Price Too High to Pay
Resist Conformity: The Costly Price of Following the Crowd
Lyrics
So what you gonna do, you gonna stick with the crowd
Reflects on the choice of conforming to the crowd or making individual decisions
Walk the streets of the city following the biggest mouth
Suggests following the most outspoken individuals in the city
They want you for their dreams full of hate and oppression
Highlights the crowd's desire for conformity, promoting negative values of hatred and oppression
When they're done they're all the same weekend politicians
Criticizes those who adopt political stances only on weekends, lacking true commitment
What they're gonna give you ain't nothing
Warns that what the crowd offers is insignificant compared to what they will take away
To what they'll take away
Emphasizes the high cost of surrendering to the crowd's influence
And that's a price too high to pay
States that succumbing to negative influences comes at a price that is too high
So don't let them have your mind don't get left on the shelf
Advises against losing one's identity and being passive in the face of conformity
Don't fight the innocent they need some of your help
Encourages helping the innocent rather than fighting them
You are the future be true to yourself
Urges staying true to oneself, acknowledging individual importance in shaping the future
You are the shock troops it's your way out of here
Refers to the listener as the "shock troops," suggesting a rebellious path as an escape
What they're gonna give you ain't nothing
Reiterates the insignificance of what the crowd offers in comparison to what they take away
To what they'll take away
Reemphasizes the high cost of surrendering to negative influences
And that's a price too high to pay
Reiterates that succumbing to the crowd's influence is a price that is too high
A price too high
Repeated chorus emphasizing the concept of a price too high to pay
A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high to pay
-So what you gonna do, you gonna stick with the crowd
Repetition of earlier verses, reinforcing the negative aspects of conforming to the crowd
Walk the streets of the city following the biggest mouth
-They want you for their dreams full of hate and oppression
-When they're done they're all the same weekend politicians
-What they're gonna give you ain't nothing
Reiterates the contrast between what the crowd gives and what they take away
To what they'll take away
Reemphasizes the high cost of surrendering to negative influences
And that's a price too high to pay
Restates that succumbing to the crowd's influence is a price that is too high
A price too high
Repeated chorus underlining the notion of a price too high to pay
A price too high
-A price too high
-A price too high
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