It sounds like the lyricist is done with fighting in this current political environment especially when he mentions he has a little baby. He can’t keep his hands off her. his hands used to be for fighting, now they’re purpose is to care for his child. He puts them on a shelf in case he needs to protect her.
The chorus is almost making fun of SJWs when he mentions the 1960s which was the Vietnam protests, civil rights for blacks. Those were actually something to fight for politically. Now, we just complain about the corrupt system we’re apart of. People are now just a rebel for the fun of it.
I really like the bridge bc it shows hypocrisy of war. Give up ur hopes n dreams. N it also seems like “stop flipping for the enemies” could be the smear campaign the corporations use to not allow minimum wage to go up to 15 dollars. “Flipping” could literally mean flipping burgers. and it sounds like he’s giving a nod to Sander’s tip to the middle kids (college debt) and Trumps famous wall. N then he says it doesn’t bother him either way. Let the wall fall down by being peaceful or fight a bullshit political war. we truly know we’re not under attack and we don’t need a wall to feel safe from immigrants.
The “1986” reference reminds me of the first line to “fight for your right” by the beastie boys which is “KICK IT”. I could be way off but I’m the same age as the members of Portugal the man. I still can’t believe they’re on the radio. They deserve it.
It sounds like the lyricist is done with fighting in this current political environment especially when he mentions he has a little baby. He can’t keep his hands off her. his hands used to be for fighting, now they’re purpose is to care for his child. He puts them on a shelf in case he needs to protect her.
The chorus is almost making fun of SJWs when he mentions the 1960s which was the Vietnam protests, civil rights for blacks. Those were actually something to fight for politically. Now, we just complain about the corrupt system we’re apart of. People are now just a rebel for the fun of it.
I really like the bridge bc it shows hypocrisy of war. Give up ur hopes n dreams. N it also seems like “stop flipping for the enemies” could be the smear campaign the corporations use to not allow minimum wage to go up to 15 dollars. “Flipping” could literally mean flipping burgers. and it sounds like he’s giving a nod to Sander’s tip to the middle kids (college debt) and Trumps famous wall. N then he says it doesn’t bother him either way. Let the wall fall down by being peaceful or fight a bullshit political war. we truly know we’re not under attack and we don’t need a wall to feel safe from immigrants.
The “1986” reference reminds me of the first line to “fight for your right” by the beastie boys which is “KICK IT”. I could be way off but I’m the same age as the members of Portugal the man. I still can’t believe they’re on the radio. They deserve it.