Bad Religion

[barbarin]

21st Century (Digital Boy)

21st Century (Digital Boy)

I can't believe it, the way you look sometimes, like a trampled flag on a city
street, oh yeah, and I don't want it, the things you're offering me,
symbolized bar code, quick i.d., oh yeah, I'm a 21st century digital boy,
I don't know how to live (or read) but I've got a lot of toys, my daddy is
a lazy middle class intellectual, my mommy's on valium, she's so
ineffectual, ain't life a mystery? I can't explain it, the things they're saying
to me, it's going yayayayayayaya, oh yeah, I tried to tell you about no
control, but now I really don't know, and then you told me how bad you
had to suffer, is that really all you have to offer?

 

[barbarin]

Misery And Famine

Misery And Famine

so proud a history, replete with sanctity,
orbs in their harmony, they sing their code to me, have you ever heard
yourself the orbit that you are in? the terse, oppressive blanket that's
instilled here by our spin, it's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot
see, misery and famine, it compels us naturally, misery and famine, great
ellipse, we bend to thee, misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy,
others who bear no name, who feel that life's a game, my verse they will
defame, we suffer all the same, they pay no regards to their position or
their speed, but the firmament still covers them with its malevolent seed,
it's misery and famine..., "you look for meaning in things no one
comprehends, you feel no affinity to the rabble we're in", sources of
inquiry have nothing to portend, they will perplex us all until the coming
end, a feeling of despair, hungry and full of care, we resent everywhere
the fortune that we share, "this earth could be a better place" is a concept
I condone, given our pathetic course our destiny is known, it's misery and
famine...

 

[barbarin]

Unacceptable

Unacceptable

irreducible is the word for today, plastic compounds and nuclear waste,
what the hell is the matter with the people on this planet? have we all gone
insane? the stigma of industrial progress killing us over and over again,
one part per trillion...unacceptable, one part per billion...unacceptable,
one part per million...unacceptable, this mammoth pogrom set upon us
courtesy of the U.S.A., inexcusable are the men before our time, I'd like
to kick their ass for what they left behind, cancer-causing chemicals,
ozone-depleting aerosols, we're all going to fry, so put your head
between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye

 

[barbarin]

Quality Or Quantity

Quality Or Quantity

offer me eternity, an I'll
trade a cup of coffee and a dime, looking for a handout on behalf of those
who have so little time, but who wants to live on just 70 cents a day?
padding your pockets doesn't make this a better place, "cereal and
water" is a feast for some you say, your price-tag on existence can't cover
your double face, quality or quantity: a choice you have to make, dipping
in the icing, bringing home the largest turkey from the field, breaking all
the piggy banks, scooping up the booty, licking all the right holes,
bolstering the payroll, why reduce life to a dollar amount per day? and
why let the world think this is the american way? your uneaten greens are
a feast for some you say, survival and living are concepts you can't
equate, quality or quantity, don't tell me they're the same

 

[barbarin]

Walk Away

Walk Away

shut off the t.v. and peel off those sunday
gloves, and I'll stain the clean that you've been counting, old mr. fletcher
passed by here today, after 40 years of toil he just up and walked away,
fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes, he shrugged when I asked him
about it, he said "young man pay heed, you listen well to what I say, "now
there comes a time for a man to walk away", walk away, I'll be a parade,
and I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade on my way, I'll sure take
some time to burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind, he passed by
again, and he was shivering from the cold, I'm not sure but I think that he
was trying, he told me about the weather and something old to pay, "but
tomorrow", he said, "I'm gonna surely walk away"

 

[barbarin]

Recipe For Hate

Recipe For Hate

can't you feel it can't you see it
the promise of prosperity
it's overwhelming you and me
it afflicts us like a disease
ubiquitous compelling too
we cling to you like crazy glue
and inject such a potent seed
it's best for all humanity
the spread of culture
the sword of progress
the vector of suffrage
a warm and septic breeze
the pomp and elation
the duty and vocation
the blood of the hybrid
it's just a recipe
re-living our ancestry
the frightful lack of harmony
our fore-fathers who led the way
their victims are still here today
now it's time to erase the story
of our bogus fate
our history as it's portrayed
it's just a recipe for hate

 

[barbarin]

Kerosene

Kerosene

everywhere I look I see
exclusive huddled
uninviting shelter
is privilege
of the sane and competent
kerosene keeps me warm
I'm alone to watch it burn
kerosene
exposure is a pitiful
and pointless way of dying
before it gets me
I'll set a funeral pyre
kerosene keeps me warm
I'm alone to watch it burn
kerosene
i'm a man and
my dignity won't wave
Tonight buildings rage!
kerosene keeps me warm
it feels so good
to watch it burn kerosene
kerosene keeps me warm
feels so good
to watch it burn kerosene

 

[barbarin]

American Jesus

American Jesus

i don't need to be a global citizen
because i'm blessed by nationality
i'm a member of a growing populace
we enforce our popularity
there are things that
seem to pull us under
and there are things
that drag us down
but there's a power
and a vital presence
thats lurking all around
we've got the american Jesus
see him on the interstate
we've got the American jesus
he helped build the
president's estate
i feel sorry
for the earth's population
'cuz so few
live in the u.s.a.
at least the foreigners
can copy our morality
they can visit but they cannot stay
only precious few
can garner the prosperity
it makes us walk
with renewed confidence
we've got a place to go when we die
and the architect resides right here
we've got the American Jesus
overwhelming millions every day
(exercising his authority)
he's the farmers barren fields
the force the army wields
the expression in the faces
of the starving children
the power of man
he's the fuel that drives the clan
he's the motive and the conscience
of the murderer
he's the preacher on t.v.
the false sincerity
the form letter that's written
by the big computers
he's the nuclear bombs
and the kids with no moms
and i'm fearful that
he's inside me

 

[barbarin]

Portrait Of Authority

Portrait Of Authority

nothing more nothing less
an icon on the wall decoration and
duress
that which may strive to be
its the marble statue standing over me
and nobody has the will to tear it down
it determines wrong and right
but to me its just a stereotype
and it makes us lose our sight
the portrait of authority
you tell me
that's what im supposed to be
(it embodies what he cannot be)
another time another man
an oppressive intrusion
and a plague across his land
and it haunts him every day
it tells him he has no chance
his hopes just fade away
and he lives his life
prepared to tear it down
but he can't muster the support
and to him it's just a stereotype
of his life-long fight

 

[barbarin]

Man With A Mission

Man With A Mission

rescue me when I get too deep,
talk to me there's nothing to tell,
Everyone, is a hypocrite,
look to me,
I'll save your soul
Now somebody out there must be
reading my mail,
Cuz' everybody knows
I'm a man with a mission,
coming to your town today,
I can damn you to fiery perdition,
Cuz' I'm a man with a mission
Follow me, when you give up,
Work for me, it'll serve you Well
Everyone is a hypocrite, come to me
I'll save your soul
Now somebody out there must be
tapping my phone,
Cuz' everybody knows
I'm a man with a mission,
I'm gonna fly you away,
High above the noise and competition
yeah I'm a man with a mission
I'm a man with a mission,
Passing through your town today
I condemn you
to fiery perdition,
yeah I'm a man with a mission