Civil Obedience Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kaylzazz 

Cover art for Civil Obedience lyrics by Sage Francis

'I'm a trusted man with a company van', I think are the lyrics. It is prettyyy good.

It kind of seems to be Sage's own irresponsible side, for as much as he talks about the irresponsibility of others. All about how hard it is to actually do things that need to be done while you can't sleep or focus on anything because the thoughts in your head are constantly on overdrive. And he has some difficulty being a responsible person while he cannot even compel himself to believe that there is anything worth being responsible for. So he goes around on probation (I am thinking the whole airport scene is a metaphor for probation? People on probation do 'get randomly checked', and they are sort of the law's fall guys because while there are violent crimes being committed on the daily, our prisons are packed with pot smokers) chilling with some drugs or some such regardless of the law and risks, just because it is all so fucking ridiculous; he's not really doing anything wrong (even though he's not being the best person he can be either), but he's still being shat on by the system over bullshit.

But, all the same, he is never ever going to give up, because there is nothing else to do but keep trying.