Generation Lyrics
It's about rebellion against adults in general, I think. Or at least that's what I though when I first heard it.
It's basically telling the older generation that you may disagree with how things are now and how we live these days but it's our generation now and we're taking over.
I'm surprised this song has so few comments. It's so catchy and I can never sit still when I listen to it.
It's basically telling the previous generations that you can't tell us who to become or what to do with our lives. We're going to do what we want and suceed at it. You say we're wrong, but you're wrong about us.
"I've got no reason to apologize That's my generation"
That's pretty much the general reason for the song's being; a lot of bands and people commented that Simple Plan just doesn't play the right music or aim at the right crowd. This could be considered their response to that, in the sense that they're trying to aim for something new, a future featuring a different style that focuses on both problems and solutions of music and real life. Their generation is different than others, and so will their choices and lifestyles be.
That's how I remember hearing it anyway.
To me, it seems to be about haters. But it's a bit different to "Shut up"
It's like, people telling SP that they're too soft, and they don't rock out enough like, 80s/early 90s bands. Mostly metal. And SP are saying that's a different generation, and this is a completely new generation. Their generation.
A little bit like "I hate Jimmy Page" by Mindless Self Indulgence (A song which is completely about forgetting about the past, because this is NOW) but a whole lot different as well.
i love this song. its amazing.
i'm not quite sure what its about.. you can kinda take it two different ways. like, it could be about what FashionZombies said or it could be about how its just people their age who do/did that and its just who they are.
I think this song is about, how all the older generations are going on and on , about how " the kids of today aren't going to get anywhere , all they want to do is party / get drunk / do drugs " but Simple Plan is saying, that there may be people like that in their/our generation, but theres also people who aren't.. and they are going to be what they want. Like saying, that the past generations should back off, and let us live our way.. because theres nothing wrong with how we're living.
What we're doing is a right thing anyway, for us - that's SP means Don't need to say I'm sorry - we're believing in our doings - very simple meaning - that's reason for few comments ;)
So whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna say When we're standing on top And do it our way? You say we got no future You're living in the past So listen up That's my generation
yep! absolutely... not just for haters but those who manipulate lives of other people as if they were wind-up toys.
to me its about this new generation taking over and how theprevious gens. tell us to do it old style but instead we should look in the fututre