Admit It Again
Unveiling the Deceptive Charade: Say Anything's Anthem Against Pseudo-Individuality
Lyrics
When I'm dead, I'll rest, I'll rest
The repetition emphasizes the idea of finding rest after death.
When I'm dead, I'll rest, I'll rest
-Admit it, you lecherous douche!
An accusation directed at someone, possibly for being insincere or hypocritical.
You were listening to my band in 2004 though you claim you were reared on the stooges
Criticizing someone for claiming to be a fan since 2004 but pretending to have a different musical background.
Your entire facade is a line that you feed to anorexic actresses
Suggesting that the person's entire persona is a fabrication told to underweight actresses.
Who would have laughed at your jacked-up Navajo haircut, less than a decade ago
Making fun of the person's hairstyle and pointing out changes in fashion over the past decade.
Don't wanna hear about how the latest Rihanna single is a post-modern masterpiece
Rejecting the importance of the person's opinion on modern music, particularly Rihanna's work.
Stop punishing me!
An appeal to stop causing emotional harm or distress.
Fueled by a potent mixture of cocaine and latent insecurity
Implying that the person's behavior is influenced by a mix of drugs and deep-seated insecurities.
Defining your own self-worth by the opinion of a stupid website with Satan as its figurehead
Criticizing the person for basing their self-worth on the opinions of others, especially on a website with Satanic associations.
Now you pass your pestilence on to your riddled and addled children
Accusing the person of passing on negative influences to their offspring.
Well my mother didn't raise no fool
Asserting that the speaker's mother raised them wisely.
God, my blood boils at the thought of you!
Expressing intense anger and frustration towards the person.
Poser, die!
A forceful wish for the person to cease pretending or posing.
(Again! Again! Again!)
Reiterating the speaker's determination not to be negatively influenced by the person.
You'll never cut me down again
-(Again! Again! Again!)
-You'll never cut me down
-And your crap reigns down
Symbolizing the negative impact of the person's influence, depicted as "crap reigning down."
And the crap reigns down
-And the crap reigns down
-And the crap reigns down
-I'm sure you're proud that you've usurped the "popular kids table"
Commenting on the person's pride in joining a supposedly exclusive social group.
You son of a (ineffable)
A term of insult, implying the person's negative qualities.
Which means you've forfeited your dubious anti-cred by buying into your own inflated hype
Criticizing the person for losing credibility by believing in their own hype.
And I don't define my enemies by the clothes they wear or the pretentious bands they like
Rejecting judgment based on appearance or musical preferences, focusing on the attempt to control others.
It's about how you seek to control minds, just to appease what you've always lacked!
Highlighting the person's desire for control as a response to personal deficiencies.
(Again! Again! Again!)
Reaffirming the speaker's determination to resist the person's influence.
You'll never have your say again
-(Again! Again! Again!)
-You'll never wield those words again
-(Again! Again! Again!)
-You'll never have your say again
-(Caught up in it! So full of it! You'll never have your say again!)
-And the crap reigns down!
Continuing the metaphor of negative influence, represented as "crap reigning down."
And the crap reigns down!
-And the crap reigns down!
-And the crap reigns down!
-Don't want nobody, don't need nobody but me
Expressing independence and a rejection of external influences on the speaker's life.
No ashtray-life, no ant-farm university
-When I rid my skin and reveal my core, you'll see
-When I perpetrate your reverse-lobotomy
-You'll see
Suggesting that revealing the speaker's true self will have a profound impact.
I'm all, I wanna be!
Repetition emphasizing the speaker's desire for self-fulfillment and independence.
I'm all, That I wanna be!
-I'm all, I wanna be!
-Don't want nobody, don't need nobody but me!
-I'm all, I wanna be!
-I'm all, That I wanna be!
-I'm all, I wanna be!
-Don't want nobody, don't need nobody but me!
Reiterating the speaker's self-sufficiency and rejection of external dependencies.
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