Blue American

i think i read somewhere that brian's mother was a born again christian- "For all the times she showed me wrong For all the time she sang god's song"

I think this song is about someone who is depressed about how they have lived there lives. The term "novel," refers to their life. The person is saying this "novel" was wrote so badly because of the way people and the world has showed her wrong. When they finally look back at it -" I read a book about the self." They realised that they "dont care for" themself.

Uncle Toms Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Surely worth the read.

i agree with joeytheboy. that verse is a play on words.i think the whole song is just taking the piss out of various things. some being chrisitanity,self help books,america, rasism, his mother. i like the whole tune to this song it has quite a serious feeling to it even though i think its taking the piss.

very interesting.

Saddest song ever:

I wrote this novel just for you It sounds pretentious but it's true I wrote this novel just for you That's why it's vulgar That's why it's blue And I say, thank you And I say, thank you

its about dedicating your life(novel) to someone, only to get crushed by them, but you've already wasted too much time to re-write it. cause remember the authors usually at the start of novels write "this book is dedicated to-"

I wrote this novel just for Mom For all the mommy things she's done For all the times she showed me wrong For all the time she sang god's song And I say thank you Mom Hello Mom Thank you Mom Hi Mom

its about his mother land(america) and how its seen as wrong to be gay, and that gays have no rights.and the church doesnt accept homosexuals and all that.

I read a book about Uncle Tom Where a whitey bastard made a bomb But now Ebonics rule our song Those motherfuckers got it wrong And I ask Who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? You are

there's a book called 'uncle tom' as stated before. this verse is defenatly aout all the racisim in america.

I read a book about the self Said I should get expensive help Go fix my head Create some wealth Put my neurosis on the shelf But I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care

its abot how self help books don't work, and they all just end up telling you to go to a psychiatrist, which are really expensive. and half the self help books are written by psychiatrists.

The protagonist lashes out in his rebellious attempt to state ' I don't care'.

He's fed up with the world he's living in because he recognizes that so many important things have just gone wrong.

And he's a part of it. He's thinking differently and for that, he should hire a psychiatrist to become another case study that will be published in another self-help book and put on a shelf.

But that's not the solution to the problem.

And the protagonist knows it.

That's why he rather sacrifices himself ('I don't care for myself') to criticize what's wrong than to be numb to all the wrongs that happen in his country.

He's writing that novel for his country ('You') to make it seem that he does not agree with how things are dealt with. No matter if Uncle Tom or Mom are having different opinions.

There is no turning point in this song. No crisis. From the beginning of the song, the protagonist is criticizing. Nothing changes that, everything that happens only supports his way of thinking.

Pure and utter disgust . American style . It's just someone who's at such a low point in their life that they're hitting out at everything and anything . I think the person who inhabits that song is disgusted by the fact that he's human and feels weighed down by that. It's called Blue American simply because it has references to slavery in America . It's also interesting because Blue American is also drug dealers speak for Viagra and Valium - Brian Molko

the verse about "mommy" really cleverly plays on words; "all the times she showed me wrong" because ur parents are supposed to teach u right and wrong but he only got shown wrong by his mother, as in she showed him what not to do by doing it. "hello mom" follows "thankyou mom" bucause saying "hello mom" is what everyone says when they have a chance to get famous or whatever just the same way he is saying "thankyou mom" because he is simply expected to, but at the same time it is ironic as he is obviously being sarcastic. "mom" is quite likely to be metaphrical for the mother country, the counry which gave birth to him and his nation, if what "darkeyes" above said is right, i dont think anyone could be proud of slavery in their history so he is having a go at his heritage, by having a go at his mother.

About some slavery, yes, "uncle tom" referencing "uncle tom's cabin"

Also saying that self-help books are ineffective.

no! you have it all wrong!! he hates his mother because she is constantly preaching her christian ways, and she is mad at him for being bisexual. he had a really fucked up child hood, his father was never home and his mom was screwed in the head.