When I first heard this song, my head almost exploded. The great guitar riff, combined with the meaning of the lyrics, the excessive head banging, and even the power of Axl's singing(that guy can sing a whole song without taking a breath) almost did me in. Axl is saying in this song to not criticize him, or anyone, for their beliefs, "Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind." He states that everyone is just as bad, "We judge a book by it's cover and read what we want, between selected lines." Live your life, believe what you want to believe, but don't chastise people for what they believe, and realize that you aren't always right and that everyone has their flaws. And I love the way Axl adds a little attitude, as he does in so many of his songs, by saying "So I send this song to the offended."
When I first heard this song, my head almost exploded. The great guitar riff, combined with the meaning of the lyrics, the excessive head banging, and even the power of Axl's singing(that guy can sing a whole song without taking a breath) almost did me in. Axl is saying in this song to not criticize him, or anyone, for their beliefs, "Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind." He states that everyone is just as bad, "We judge a book by it's cover and read what we want, between selected lines." Live your life, believe what you want to believe, but don't chastise people for what they believe, and realize that you aren't always right and that everyone has their flaws. And I love the way Axl adds a little attitude, as he does in so many of his songs, by saying "So I send this song to the offended."