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Rise, Rebel, Resist Lyrics
perfect little spouses
in perfect little houses
it's family fun time
let's commit a hatecrime
....if i can't be loved, then i'll be hated.
i'm disconnected
i'm uninspired
i'm burning in water
i'm drowning in fire
i'm trapped inside my mind
beneath these piles of stinking life
you use this abuse to keep me conquered
you're so absurdly common
vacant faces
brainless strangers
sputtering, stuttering insect language
i'm the creature you created
everyday i grow jaded
calloused and exasperated
if i'll never be loved
then i'll be hated
i'm one of the
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
do we sit still
under attack?
or do we start pushing back?
never back up
never back down
& FIGHT.
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
i'm human pollution
i covet retribution
i'm just a big mistake
a defect you can subjugate
your ridicule is just typical antics
spineless, mindless, tragic, fanatic
puritan, bigot
lunatic, hypocrite
to save my soul from disaster
self-destruction could be the answer
if i'll never be loved
then i'll be hated
i'm one of the
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
do we sit still
under attack?
or do we start pushing back?
never back up
never back down
& FIGHT.
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
masochistic
so sadistic
all they see is another statistic
maybe i'm a misfit, maybe i'm different
it will never be an average existence
masochistic
so sadistic
all they see is another statistic
if i can't be loved
then i'll be hated
it's family fun time
let's commit a hate crime
WAR
WAR
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
RESIST
RISE
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
(WE ARE)
the
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
do we sit still
under attack?
or do we start pushing back?
never back up
never back down
& fight
WAR
WAR
RESIST
in perfect little houses
it's family fun time
let's commit a hatecrime
i'm uninspired
i'm burning in water
i'm drowning in fire
beneath these piles of stinking life
you use this abuse to keep me conquered
you're so absurdly common
brainless strangers
i'm the creature you created
everyday i grow jaded
calloused and exasperated
then i'll be hated
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
under attack?
never back down
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
i covet retribution
i'm just a big mistake
a defect you can subjugate
spineless, mindless, tragic, fanatic
lunatic, hypocrite
self-destruction could be the answer
then i'll be hated
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
under attack?
never back down
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
so sadistic
all they see is another statistic
it will never be an average existence
so sadistic
all they see is another statistic
then i'll be hated
let's commit a hate crime
WAR
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
REBEL
RESIST
REBEL
MAKE A FIST
RESIST
the
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels ...
under attack?
never back down
WAR
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I was listening to this song again today, and comparing it to Confrontation from the last album, and there's a lot of similarity, both in the content and message, and even down to the alliterative chant chorus; "Rise / Rebel / Resist" vs "Stand Up / Speak Out / Strike Back". They're both excellent songs, though they do tread on each other's toes a little.
Glorious! as Otep says it so well in Sacrilege - "fuck those hypocrits / together we'll fight / the tyranny of squares / squiggles unite!"
she's talking about being gay.. and how by being gay you must rise and rebel against the "norm".. and how the "outcasts" should not sit back and take it..
Being queer is part of it certainly, but I wouldn't limit it to just that. After freaks and faggots she does go on to talk about artists, infidels, rebels and dissidents. There are a whole lot of different types of people who are ostracised by the mainstream.
Being queer is part of it certainly, but I wouldn't limit it to just that. After freaks and faggots she does go on to talk about artists, infidels, rebels and dissidents. There are a whole lot of different types of people who are ostracised by the mainstream.
That's it in a nutshell. I also think it suggests that various sub-cultures shouldn't fight amongst themselves. E.g., how goths and emos often don't get along.
That's it in a nutshell. I also think it suggests that various sub-cultures shouldn't fight amongst themselves. E.g., how goths and emos often don't get along.
step up to the man and overthrow fuck yeah
Obviously about how the outcasts and misfits of society should stand up and destroy the status quo. I love the line- 'It's family fun time, let's commit a hate crime.' Otep rules.
sounds like they hate anything decent and right about everything. Must be self loathing hypocrites. I betchya this girl either got seriously fucked over by some skinhead who stood for everything that is white and right, or got molested by daddy; thats the type that make music like this. lol. Define hate crime miss otep singer.... "Rise, Rebel, Resist" what i find hilarious is that these anarchist types are all for Socialism so long as race isnt brought into the picture...I thought this was a badass band until i heard the whole album..another anarchist "internet warrior" commie loving band. Red state parasites. worse than nazis..self hating pieces of shit. White Pride World Wide
Oh Your God... Dude you are fucking retarted...
Oh Your God... Dude you are fucking retarted...
Seriously. Since when is it about black vs. white? Did they ever mention white superiority once? Or even suggest it? NO. Its just about society's dumb prejudices toward different people and the categorizing of it all. And they are just saying "Fuck it all" to all that and they are showing self hatred because of all of those hypocrites who make anyone different feel like they don't belong in the world. Ironwood, you are so ignorant, I can't even stand it.
Seriously. Since when is it about black vs. white? Did they ever mention white superiority once? Or even suggest it? NO. Its just about society's dumb prejudices toward different people and the categorizing of it all. And they are just saying "Fuck it all" to all that and they are showing self hatred because of all of those hypocrites who make anyone different feel like they don't belong in the world. Ironwood, you are so ignorant, I can't even stand it.
I fucking hate you conceited, narcissistic pieces of shit. You want to know why the Nazis never obtained world domination? Because everything they did was based off of corrupt, shallow logic. What's sad is, you think you're human, don't you? But you think you're perfect too right? Humanity will never be perfect. That's not how your 'white' god intended it to be. You Nazis are just as much of hypocrites as Christianity itself. But if you want to be a hollow shell filled with shit, go right ahead. Not my life going to waste.
I fucking hate you conceited, narcissistic pieces of shit. You want to know why the Nazis never obtained world domination? Because everything they did was based off of corrupt, shallow logic. What's sad is, you think you're human, don't you? But you think you're perfect too right? Humanity will never be perfect. That's not how your 'white' god intended it to be. You Nazis are just as much of hypocrites as Christianity itself. But if you want to be a hollow shell filled with shit, go right ahead. Not my life going to waste.