The 9/11 stuff is nonsense. Oi. Must everything that involves a "New York Skyline" and a mention of an American flag be involved with 9/11? I've seen people say it to songs written over 10 years before 9/11, yet they were still somehow "alluding to it".
Anyhoo, there was a time in his life (or so I've heard) where New Brunswick was just an absolute hellhole (of which it still is). Kids either grew up to sell drugs or were killed by age 18. Thursday's way out was music, and thank god for that. But the whole situation was maddening. Kids would kill themselves just to get away from the hell on earth, which would promote more suicide.
New Brunswick was the battlefield, the place where violence was an every day struggle. That's the war he is speaking of. The war against the streets. Hell, his girlfriend was raped within 2 weeks of moving there (as heard in Dying in New Brunswick).
I was at a show once where he could barely finish the song; he was basically in tears. It's such a personal and moving song. That is why Thursday is one of the greatest bands of all time, the lyrics are personal, not simply manufactured for a sound.
@Socodax You really have to try HARD to be so blind to not see the 9/11 references in this song. The only thing that would make it more obvious is if the first lyric was "This song contains 9/11 references".
@Socodax You really have to try HARD to be so blind to not see the 9/11 references in this song. The only thing that would make it more obvious is if the first lyric was "This song contains 9/11 references".
The 9/11 stuff is nonsense. Oi. Must everything that involves a "New York Skyline" and a mention of an American flag be involved with 9/11? I've seen people say it to songs written over 10 years before 9/11, yet they were still somehow "alluding to it".
Anyhoo, there was a time in his life (or so I've heard) where New Brunswick was just an absolute hellhole (of which it still is). Kids either grew up to sell drugs or were killed by age 18. Thursday's way out was music, and thank god for that. But the whole situation was maddening. Kids would kill themselves just to get away from the hell on earth, which would promote more suicide.
New Brunswick was the battlefield, the place where violence was an every day struggle. That's the war he is speaking of. The war against the streets. Hell, his girlfriend was raped within 2 weeks of moving there (as heard in Dying in New Brunswick).
I was at a show once where he could barely finish the song; he was basically in tears. It's such a personal and moving song. That is why Thursday is one of the greatest bands of all time, the lyrics are personal, not simply manufactured for a sound.
@Socodax You really have to try HARD to be so blind to not see the 9/11 references in this song. The only thing that would make it more obvious is if the first lyric was "This song contains 9/11 references".
@Socodax You really have to try HARD to be so blind to not see the 9/11 references in this song. The only thing that would make it more obvious is if the first lyric was "This song contains 9/11 references".