You're Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics

Lyric discussion by driver8ball 

Cover art for You're Gonna Go Far, Kid lyrics by Offspring, The

You know, I (obviously) know nothing about the lord of the flies. But every time I listen to this I’m seeing Columbine and then the 10,000 (and counting) subsequent mass school shootings being portrayed and represented here.

Why does this artist need to write a song about an insignificant book or movie?

Who gives two craps about that?

The song is about mass school shootings starting with Columbine, and going all the way through the unfortunate historical reality to today.

That is very significant. The book/movie is not.

[Edit: Necessary]

Negative
Subjective
Anger
Mass School Shootings
Columbine
Significance
Historical Reality
Criticism Of Interpretation

@driver8ball not really