This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Hey, everybody's looking but they never can see
All the angst, corruption and the dishonesty
Think about the times and places you've never known
You're a man-swarm atom, yet you're alone
So I give you me, I give you nothing
So you've got a place that you can call your own
But you've got a habit of carrying the stone
Look around and ask someone if you are alive
You're a sidewalk cyborg speaking bionic jive
Respectable, despicable, it seems all the same
Now we realize that we have nothing to say
If your reserve is weak, audacity complete
Ask yourself again, do I deserve much from them? No!
All the angst, corruption and the dishonesty
Think about the times and places you've never known
You're a man-swarm atom, yet you're alone
So I give you me, I give you nothing
So you've got a place that you can call your own
But you've got a habit of carrying the stone
Look around and ask someone if you are alive
You're a sidewalk cyborg speaking bionic jive
Respectable, despicable, it seems all the same
Now we realize that we have nothing to say
If your reserve is weak, audacity complete
Ask yourself again, do I deserve much from them? No!
Lyrics submitted by walking-catastrophe, edited by brgraffin
Give You Nothing Lyrics as written by Brett Gurewitz Greg Graffin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"Look around and ask someone if you're alive, You're a sidewalk cipher speaking prionic jive."
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"I give you me, I give you nothing"
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This song is about Brett's friend Tom Clement who commited suicide.
i like i think its a good song
This song is another Great Bad Religion Song!
Erm is it about your part in life and what you deserve and what you actually get?
No idea, one of their best songs though.
pretty good ^^
on the right track phole. great fucking song, the bass kicks major arse.
Can anyone say "B-Reactor"?
i dont think its about Tom. that would be Along The Way. this is more social commentary. a lot of the songs on No Control are.
In a Roger Vulture interview Brett says it is about Tom Clement.
^But this is on Suffer...