this band makes me look up vocabulary to this very day...
the song changes over verses. the first one is about the hippie age, the 60's, clearly hinted at by referring to "purple haze" (jimi hendrix), and the drug shrouded community. once the fun age was over and hippie beards got gray, they found they had to confront reality in the end, but they're not young anymore - it's like being released from prison, and not finding your place.
i can't really make sense of the Native American /punk thing on the second verse.
but in the end, causes are a waste of time, because there's just far too many to have much effect, but like the belief in a faith, it's also easing the directionless mind. so, his view on causes may very well be neither black nor white (but gray!).
The second verse is about how John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981. He wounded president and three others. Those days punks wore leather jackets and had many had mohawks.
The second verse is about how John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981. He wounded president and three others. Those days punks wore leather jackets and had many had mohawks.
this band makes me look up vocabulary to this very day...
the song changes over verses. the first one is about the hippie age, the 60's, clearly hinted at by referring to "purple haze" (jimi hendrix), and the drug shrouded community. once the fun age was over and hippie beards got gray, they found they had to confront reality in the end, but they're not young anymore - it's like being released from prison, and not finding your place.
i can't really make sense of the Native American /punk thing on the second verse. but in the end, causes are a waste of time, because there's just far too many to have much effect, but like the belief in a faith, it's also easing the directionless mind. so, his view on causes may very well be neither black nor white (but gray!).
The second verse is about how John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981. He wounded president and three others. Those days punks wore leather jackets and had many had mohawks.
The second verse is about how John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981. He wounded president and three others. Those days punks wore leather jackets and had many had mohawks.
@Heinrich "Native American"... lol, geez. I know this comment is 16 years old, but wow.
@Heinrich "Native American"... lol, geez. I know this comment is 16 years old, but wow.