True North

8 ContributorsPast Is Dead Lyrics“Past Is Dead” is a song released by Bad Religion as the second track on their 2013 album True North.Solemn regret

Transgressions fill my head

A measure of success

Is how well to forget

And the past is dead

Strewn about the battlefield of life are the remainders of history

When convenient we exalt them

And pay them such respect

As if we're all in an equivalent trajectory

And trash piles high

In the rubble we forgot

The angels of our nature

Just sit and watch it rot

Now, the past is dead

Let's focus on tomorrow instead

Oh the tragic present said

The past is dead

Who can say what constitutes the most important sector of society?

When the dominant portion

Seek an instant gratification

And are proud of intellectual poverty

I'd like to be

Empathetic, but I can't

The jeopardy's

Too great to make a stand

Now, the past is dead

Good deeds won't help you get ahead

Yeah, the modern signpost read

The past is dead

My next great decision is just lying in wait

My action might turn out to be the world's most grievous mistake

Wach-o!

Yeah, the past is dead

More veritable words have never been read

Oh, the tragic present said, "the past is dead"

12 ContributorsRobin Hood in Reverse Lyrics“Robin Hood In Reverse” is a song released by Bad Religion as the third track on their 2013 album, True North. Its title comes from a quote by Obama in 2012, where he characterized opponent Mitt Romney’s tax… Read More Here is the church, there is the steeple

Open up the door, corporations are people

Wait what did he say?

What the fuck did he say?

It couldn't last, they had to crash

Some parties are just made that way

But when the bell rings, the boys will sing

Swing low sweet precariat

"Let's say we try to get this right"

Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ

And when the old fox, fearing the worst

Made his entrance in a hearse

Then the nine in black robes all went berserk

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse

Citizens united, I was excited

When the kids are united, they can never be divided

But that was yesterday

There's a brand new sham to today

"Let's say we try to get this right"

Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ

And when the old fox, fearing the worst

Made his entrance in a hearse

Then the nine in black robes all went berserk

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse

14 ContributorsFuck You Lyrics“Fuck You” was the first single from True North, and received some airplay, likely due to its controversy-grabbing name. The song is a sarcastic endorsement of those who cannot formulate their own argument… Read More Everybody needs a slogan in their pocket or two

It never hurts to have a strategy you can go to

Sometimes I have no sense at all

As most flawed men are won't to do

Just say fuck you

Pavlovian rude

A menace too

Pay homage to

Your bad attitude

You can even get cerebral if you want to

Make a radical assessment that sticks like glue

Sometimes it takes no thought at all

The easiest thing to do

Is say fuck you

Pavlovian rude

A menace too

Pay homage to

Your bad attitude

The reaction it brings, just one of those things

Your friends might not want you around

If the impulse is right you might get in a fight

Even though you can't hold your ground

But all rest assured, sometimes just a word

Is the most satisfying sound

Sometimes it makes no sense at all

The easiest thing to do

Is say fuck you

Pavlovian rude

A menace to

Pay homage to

Your bad attitude

Just say fuck you

5 ContributorsCrisis Time Lyrics“Crisis Time” is a song released by Bad Religion as the tenth track on their 2013 album, True North.There's a feeling about myself that I can't understand

It's a foreboding sense that I see all around the land

When the wheel of fortune turns progressively depraved

It's the manifestation of a biospheric decay

Keep yourself in line, there's no design

The new paradigm is crisis time

Luxury was privilege and I knew it all along

But to let human reason get trumped by emotion is wrong

All the bonds were broken when I said I loved you so

But rejection of a fantasy is just a way to help you grow

Keep yourself in line, there's no design

The new paradigm is crisis time

There's a feeling about myself, I feel it oh so strong

It's a romantic notion and I've cared about it far too long

On the crest of progress we can't balance on the wave

If the measure of success is only tallied in the lives we save

Keep yourself in line, there's no design

The new paradigm is crisis time

6 ContributorsPopular Consensus Lyrics“Popular Consensus” is a song released by Bad Religion as the thirteenth track on their 2013 album, True North.Some people are almost impossible to live with

Some people have faith in the craziest things

They follow outdated conventions that were recorded

But most of it to me all sounds insane

Maybe it's all you need

To get you through the night

Maybe you've seen the light

But you know that popular consensus doesn't make it right

Nothing can go on while forever increasing

The universe expanding is a different thing

But to turn a nasty habit into a virtue

Can't replace the need for charity

Maybe it's all you need

To help you through the night

Maybe you've seen the light

But you know the popular consensus doesn't make it right

Like the seed of all creation or a doomsday scheme

The future might be bright or bleak

But you know the popular consensus doesn't mean much to me