Hayley said in ur Instagram: “I can answer that! we were kids when we wrote it & the idea of authority vs abuse of power was something that i wondered about a lot. Its not an "I hate my parents" type of song but rather my own questions about identity and choices that were either influenced or dictated by people who were bigger, older, "stronger" than me. One of the coolest things for me was that this was a poem I had written before my first time writing/practicing with the guys... And when they played me the music, Il just started singing the words with whatever melody popped into my head. It's the first song we ever wrote together. January 2003, I believe? So hard to remember but I think that's”
Hayley said in ur Instagram: “I can answer that! we were kids when we wrote it & the idea of authority vs abuse of power was something that i wondered about a lot. Its not an "I hate my parents" type of song but rather my own questions about identity and choices that were either influenced or dictated by people who were bigger, older, "stronger" than me. One of the coolest things for me was that this was a poem I had written before my first time writing/practicing with the guys... And when they played me the music, Il just started singing the words with whatever melody popped into my head. It's the first song we ever wrote together. January 2003, I believe? So hard to remember but I think that's”