The Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking Lyrics

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Cover art for The Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking lyrics by Bad Religion

Jay:

it was directed toward anything that had grown bigger than intended (the punk scene, certain religions, industry, countries, governments, etc), had to sacrifice the original intention and in the end had to resort to defending itself through lies and / or violence. i used intentionally obtuse words because that had become the butt of bad religion jokes, that we we're "thesaurus rock".

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