The Devil In Stitches Lyrics

Lyric discussion by maxben 

Cover art for The Devil In Stitches lyrics by Bad Religion

I feel like its attacking the certain type of punk or alternative culture that is about the chaos and the fun and the emotion, but misses the message and the politics. Its about distractions "I can strum twice and make it all go away" "She was living on the edge of a knife His head was filled with restless ghosts It's so easy to love a bringer of destruction" Losing yourself to a dangerous and ultimately useless spiral of destruction.

"We'll run while devil in stitches goes and has his fun" The laughter of the establishment as we get caught up in ourselves.

Not going to parse through it but yours was the top of the pile and kind of hit on what I observed. It definitely seems like it's more intertwined with the song writers (I want to say Graffin but who knows) punk history than with their relationship history, as it immediately appears to be. I don't want to say they're pulling another "You Don't Belong" but there's at least two references "edge of a knife" and "wild in the streets" GBH and CJ respectively. But who knows if its tangential or if its metaphorical (Greg or Brett) because this just throws...