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Life During Wartime Lyrics
Yeah we say making changes
Starts by making changes
In the little things you do
"Revolution begins at home"
But for most of us it ends there too
We're doing sometrhing
WE're making changes
Like Changing the Kind of crap we buy
We say it makes a difference
But most of the time
That's just another lie
It used to be "us" and "them"
It used to be us and them
And you and me
And now we can't reach
Our full potentail
Without Common enemy
A real war to fight against
Instead of our petty disagreements
But how can I rationalize
My life during wartime lie
A call to action and a reaction
Taking our lives in our own hands
Instead of sitting around talking
About the same old stupid bands
But war is going on right now
ANd I'm not doing anything about it
Without a crowd I'm not so loud
I can't do anything by myseld
But that's just another lie
Starts by making changes
In the little things you do
"Revolution begins at home"
But for most of us it ends there too
We're doing sometrhing
WE're making changes
Like Changing the Kind of crap we buy
We say it makes a difference
But most of the time
That's just another lie
It used to be us and them
And you and me
And now we can't reach
Our full potentail
Without Common enemy
A real war to fight against
Instead of our petty disagreements
But how can I rationalize
My life during wartime lie
Taking our lives in our own hands
Instead of sitting around talking
About the same old stupid bands
But war is going on right now
ANd I'm not doing anything about it
Without a crowd I'm not so loud
I can't do anything by myseld
But that's just another lie
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a good pinhead gunpowder song one of my favorites
Green Day has just released this song in protest of the Gulf War II. It really is a great song and I think it sums up how a lot of people are feeling right now:
-How can I rationalize my life during wartime lie?
These lines are the best part: But war is going on right now/ And I'm not doing anything about it/ Without a crowd I'm not so loud/ I can't do anything by myself/ But that's just another lie
That is exactly what is going on in America. We're being told that dissent is unpatriotic and that since our president has chosen for us to go to war that we should stand by the decision (right or wrong) because we're Americans --that anti-war sentiment will do nothing. But, as this song says, we can do something. And we should do something. It's time.
I heard about this song because of Green Day, and I think it's a good song.
me too...and, yeah it is a good song...and i like what imthe_eviltwin says...
The song is about how during times when the U.S. is involved in a war, we tend to be told to do things like only buy certain brands of food, clothing, ect. because it's made in the U.S., as if it'll make a difference. But that's just a lie.
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Green Day made me listen to this song, too, and I like it. Pinhead are actually wicked songwriters. Maybe it's because of Billie Joe? O well...
i thought this was a green day song because they have it on their page
Green Day covered this song because Billie Joe is in Pinhead Gunpowder And he sings the song in the original version
I agree with Jakebert, people do all these things that are "patrotic" but really it means nothing. It's like the US is trying to get the kind of support we had in WWII, but the reason people were really patriotic in WWII was because we needed to fight in WWII to help save Europe from the Nazis, the Iraq war is about oil. WWII also affected most people because almost everyone knew someone fighting in the war because civilians were signing up. With the War in Iraq, very few people are signing up for the army just to go to Iraq
Green Day covered this song because Billie Joe is in Pinhead Gunpowder And he sings the song in the original version
I agree with Jakebert, people do all these things that are "patrotic" but really it means nothing. It's like the US is trying to get the kind of support we had in WWII, but the reason people were really patriotic in WWII was because we needed to fight in WWII to help save Europe from the Nazis, the Iraq war is about oil. WWII also affected most people because almost everyone knew someone fighting in the war because civilians were signing up. With the War in Iraq, very few people are signing up for the army just to go to Iraq
I think this song is more about how underground/radical/punk activists and communities can't seem to find a way to make real progress on the things we all care about because we're divided by petty differences and really just waste our time in ways that aren't really that different from everyone else.