Bulldog Front

i read that this song is about apathy.

this song seems to be about, in essence, people who put up a macho front. more specifically, the hardcore scene. those involved put up tough guy fronts and refused to see outside the confines of the scene basically.

this is what i hear

a historical: you think this shit just dropped right out of the sky my analysis: it's time to harvest the crust from your eyes to surge and refine to rage and define ourselves against your line so sorry friend but you must resign

you want to figure it out ? we'll throw down yeah we'll throw down you want to figure it out ? well throw down your bulldog front

bold bold mouthtalking not so bold now that you've eaten your own lips flecked, mouthspecked you strip the skin right off of the bone but i would never say you act without precision or care but it's all attention to armor, to the armor you wear so well \

you want to figure it out ? we'll throw down we'll throw down you want to figure it out ? well throw down your bulldog front

you want to figure it out ? you want to figure it out ? let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home let's knock and check to see if there's somebody home

you want to figure it out? we'll throw down yeah we'll throw down you want to figure it out ? well throw down your bulldog front

you want to figure it out? you want to figure it out?

This song addresses racists that hide behind their "Bulldog Front"; they dismiss all racism past slavery, "a historical, you think this shit just dropped right out of the sky?" and further refer to their ignorance, "let's knock to check to see if there's somebody home." MacKaye prompts a solution: "it's time to harvest the crust from your eyes." There's also identification of their shallow rebuttals- that they "act with precision [and] care/ But it's all attention to [their] armor."

It "seems" to me he might be talking to atheists and or agnostics that rely only on evolution to explain existence.rather than READ SCRIPTURE WITH LOVE IN YOUR HEART.Seen them in dallas in'09 BTW.LOVED IT!