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Old 08-09-2003, 01:40 AM
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Lyric explanation for Us & Them

Anybody care to break it down and explain it line by line, or every few lines or so?
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Old 08-09-2003, 03:11 AM
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Old 08-09-2003, 03:28 AM
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Why do you post here? I thought this forum could have been a place away from my normal IGN board posting... hopefully not all the posters are junk
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Old 08-09-2003, 03:43 AM
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Re: Lyric explanation for Us & Them

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Anybody care to break it down and explain it line by line, or every few lines or so?
How about you do it for us.
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Old 08-09-2003, 04:16 AM
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I'm not sure what Roger meant with every line, but this song is basically Roger getting sick of war and violence, which helps you to get mad, which is the main idea of DSOTM. Welcome to the board Floydian GP BTW . Beware THEM.
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Old 08-09-2003, 04:38 AM
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What, those two? Are those the only two wastes on this board ?
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Old 08-09-2003, 05:34 AM
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Old 08-09-2003, 08:46 AM
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My my, this chap sounds like a revolutionary! Welcome to the forum!
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Old 08-09-2003, 03:08 PM
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I only answered your question.

If you didn't want an honest answer why bother asking it?

Also, if you are so slow you can't figure out what the basic idea is behind a song that is pretty explicit, well, you deserve the mockery.

Unless you are 6 years old, in that case, my apologies.
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Old 08-09-2003, 05:20 PM
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What NNJ said. It's not that ambiguous.

Us & Them is about 'war'. From war between nations to the personal war you have with that weasel trying to beat you to that last parking space.

One basic human characteristic is to separate into like groups, and then perceive others as the 'enemy'.

Roger is just lamenting this fact. In his Marxist fantasyland, these nasty traits would all be gone forever.
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Old 08-09-2003, 08:44 PM
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Even in my nonMarxist fantasyland, those traits would be nonexistent.
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Old 08-09-2003, 08:48 PM
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Geez NNJ!!!!!!!

Welcome to the boards there fellow Floydian, we don't all bite.
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Old 08-09-2003, 09:00 PM
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But those who do will really take a chunk out of your ass.
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Old 08-09-2003, 09:26 PM
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Old 08-09-2003, 09:31 PM
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I know, and I don't remember asking you to stop.
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