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Patrols on the boundaries
in prison cells and factories
on your phone and old TV
in between the lines we read
no suits no conspiracy, just a lack of agency
who's the perp, run the APB
just look in the mirror and look for me
The haves and the have-nots
the bottom and the top
black market and mall shops
YOU ARE ALL THE COPS
99 and 1 percenters
dissenters and defenders
slum lords and renters
a comedy of pretenders
WE ARE ALL THE COPS
Greed, glory an fear
the eyes, the ears
no panopticon, just dads and moms
keep calm and carry on
vignettes of silhouettes
popping up as the sun sets
settlers heading ever west
looking for souls to digest
in prison cells and factories
on your phone and old TV
in between the lines we read
no suits no conspiracy, just a lack of agency
who's the perp, run the APB
just look in the mirror and look for me
the bottom and the top
black market and mall shops
YOU ARE ALL THE COPS
99 and 1 percenters
dissenters and defenders
slum lords and renters
a comedy of pretenders
the eyes, the ears
no panopticon, just dads and moms
keep calm and carry on
vignettes of silhouettes
popping up as the sun sets
settlers heading ever west
looking for souls to digest
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I am not totally sure, but the tone and mood of this song, coupled with Sum Grrl's sassy vocals (which are absolutely perfect for this song) make me think this is an analysis/criticism of our society.
"WE ARE ALL THE COPS"
I almost think this line is in response to the number of times that police have been placed in the spotlight in recent years due to excessive force, abuse, and especially shooting/killing of unarmed individuals. I believe this line is directed towards the mob of people that froth at the mouth in outrage, but limit their response to an angry post on Facebook, but I also think it applies to just about everybody in this society. We can try to distance ourselves from the issues that we're seeing in society, specifically the issues with law enforcement, but eventually we have to realize that we are just as responsible to blame (WE ARE ALL THE COPS) if we continue to allow things we disagree with to go unchecked while doing sweet F.A. to change it.
The difficulty I have with this interpretation is that I have trouble seeing this band truly coming to the defense of law enforcement, but perhaps that's just one side. Rather than a criticism of society, perhaps it's a call-to-arms for everybody to step up and take action (99 and 1 percenters, dissenters and defenders, slum lords and renters), though the "a comedy of pretenders" line carries such a mocking tone that it really seems like it's call out the masses that act like they're apart from the problem instead of apart of it.