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Shawn The Sheep

I’ve been wanting to talk about these lyrics for a while now. So we all know that Rock And Roll Thugs is about the negative connotations associated with rock music. The whole point of the song is that people often see the drugs associated with the genre that they miss how much the music can help people. At first glance these lyrics just seem like the stereotypical teenage angst of “oh, no one understands me or knows what I’m going through” which I think is definitely the case. Their second album deals a lot with sort of making fun of the stereotypical teen angst. So I think that yes, these lyrics are a nod to that sort of teen angst. I also think that these lyrics can also be about the music in general. Like, “you’re not listening to the music. You don’t understand the meaning behind the lyrics.” And like, for me, I like that meaning better. Like I said, I think it’s both but the second one is more relateable. Like I grew up in a very Christian environment so the second verse of the song was basically my favorite part because it fit so well with my experience. And like I had started exploring gothic and punk music shortly after discovering Icon For Hire so I definitely got told that my music was satanic. But that music got me through so much. So like yeah, I like the idea that the lyrics mean that they don’t understand the song much better than the whole “no one understands me” meaning

Overall I just really love this music video, it’s a fun, sassy video that can pump you up and make you feel like you can take on the world!

Loook!!! She’s soo Perfect!! 😍😍

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