First of all, there are errors in the lyrics here. It starts:
"Like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales."
The Canterbury Tales (written by Chaucer) were stories narrated through characters identified by their occupations (for the most part, if I recall correctly). Each story relates one of the seven deadly sins (I'm just going off of my memory, I'm not positive on this). Anyway, The Pardoner's Tale, and a pardoner was basically the priest that collects taxes for people to not go to hell, was about Avarice (greed). Three men find a pot of gold and end up killing each other instead of just splitting it up, as they all promised they would.
The song is basically about bad people. "Some people are poison." This is, by far, one of my favorite Rancid songs. The way Tim sings it, it sounds so emotional. Some people are poison. You know when you get the feeling that someone is evil, not just a jerk or "asshole" or bitter, but completely evil, people the will fuck you over out of greed or whatever drives them to hurt others. Those are the people I think the song is about.
"And I'll stare in their eye to annoy them," beautifully said. The implication here is that you can see the evil in their eyes, and they are generally aware of how they are as people, so if you stare in their eye, they will become uncomfortable.
So yeah, just trying to explain what I understand about this song.
Ladies and gentlemen a round of applause for nephos who actually took the time to write the song meaning in songmeanings.net. Not just say, "I love this song, its so cool"
Ladies and gentlemen a round of applause for nephos who actually took the time to write the song meaning in songmeanings.net. Not just say, "I love this song, its so cool"
He's right, this song is about people who are comparable to poisin. Poisin, being something that is harmful, can easily be related to a lot of people if they're the type that will hurt someone for personal gain. Or are apathetic to things in a damaging sense. And the like.
He's right, this song is about people who are comparable to poisin. Poisin, being something that is harmful, can easily be related to a lot of people if they're the type that will hurt someone for personal gain. Or are apathetic to things in a damaging sense. And the like.
First of all, there are errors in the lyrics here. It starts:
"Like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales."
The Canterbury Tales (written by Chaucer) were stories narrated through characters identified by their occupations (for the most part, if I recall correctly). Each story relates one of the seven deadly sins (I'm just going off of my memory, I'm not positive on this). Anyway, The Pardoner's Tale, and a pardoner was basically the priest that collects taxes for people to not go to hell, was about Avarice (greed). Three men find a pot of gold and end up killing each other instead of just splitting it up, as they all promised they would.
The song is basically about bad people. "Some people are poison." This is, by far, one of my favorite Rancid songs. The way Tim sings it, it sounds so emotional. Some people are poison. You know when you get the feeling that someone is evil, not just a jerk or "asshole" or bitter, but completely evil, people the will fuck you over out of greed or whatever drives them to hurt others. Those are the people I think the song is about.
"And I'll stare in their eye to annoy them," beautifully said. The implication here is that you can see the evil in their eyes, and they are generally aware of how they are as people, so if you stare in their eye, they will become uncomfortable.
So yeah, just trying to explain what I understand about this song.
Ladies and gentlemen a round of applause for nephos who actually took the time to write the song meaning in songmeanings.net. Not just say, "I love this song, its so cool"
Ladies and gentlemen a round of applause for nephos who actually took the time to write the song meaning in songmeanings.net. Not just say, "I love this song, its so cool"
He's right, this song is about people who are comparable to poisin. Poisin, being something that is harmful, can easily be related to a lot of people if they're the type that will hurt someone for personal gain. Or are apathetic to things in a damaging sense. And the like.
He's right, this song is about people who are comparable to poisin. Poisin, being something that is harmful, can easily be related to a lot of people if they're the type that will hurt someone for personal gain. Or are apathetic to things in a damaging sense. And the like.