down, fell by the wayside
no getting out
oh down, cry me a river
dried up and dammed
the names can be changed
but the place is still the same
i am loaded, told that alls for naught
holds me down
rise, life is in motion
i'm stuck in line
oh rise, you can't be neutral
on a moving train
one day the symptoms fade
think i'll throw these pills away
and if hope could grow from dirt like me
it can be done
won't let the light escape from me
won't let the darkness swallow me
yeah!
no getting out
oh down, cry me a river
dried up and dammed
the names can be changed
but the place is still the same
i am loaded, told that alls for naught
holds me down
rise, life is in motion
i'm stuck in line
oh rise, you can't be neutral
on a moving train
one day the symptoms fade
think i'll throw these pills away
and if hope could grow from dirt like me
it can be done
won't let the light escape from me
won't let the darkness swallow me
yeah!
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arman,
its not social disorder..its social distortion
Yeah, they watched Social Distortion play one night and wrote the music for the song...it's got a bit of Social D's rocking influence in it
inspired by Howard Zinn.
Another great PJ song.
Why isn't this on Riot Act. It would make the album even better.
According to the liner notes of their "Lost Dogs" release, this song was written after seeing a social disorder (i.e. riot or something) in L.A.
Am (16x) G (2x) Gm (2x) C (2x) D (2x) or something like that.
Social Distortion isnt a riot, it's an amazing punk rock band from SoCal. :D
Social Distortion isnt a riot, it's an amazing punk rock band from SoCal. :D
This song is actually dabbles in Mike McCready past. If none of you know, Mike had some trouble in the past with drugs and alcohol "think i'll throw these pills away", but is fully clean now. This song is about overcoming the dark road he once followed "won't let the light escape from me, won't let the darkness swallow me..." another pj great rock on guys
Stevvveo said just what I was thinking. The lyrics are fairly obvious if you look at it from that perspective. Only problem is - Mike was never dirt!!!
ahah true that mike is the farthest thing from dirt...
God Bless everything Howard Zinn...
The wealth of the nation, doled out carefully where children need free milk, is drained for billion-dollar aircraft carriers. . . The fear and anger of the majority [turned] toward a class of criminals bred - by economic inequality - faster than they can be put away, deflecting attention away from the huge theft of natural resources carried out within the law by men in executive offices. -- Howard Zinn, A People's History of the U.S.