Unsubstantiated Rumors Are Good Enough for Me (To Base My Life Upon) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Image In Nation 

Cover art for Unsubstantiated Rumors Are Good Enough for Me (To Base My Life Upon) lyrics by Against Me!

For me, this song was always about the "scene" that surrounds punk music. All these kids join this scene because they don't think anyone else can understand them, can understand this feeling of 'non-conformity' or whatever bullshit. But in the end, it all gets fucked up because the scene is just as pretentious and conforming as the people they think they're fighting against. And you're so pumped to fight against something, to stand against authority or whatever, and this stuff builds up and when someone pushes you, you just as easily push right back though you're supposed to be on the same side.

"You have no where to go, so you found someplace You have nothing to say so you start lying"

You thought you found someplace, and you realize that you don't really belong here because maybe you're not radical enough or whatever. So you start lying about your views to be like them and in the end, the hate, the love and revenge are all blurred and you don't know what you stand for anymore because it doesn't even matter. The scene is just as bad as everything else.

Just my interpretation.