negativefour
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(7/21/07 3:02 pm)
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Lyric meaning?
I was listening to some DKM recently, and the song New American Way found it's way to my speakers, and for some reason I hadn't paid attention to the lyrics before. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas as to the intended message of the song?
I know that it is important that punks and skins make their message clear when they have one, so I figure that I should be sure of it before I make any judgements one way or the other.
In case anyone doesn't know what they are, these were pulled directly from the official site.
The New American Way
Lyrics/Music: Dropkick Murphys
The punishment no longer fits the crime
Each day when I wake up and I set my best foot forward I'll make an effort to be all that I can be. I take a look around me and I wonder how things change so much in the few short years since I was a young boy.
Do you know what we're fighting for? I know in an instant I could lose everything I'm working toward.
Chorus:
I know I'll win my battles though I fear we'll lose the war to the new American way.
The morals of this nation's youth have long gone astray lead by tolerance, indifference, and this kinder gentler way that has corrupted and destroyed so many of our boys and girls oh lord I start to wonder will it ever come around?
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