Pay The Man Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SHOOTANGAEMS 

Cover art for Pay The Man lyrics by Offspring, The

See, I think that this song is supposed to represent resentment against any kind of drudgery from a higher power or authority, any kind of hampering, restriction, restraint. It's individual to the listener, it speaks to whatever it is you're most angry with, or take the most issue with.

Personally, I always found myself thinking about religion with this song. While lines like "The Man is making little bets, playing with our lives" could apply as much to the banking system as to Abrahamic religion, "All that I believe now/Anything is possible/A simple explanation/For the evil in this world/And in our souls" is to me more about the cop-out of attributing the world's evil to a single, easily explainable, easily SHUNNABLE source, instead of acknowledging our own duality.

My Interpretation

You clearly have no real knowledge of Christianity if you think we dont acknowledge human duality. We just believe there are also spiritual forces at work

Well said, well said...