tell to us, we need a New America. Yeah you can live in such DENIAL and mark me as your enemy"
Now this album/song come out AFTER your comment, but still, it's just like many other Bad Religion songs. From album true north:
Song: "Robin hood in reverse".
--Song "Robin hood in reverse". I mean seriously this song is so crystal clear. Robin hood in reverse means the rich elite are stealing from US THE PEOPLE. The opening line is "open up the door, corporations are people... Wait what did he say? WHAT THE FUCK DID HE SAY? They even bash the supreme court too in addition to corporations and the Government. This song is extremely political, but I can't say too much because you posted the comment before that album came out. STILL, there are so many songs before you posted that comment, and ENTIRE ALBUMS with their name screaming "Anti-Govt, freedom". I mean EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST, AGAINST THE GRAIN? Really? Did those really just go over your head!?!
OKAY. I'M DONE, there are JUST WAY TOO MANY SONGS TO LIST that it would take me ALL NIGHT to find all the Bad Religion songs about freedom or anti-government, etc. Although all the other songs I listed are from albums that came out WAY BEFORE you posted your extremely IGNORANT comment. I didn't know people could be THAT stupid, but you proved me wrong. You are literally too stupid to insult and too stupid for me to try and get my point across.
An interesting tidbit from their site.
"Many of Bad Religion's songs are about different social ills, although they try not to ascribe the causes of these ills to any single person or group. Greg Graffin believes that the current political situation in the United States can make it difficult to voice these concerns, as he doesn't want to feed the polarization of viewpoints."
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