Lost in a sea of combat boots
Flush the bouncers with wasted youth
When did punk rock become so safe?
When did the scene become a joke?
The kids who used to live for beer and speed
Now want their fries and coke
Cursing and birds are not allowed
In fact let's keep noise levels down

Must separate the church and skate

Why don't we put pads on the kids?
Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces
Then we could pad the floors and walls
Put cameras inside bathroom stalls
We make sure only nice bands play
Make every show a matinee
Teach kids to be all they can be
And we could sing, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
Sweet land of liberty

When did punk rock become so safe?
I know it wasn't Duane or Fletcher
Who put up the barricades
Like a stake in the heart
Somehow we got driven apart

I want conflict, I want dissent
I want the scene to represent
Our hatred of authority
Our fight against complacency
Stop singing songs 'bout girls and love
You killed the owl, you freed the dove
Confrontation and politics
Replaced with harmony and shticks
When did punk rock become so tame?
These fucking bands all sound the same
We want our fights, we want our thugs
We want our burns, we want our drugs
Where is the violent apathy?
These fucking records rated G

When did punk rock become so safe?


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    the name 'Seperation of Church and Skate' is like a simily or whatever the fuck its called, well goin on Punk rock is like the Church and the skate is the pop punk bands and the little kids that are taking over. like a bunch of kids taking over a church and skating a sacred place so that they can have some fun. see the example FAT MIKE IS A FUCKING GENIOUS!!!!!!.
    kids are turned onto the fact that they have found some fun from what some other kids consider Sacred( if that little part there didnt remind you of yourself then your PROBLY in it for hte fun of it). the meanin of the songs is( i am just goin line by line)

    little kids are starting to take over the mosh pit

    since when did punk need safety precautions

    kids used to love the old ways of punk(e.x speed and beer) but now they choose the new substitute(e.x fries and coke)

    bad words adn swearing are bad(cuz little kids are around) and they dont want to disturb the peace

    MUST SEPERATE THE CHURCH AND SKATE( get rid of all the kids who are in it for the fun of it and not the luv)

    we can make the kids as safe as possible

    take even more safer measures to keepin kids safe

    pretty self explanitory nice bands only play make every show liek a movie(never changin and always the same outcome)

    sing my country tis of thee and sweet land of liberty like they do in all mainstream american sports

    that whole thing about punk rock bein safe and duan or fletcher(ofpennywise) not doin anything to enourage it because they hate bouncers and stuff and make sure that there arent any at a pennywise show. but it seems to not be working cuz more bouncers keep coming

    he wants the scene(punk) to really show its true colors like it used to in the old days

    our hate against bein told what to do and tryin not to have satisfaction

    stop singin songs bout girls and love you killed the owl(kinda like an owl the scary bird of birds in a sense) and you freed the dove(emoness pop punk umm anything to do with new punk bands)

    political songs and confrontational songs have been replaced with melodic songs that that have no meanin(in this sense anyways cuz we all know emo has a meaning to make you cry)

    punk rock is no longer teh punk it has its just there now and its become tame all the bands are sounding the same now

    just basicly saying what he wants back in the scene or waht he misses about the scene

    where is the hate why are all teh records rated g(generalaudiance no swearin(litl or no) and no mean stuff)

    well thats the whole song and that took me a while to do well actually like 15 minutes but yea i love this song ilove NOFX!!!! they are the best if you dont think this is right tell em what you think cuz this probly isnt right buti know it works fuckign jsut good enough for any other explaination

    Sluttymike the socials(my band)

    xXsieferNOFXxon June 18, 2003   Link

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