God Save The USA

Honest2afault is Stupid2thenthdegree. When they say "blame the President and say your prayers tonight" it's not hard to pick out the IRONY there. The pinot that they're making is not that it's his fault and that's the bottom line, it's that if all you do is say that it's all his fault and then go on with your life, it's your fault as well. Somebody else screwing something up doesn't absolve everyone else of their own responsibility. That means that if you're not trying to make your country a better place (by your inability to spell the word 'leftist', i'm assuming you're American, but this applies to everyone) then it doesn't help to just criticise others who are screwing things up.

For Example: H2AF decided to call this 'Leftist Propaganda' (after a spell-check). And what's he done about that? He hasn't explained anything, he hasn't suggested any other point of view, any solution, he hasn't pointed out any flaws in the views expressed, he hasn't injected anything of relevant to proceedings ... he hasn’t even used the ‘Shift’-key. All he’s done is been a bitch. I hope you’re not named after the At the Drive-In song, cos Omar, Cedric, Jim, et al would probably be embarrassed to have such a stupid fan. Please think before you post something.

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The lyrics listed here are so wrong that I'm going to post the right lyrics here. These come directly from the CD:

God you must be kidding me thought this was supposed to be The home of the brave and the free for you and me but now there's something wrong - shit's been going on too long It's never gonna change there's no way so I say What's the CIA and the NRA? They're all the same - just the names are changed Fuck - there's no excuse - any way you lose It's all a joke in the good old USA All we need is more factories pumping filth into the sky Coporate greed and perverted priests it's the story of our lives And apathy's the national diseaseand there is no end in sight God save the USA - blame the president and say your prayers tonight The irony of liberty is no one here is truly free When elections are stolen by greed and the G.O.P. So watch the nightly news - find out how you're getting screwed What you gonna do? - there's no use so I say Fuck the industry - the aristocracy They're all the same - just the names are changed Fuck there's no excuse any way you lose It's all a joke in the good old USA Government hypocrisy - American Idolatry - Corporate philosophy Nightly news of tragedies - Where no one cares what's right or wrong Our heroes now are all long gone - The freedoms that we all abuse The obituaries front page news

Maybe that will clear things you a little bit.

Why are right wingers bothering to comment on lyrics of any "punk" band other than the disney variety like Avril and the pop punk pretneders - Punk was founded on socialist politics and beyond that citing revolution.

That being said, the clear meaning of this sond is that you are living in a feudal state controlled by a wealthy elite who are basically an "aristocracy", with you as worthless serfs enslaved through banks, etc. You have no freedom, rights, hope - just do what you are told. It is actually a pretty well thought out song in the line of DK and Gang of Four.

So if you like the GOP do me a favor and listen to whatever vanilla disney sanctioned crap they produce telling you about how wonderful your life is and don't bother complaining about this kind of music ... I for one, am not going to comment on the meaing of the Jonas Brothers or Kelly Clarkson for you (as if their is any meaning their beyond figuring out how to seperate you from your money!)

holy sweet fuck this song is awesome.

Okay at least 4 parts of this are flat out wrong. Come on if you think pennywise would put "the government hypocrisy an arrogant adultery furthering philosophy" in a song you are wrong. arrogant adultery? that somehow furthers philosophy?! try "goverment hipocrisy - American Idolitry - Coperate Philosophy".....

honest2afault, do more than 'read' it and see what they are saying.

The song is basically pointing out that the problems of the country aren't the fault of just a few people, but of everybody (that's true for most of the world as well.). When Jim Lindberg says "they're all the same" in this song, he's not just generalizing about the right-wing, as most people think he is. Just because these guys have strong beliefs doesn't mean that anything political that they say is just an attack on the poeple who don't agree with them. I belive you're thinking of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh (okay, okay, and Michael Moore too, i guess).

Back to the song... he's basically explicitly criticising leaders and poeple with power of exploiting others for their own gain, and saying that there's no difference between all the groups and people that do this, because the outcome is always the same -- things become worse for everyone else. He's also implicitly criticising the poeple who'll bitch about things without being a part of a solution. That's esentially what the song is about, it's not so much about pointing out that things have gone wrong, but about pointing out what exactly is wrong to make them better. So if H2AF wants to define making the world a better place as being 'leftist', be my guest.

Holy SHIT there's a lot of mistakes in these lyrics.

shodowwiththeeyes, i agree with you. nowwa' days if you want to help make the world a better place you're a "flaming liberal", the only way to be a "good ol' american" is to be a ignorant, homophobic, closet racist.

this is a great song, but whoever took these lyrics down got it all wrong. and why isn't the part where the voice is talking in the background included? that's practically the best part

This song is bad.

Jello Biafra, now that's a song writer.

BTW Screw the left and the right. Long live the REALIST NON-CRYBABY center!