But anyways... it seems pretty clear to me that this song is basically Rancid saying: "hey, we always just did things our own way and we always knew that was the best way and even the only way to go about it. Along the way there were a lot of people who said 'no rancid, you're doing it wrong; you should be like this; or you should be like that'. But now that we've been doing our thing for twenty years--making music that we love and that our fans love--and maybe there are some others out there who, given a similar situation, would have stopped making records and stopped touring and playing shows at smaller venues... But not Rancid... because what we do now is similar to what we've always done--playing punk rock and connecting with people through our own music--it's what we set out to do in the first place and its what we still do and its what we love doing.
I really like the acoustic version of this song.
But anyways... it seems pretty clear to me that this song is basically Rancid saying: "hey, we always just did things our own way and we always knew that was the best way and even the only way to go about it. Along the way there were a lot of people who said 'no rancid, you're doing it wrong; you should be like this; or you should be like that'. But now that we've been doing our thing for twenty years--making music that we love and that our fans love--and maybe there are some others out there who, given a similar situation, would have stopped making records and stopped touring and playing shows at smaller venues... But not Rancid... because what we do now is similar to what we've always done--playing punk rock and connecting with people through our own music--it's what we set out to do in the first place and its what we still do and its what we love doing.