Handbook for the Sellout
Unraveling the Sellout's Handbook
Lyrics
You found a way to draw a line,
Finding a way to establish a separation between oneself and the world.
Between the world and you.
Creating a facade by pretending to be someone else.
Faking your identity it's true.
Acknowledging the act of faking one's identity.
Did you think the word "alternative",
Questioning if the term "alternative" is exclusive and not meant for the listener.
Was only meant for the likes of you?
Challenging the assumption that being "alternative" is reserved for a specific group.
Do you think that they're too cool now?
Questioning the perceived coolness of those who are considered popular.
Being popular is lame.
Expressing a disdain for the idea that popularity is undesirable.
You're the one who made them popular,
Attributing the listener's role in making a band popular.
All their songs are still the same.
Asserting that despite popularity, the band's songs remain unchanged.
You found them first,
Highlighting the listener's early discovery of the band as a distinguishing factor.
It made you stand apart, you know?
Emphasizing the listener's uniqueness due to their initial discovery.
But then everyone jumped on the same bandwagon,
Pointing out the common trend of people joining the bandwagon.
Making you an average Joe,
Resulting in the listener becoming an ordinary individual.
A lemming for the mediocre,
Describing the listener as conforming to average and mediocre standards.
You were just a plain old joker status quo.
Characterizing the listener as a conformist joker, blending into the status quo.
Blame it on the band now.
Assigning blame to the band for the listener's current state.
If you pick them do they bleed?
Rhetorical question about the consequences for criticizing the band.
What's the point in playing what they want,
Questioning the purpose of playing what the band desires if success is hindered.
If you won't let them succeed?
Highlighting the irony of hindering the band's success despite supporting them.
Do you remember where we all came from?
Prompting a reflection on the origin and roots of the listener and the community.
Do you remember what it's all about?
Asking if the listener remembers the essence of their origin and purpose.
When you made a point to be objective,
Recalling a time when objectivity was prioritized before writing a sellout handbook.
Before you started writing Handbook for the Sellout?
Questioning the shift from objectivity to writing a handbook for selling out.
You sunk your worth in being different,
Accusing the listener of compromising individual value to conform to their own kind.
Just to be like your own kind.
Emphasizing the act of imitating one's own kind despite initial differences.
You traded in objectiveness,
Highlighting the sacrifice of objectivity for blindly following an underground culture.
For the underground you follow blind.
Condemning the listener's blind adherence to underground culture.
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