I dont usually do these kind of thing but

This song has sooo many truth in it, I can't let it go by.
For once I see meaning in a song lyrics.

Its quite long for a punk rock song 18:00+
But some part are really worth the reading

I taken the liberty to highlight my favorite parts.

NoFX - The Decline

Where are all the stupid people from? And how'd they get to be so dumb?
Bred on purple mountain range Feed amber waves of grains
To lesser human beings, zero feelings

Blame it on. Human nature, mans destiny
Blame it on the greediocracy
Fear of God, The fear of change, The fear of truth

Add the Bill of Rights, subtract the wrongs, There's no answers
Memorize and sing star spangled songs, When the questions
Aren't ever asked
Is anybody learning from the past? We're living in united stagnation

Father what have I done? I took that 22
A gift to me from you, To bed with me each night
Kept it clean, Polished it well
Cherished every cartridge, every shell

Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt, There's a carcass of my second kill
Down, by the park, under stone, under pine, There's a carcass of my brother William
Brother where, have you gone to? I swear, I never thought I could
I see so many times. They told me to shoot straight
Don't pull the trigger, squeeze. That will insure a kill
A kill is what you want. A kill is why we breed

The Christians love their guns. The church and NRA
Pray for their salvations. Prey on the lower faiths

The story book's been read, And every line believed
Curriculum's been set, Logic is a threat, Reason searched and seized

Jerry spent some time in Michigan
A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime
A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
A dime in California, a twenty dollar fine

Jerry only stayed a couple months. It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is simple and fast. It beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch

Don't think (Stay). Drink your wine (Home)
Watch the fire burn (Be). His problems not mine (Safe)
Just be that model citizen

I wish I had a schilling. For every senseless killing. I'd buy a government.
America's for sale. And you can get a good deal on it. And make a healthy profit
Or maybe, tear it apart. Start with assumption.
That a million people are smart. Smarter than one

Serotonin's gone. She gave up, drifted away
Sara fled, thought process gone. She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere. Messages no one will ever hear

Ten thousand messages a day. A million more transmissions lay. Victims of the laissez faire
Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns. A hundred decibels turns to one. One bullet, one empty head
Now with Serotonin gone

The man who used to speak. Performs a cute routine. Feel a little patronized. Don't feel bad
They found a way inside your head. And you feel a bit misled. It's not that they don't care, yeah

The television's put a thought inside your head. Like a Barry Manilow, jingle
I'd like, to teach the world to sing. In perfect harmony. A symphonic blank stare, yeah
It doesn't make you care. Not designed to make you care. They're betting you won't care.

Place a wager on your greed. A wager on your pride.
Why try to beat them when, a million others tried?

We are the whore. Intellectually spayed
We are the queer. Dysfunctionally raised

One more pill to kill the pain. One more pill to kill the pain. One more pill to kill the pain
Living through conformity

One more prayer to keep me safe. One more prayer to keep us warm.
One more prayer to keep us safe. There's gonna be a better place

Lost the battle, lost the war. Lost the things worth living for
Lost the will to win the fight. One more pill to kill the pain

Na na na na na
La na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na

The going get tough, the tough get debt. Don't pay attention, pay the rent
Next of kins pay for your sins. A little faith should keep us safe

Save us
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
When giving in is so damn comforting

And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth, but prefer lies
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Why go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat, live in decline
Be the victim of our own design
The status quo, built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?

Fellow members Club "We've Got Ours"
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his, and I've got mine
Meet the decline

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green*

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war


*Refer to the movie "Soylent Green" see wikipedia.


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