We Rule the School Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thefrode989 

Cover art for We Rule the School lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

This song is about the artistic/sensitive class of people coexisting with the gruff, primal people.

Suicide is presented in the first to stanzas - the difficulties of an artistic/sensitive person dealing with an often cruel, selfish world. The line "was she pushed?" sets up the song for this tension with other types of people who are thicker-skinned and less reflective/artistic.

The next two stanzas are about having the courage to be yourself - to do things even if you don't fit in with others.

"We Rule the School" on the bus stop was metaphorically written by men - those without sensitivity who grab what they please.

The last stanza is self-explanatory.

As always, just my opinion.