That Way
Resisting Conformity: Against All Authority's Anthem of Defiance
Lyrics
Here we go again good citizens
Expressing a recurring situation or event involving the general population.
Avert your eyes
Advising people to look away or avoid witnessing something disturbing.
As the innocent collide
Describing a collision of innocent individuals, possibly in a metaphorical sense.
Run and hide as the world sits and watches, hypnotized
Encouraging people to run and hide while the world remains passive and fascinated.
Another Belgrade sunset leaving town
Referring to a sunset in Belgrade, suggesting a departure or ending.
Another refugee Macedonia bound
Highlighting the plight of refugees heading towards Macedonia.
And the bombs still fall tearing the city down
Describing the destructive impact of bombs on a city.
And I want to beat you all black and blue
Expressing a desire to physically harm others due to differences.
Cause your not like me
Stating a perceived difference between the speaker and others.
And I ain't nothing like you
Emphasizing the speaker's dissimilarity to the people being addressed.
And I wanna keep it that way
Asserting a wish to maintain the existing separation and differences.
Facism gaining ground
Noting the rise of fascism as a concerning development.
An effective cleansing
Referring to a brutal cleansing process as a consequence of the mentioned political shift.
The borders are closing down
Indicating the closing of borders, limiting movement and migration.
The unwanted masses litter the bloodstained ground
Describing the aftermath of violence with unwanted masses on bloodstained ground.
And I don't really want to know and I don't care
Expressing apathy and disinterest in knowing about or caring for distant problems.
I've got my own problems and they're over here not there
Highlighting the speaker's focus on personal problems, detached from global issues.
A good american remains totally unaware
Criticizing an ignorant or oblivious American attitude towards international affairs.
And I want to beat you all black and blue
Reiterating the desire to harm others due to perceived differences.
Cause your not like me
Emphasizing the speaker's sense of uniqueness compared to those being criticized.
And I ain't nothing like you
Reiterating the desire to maintain the existing separation and differences.
And I wanna keep it that way
Asserting a wish to preserve the distinctiveness between the speaker and others.
So give us your tired your poor and your weak
Cynically referencing a call for compassion towards the tired, poor, and weak, juxtaposed with corporate development.
Cause we break ground for a Wal-mart there next week
Highlighting the irony of welcoming the needy while making way for a commercial entity.
And I wanna keep it that way
Reiterating the desire to maintain the status quo and avoid change.
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