There are a lot of so-called punks out there that don't really care about important issues (such as feminism and LGBT rights) like Kathleen does. They just want to rebel just for the sake of rebelling. You know? That's what this song kind of seems to be talking about, in my opinion.
It obviously also seems to be about addiction - alcoholism in particular.
I think it's about both subjects though. A lot of people (not all of course) in that scene are into drugs. They kind of have that "live fast die young" kind of mentality, you know?. This song seems to be about how we should leave that kind of thing behind and focus on REALLY starting a revolution instead of just "rebelling" by becoming addicts and possibly ruining our lives.
I could be wrong though. In fact, I probably am. This is just my interpretation of it.
There are a lot of so-called punks out there that don't really care about important issues (such as feminism and LGBT rights) like Kathleen does. They just want to rebel just for the sake of rebelling. You know? That's what this song kind of seems to be talking about, in my opinion. It obviously also seems to be about addiction - alcoholism in particular. I think it's about both subjects though. A lot of people (not all of course) in that scene are into drugs. They kind of have that "live fast die young" kind of mentality, you know?. This song seems to be about how we should leave that kind of thing behind and focus on REALLY starting a revolution instead of just "rebelling" by becoming addicts and possibly ruining our lives. I could be wrong though. In fact, I probably am. This is just my interpretation of it.