According to lead singer John McCrea, this song is "about how when you hate things, the circle of hate starts rather broadly. You hate the President or a big movie star, someone you'll probably never meet. Gradually though, the circle tightens and the objects of hate get closer and closer to the hater. Now it's your uncle or your mother, now it's your close friend, and finally it's you. Bummer."
All in all, it's an awesome song... Nothing has changed about their sound over the years and given all the band's that have changed their sound, it's refreshing that someone is going against the industry and staying true to themselves.
According to lead singer John McCrea, this song is "about how when you hate things, the circle of hate starts rather broadly. You hate the President or a big movie star, someone you'll probably never meet. Gradually though, the circle tightens and the objects of hate get closer and closer to the hater. Now it's your uncle or your mother, now it's your close friend, and finally it's you. Bummer."
All in all, it's an awesome song... Nothing has changed about their sound over the years and given all the band's that have changed their sound, it's refreshing that someone is going against the industry and staying true to themselves.