I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Well, I am just a mutt
And nowhere is my home
Where dignity's a land mine
In the school of lost hope
I've panhandled for life
'Cause I'm not afraid to beg
Hand me down your lost and founds
Of second hand regret
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
Well, sects of disconnection
And traditions of lost faith
No culture's worth a stream of piss
Or a bullet in my face
To hell with unity
Separation will kill us all
Torn to shreds and disjointed
Before the final fall
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
Shuh!
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
I got no pride
Close your eyes and die
I got no pride
And nowhere is my home
Where dignity's a land mine
In the school of lost hope
I've panhandled for life
'Cause I'm not afraid to beg
Hand me down your lost and founds
Of second hand regret
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
Well, sects of disconnection
And traditions of lost faith
No culture's worth a stream of piss
Or a bullet in my face
To hell with unity
Separation will kill us all
Torn to shreds and disjointed
Before the final fall
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
Shuh!
You better swallow your pride or
You're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
'Cause they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well, I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
I got no pride
Close your eyes and die
I got no pride
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green i feel ya! some times you got to put your pride away and beg.
insomniac was such an underrated cd. it's definately one of my favourite green day albums.. and this song is amazing. "you'd better swallow your pride or you're gonna choke on it" its such a good lyric.
i think its to do with a lack of pride in his country 'no CULTURES worth a stream of a piss or a BULLET IN MY FACE' i think he's sayin his country's not worth fighting for
No comments!!!! I can't believe that, this song is a true masterpiece. It's the best lyrics billie joe has ever written, imo. One of insomniac's many moments of genius.
Yup. Insomniac was a huge step up from Dookie maturity wise, the lyrics just got so much stronger and just plain better.
Agreed.
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You better swallow your pride Or you're gonna choke on it You better digest your values 'Cause they turn to shit
love this song!
insomniac was such an underrated cd. it's definately one of my favourite green day albums.. and this song is amazing. "you'd better swallow your pride or you're gonna choke on it" its such a good lyric.
I have all Green Day cds except Shenanigans. But I got Insomniac in like 98' and lost it in 99' or sumthin. and the other day I was wandering through my, "The Eagles" cds and inside one of the cases, was the insomniac CD! I was so exicted, I listened to it for like 8 straight dayz. It is definately the 2nd best Green Day cd ever (1039 SOSH was the best) No Pride is my FAVOURITEST song ever, thank you for letting me rant
i have every green day cd except for International Superhits. the reason i dont have it is because there's only two songs on it that that i don't have on other cds and because it's their most expensive cd wherever i go.