This is one of my favorite songs by Lagwagon, but it's hard to figure out the meaning. The invasion of Iraq came a few months before this album was released. I think the song has 2 possible meanings, blurring them together. The possible political message is the singer asking why the president, or the government in general, has betrayed the people. He's asking why there is no trust and no honesty in the relationship to the people. Then, the song goes into the "fuck the tourist", criticizing the foreign ones who attack them, "fuck the purist", possibly referencing racists of some sort, and "fuck the bourgeisie" is everyone else, which is "justifying" the person.
The song could also reference a relationship that failed due to the lack of trust. The tourist is someone new to relationships, the purist is a traditional person and the bourgeisie is everyone else. He's basically telling anyone attacking their relationship to fuck off.
This is one of my favorite songs by Lagwagon, but it's hard to figure out the meaning. The invasion of Iraq came a few months before this album was released. I think the song has 2 possible meanings, blurring them together. The possible political message is the singer asking why the president, or the government in general, has betrayed the people. He's asking why there is no trust and no honesty in the relationship to the people. Then, the song goes into the "fuck the tourist", criticizing the foreign ones who attack them, "fuck the purist", possibly referencing racists of some sort, and "fuck the bourgeisie" is everyone else, which is "justifying" the person.
The song could also reference a relationship that failed due to the lack of trust. The tourist is someone new to relationships, the purist is a traditional person and the bourgeisie is everyone else. He's basically telling anyone attacking their relationship to fuck off.