This is not my favorite song on the CD, but it definitely hits home more than any other one. It's about being a boy and getting into trouble. Girls wont appreciate this song as much as the guys will. I loved the first verse, but couldn't relate to the second one. I'll go over a few lines that hit close to home.
"cause i was just thirteen when i got my first taste of danger standing by the church i had a bottle and a pen in my hand" immediately brought me back to my child hood. I was probably around 14 when I was started drinking alcohol and doing minor graffiti with a black marker.
"i said "father, i'm sorry, i just don't know what to do with this anger"misbehavior is correctable, i know this wasn't part of you plan" is another powerful line. Luckily for me my behavior was corrected, but I grew up with a lot of people who ended up in jail. Not because they were born into bad families or had a hard child hood, but just simply because they didn't know what to do with their anger.
"but little fucks like us we were always receiving instruction,and you could burn our cloths you could wash out the ink and the dye" This is something that adds to kids acting out. I remember being younger and people always telling me what to do for whatever reason. What they failed to inform you (but most kids figure out) is the more rules you break the more respect you earn amongst your peers. Looking back I realize how stupid it was to do most of the things I did, but can relate to any kid who decides to make the same stupid decisions.
"but you can't look me in the eye and say you don't feel like a little destruction and the kids are lining up on the wall and they're ready to die" I must admit I still do feel like a little destruction. But now that I am a little older and a lot wiser I will pass. I have seen too many young men lined up on the wall as they were being arrested which inevitably killed their life.
P.S - Sorry if this was not a direct meaning, but it sparked up a few memories and thought I'd share with the rather small Airborne community.
That's kind of presumptuous of you to think that girls aren't going to appreciate the song as well as guys. The great thing about music is that it allows people the ability to emote without action generally associated with catharsis. And believe me, especially in adolescence, women are just as angry as men. The pains of growing up and being angry at the world are not unique to one gender or the other. If anything I think women would identify with this type of music more because its not socially acceptable for women to be angry...
That's kind of presumptuous of you to think that girls aren't going to appreciate the song as well as guys. The great thing about music is that it allows people the ability to emote without action generally associated with catharsis. And believe me, especially in adolescence, women are just as angry as men. The pains of growing up and being angry at the world are not unique to one gender or the other. If anything I think women would identify with this type of music more because its not socially acceptable for women to be angry or aggressive and music is a good outlet for these emotions. This song isn't about being a boy- its about being a kid.
I think in particular its about being a kid in today's world which is looking to violence more and more as a way to deal with frustrations and the sense of non-control that is such a large part of being a teen. I think Musicx hit the nail on the head.
This is not my favorite song on the CD, but it definitely hits home more than any other one. It's about being a boy and getting into trouble. Girls wont appreciate this song as much as the guys will. I loved the first verse, but couldn't relate to the second one. I'll go over a few lines that hit close to home.
"cause i was just thirteen when i got my first taste of danger standing by the church i had a bottle and a pen in my hand" immediately brought me back to my child hood. I was probably around 14 when I was started drinking alcohol and doing minor graffiti with a black marker.
"i said "father, i'm sorry, i just don't know what to do with this anger"misbehavior is correctable, i know this wasn't part of you plan" is another powerful line. Luckily for me my behavior was corrected, but I grew up with a lot of people who ended up in jail. Not because they were born into bad families or had a hard child hood, but just simply because they didn't know what to do with their anger.
"but little fucks like us we were always receiving instruction,and you could burn our cloths you could wash out the ink and the dye" This is something that adds to kids acting out. I remember being younger and people always telling me what to do for whatever reason. What they failed to inform you (but most kids figure out) is the more rules you break the more respect you earn amongst your peers. Looking back I realize how stupid it was to do most of the things I did, but can relate to any kid who decides to make the same stupid decisions.
"but you can't look me in the eye and say you don't feel like a little destruction and the kids are lining up on the wall and they're ready to die" I must admit I still do feel like a little destruction. But now that I am a little older and a lot wiser I will pass. I have seen too many young men lined up on the wall as they were being arrested which inevitably killed their life.
P.S - Sorry if this was not a direct meaning, but it sparked up a few memories and thought I'd share with the rather small Airborne community.
That's kind of presumptuous of you to think that girls aren't going to appreciate the song as well as guys. The great thing about music is that it allows people the ability to emote without action generally associated with catharsis. And believe me, especially in adolescence, women are just as angry as men. The pains of growing up and being angry at the world are not unique to one gender or the other. If anything I think women would identify with this type of music more because its not socially acceptable for women to be angry...
That's kind of presumptuous of you to think that girls aren't going to appreciate the song as well as guys. The great thing about music is that it allows people the ability to emote without action generally associated with catharsis. And believe me, especially in adolescence, women are just as angry as men. The pains of growing up and being angry at the world are not unique to one gender or the other. If anything I think women would identify with this type of music more because its not socially acceptable for women to be angry or aggressive and music is a good outlet for these emotions. This song isn't about being a boy- its about being a kid.
I think in particular its about being a kid in today's world which is looking to violence more and more as a way to deal with frustrations and the sense of non-control that is such a large part of being a teen. I think Musicx hit the nail on the head.