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This song is about the news media and how it's stupid. Rabble rabble rabble. I don't know. Musically it's probably one of our favorites. Lyrically it was written so long ago I'm not sure how much we can really identify with it anymore. I mean, the news media is still stupid. The song is really a response to how unsafe turning on our TV's makes us feel. All we see is dead soldiers, dead civilians, military escalation, and global hatred towards America. This is a real testament to what watching the news was like under the Bush administration.

But that's the thing...me looking back on mostly lyrics of ours from high school and applying some more insightful message than was perhaps necessary. It's odd. But then again, that's what I've always loved about a lot of punk rock. Intrinsically the lyrics may not be the most meaningful or poetic, but what's important is finding the poetry admits the anger and crudeness. Or maybe we should just write better. Whatever, this was from high school. Get off our backs.

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The reoccurring media feed condemning all the rogue countries. Gouge out my eyes so I can’t see. Kill my brain so I can’t perceive all the sickening pictures and the flashing lights. The over played phrase “Someone died tonight.” The news is a world-wide overhead. Terrorists take notes and we’re over exposed.

You give me your opinions but I don’t give a shit. Without me you’re lost and I tune in to watch all your fucking flaws. Without me you’re lost.

The reoccurring media feed condemning all the rogue countries. Gouge out my eyes so I can’t see. Kill my brain so I can’t perceive all the bullet ridden corpses and the flashing lights. The over played phrase “Someone died tonight.” There’s a 747 flying overhead
I can’t take it and we’re over exposed.

Media, media a fucking crime.

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from OnStar Fucked Me Over!, released March 18, 2009
Music - Tom
Lyrics - Tom

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