Once We Were Anarchists

yeh i agree its not really about him being a pussy, i think its set in the same mould as many songs or lyrics in certain songs. its the whole thing people have talked of for years, when people grow older, and after years of the system winning and not being defeated people and protesters become disheartened however strong they feel about there cause. he is just saying how tired he has become from the government and the system not being changed as a result of protests, like strummer wrote "he who f*** nuns will later join the church" he wasn't writing it about himself, he wrote this when he was a man, not a angry teen. he was simply commenting on how the majority of protesters, your students, who protested through there student years actually cease to protest once they graduate, as they settle for a "normal life" complying with the system they rebelled against, yet some may carry on rebelling in there heads, they rarely actually protest like they did in the streets, as he says in teh song. you only need to read his forum which he frequently posts on to see his spirit isn't dead, not one bit.