Separation Of Church And Skate
by NOFX

Album: War On Errorism (2003)
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  • Father:] Hey Kids!
    [Kids:] Hey Dad!
    [Father:] What'da want to do today?
    [Kids:] We don't know.
    [Father:] Wanna go to the matinee?
    [Kids:] NO!
    [Father:] Wanna go to the Amusement Park?
    [Kids:] NO!
    [Father:] Wanna go to the punk rock show?
    [Kids:] Yeah! Let's go to the punk rock show!

    Lost in a sea of combat boots,
    flush the bouncers with wasted youth
    When did punk rock become so safe?
    When did the scene become a joke?
    The kids who used to live for beer and speed
    now want their fries and coke
    Cursing and flipping birds are not allowed,
    in fact let's keep noise levels down

    Must separate the church and skate!

    Why don't we put pads on the kids?
    Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces!
    Then we could pad the floor and walls,
    put cameras inside bathroom stalls
    We make sure only nice bands play,
    make every show a matinee
    Teach kids to be all they can be,
    and we could sing my country tis of thee
    sweet land of liberty

    When did punk rock become so safe?
    I know it wasn't Duane or Fletcher,
    Who put up the barricades
    Like a stake in the heart,
    Somehow we got driven apart

    [solo]

    I want conflict! I want dissent!
    I want the scene to represent...
    Our hatred of authority,
    our fight against complacency
    stop singing songs about girls and love!
    You killed the owl! You freed the dove!
    confrontation and politics...
    Replaced with harmonies and shticks
    When did punk rock become so tame?
    These fucking bands all sound the same
    We want our fights we want our thugs!
    We want our burns we want our drugs!
    where is the violent apathy?!
    These fucking records are rated G!

    When did punk rock become so safe?!

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Comments: 1

  • Billy from New York, NyThis song is about how punk rock has become so censored and tame, instead of how it used to be, where they did drugs, rebelled, and hated authority, so they should separate the Church and Skate, or punk.
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