The Explosion

Atrocity

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you can't tell me how to be
you can't tell what I should see
when I'm sleeping
I'm still believing
stripped of all identity
I try to sleep I grit my teeth I'm so afraid
what will tomorrow bring
I won't fight In any wars
and I can't stand to see much more
atrocity...
you can't tell me what to say,
I will follow my own way
'cause I'm a person,
I'm a thinking person
please believe that love's not lost
hate and shame a crooked cross
I'm so ashamed
don't make martyrs out of us
(chorus)
and when the bombs come falling down
the hate is still inside of you
but if you want a better world
then I'll be right behind you

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upontheboilingsea On Dec 10, 2005

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by My_Iron_Lung

20y ago

This song is pretty self-explanatory. It says to live your life how you want to live it, instead of how the media, government, authority figures, etc. want you to live. It also stands as an anti-war song. This is one of my favorite songs by this band, along with We All Fall Down. More people need to listen to this band, but since The Explosion refuses to sell out, unfortunately few people will hear this powerful music. That's such a shame, since The Explosion's music is better than and more thought-provoking than nearly all of the music most people listen to today.

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by frankenzesty

18y ago

YES! another explosion enthusiast. Though we won't be getting any new material from the band anymore, the word should still be spread...LONG LIVE THE EXPLOSION.

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