Album: Nothing Is Sound (2005)

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• (Oh, Oh, Oh,)
  
  Everything is broken,
  Everything is broken,
  Everything is breaking down, breaking down
  
  Everything is bleeding,
  Everything is bleeding,
  Everything is breaking down, breaking down
  
  I pledge allegiance to a country without borders,
  Without Politicians,
  Watching for my sky to get torn apart
  
  We are broken, we are bitter, we're the problem,
  We're the Politicians,
  Watching for our sky to get torn apart
  
  (Come on and break me)
  
  Entropy and aching,
  Where have we been aiming?
  Everything is fading now,
  Fading now
  
  We are the faded,
  Splintered and sedated
  Everything is fading now,
  Fading now
  
  I pledge allegiance to a country without borders,
  Without Politicians,
  Watching for my sky to get torn apart
  
  We are broken, we are bitter, we're the problem,
  We're the Politicians,
  Watching for our sky to get torn apart
  
  (Come on and break me)
  (Come on and break me)
  
  Oh!
  Oh!
  
  I pledge allegiance to a country without borders,
  Without Politicians,
  Politicians,
  Politicians,
  
  I am broken, I am bitter!
  I'm the problem, I'm the Politician,
  Watching for my sky to get torn apart
  
  (Come on and break me)
  (Come on and break me) Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Comments: 6

• Sam from VictoriaI disagree with the assessment made by SongFacts. Switchfoot, despite what they may say publically, is a very political band. One of their other songs, American Dream, is also about fighting for a better world, and how money corrupts people. Another song of theirs, Afterlife, is about how they want to make the world NOW better, instead of waiting for heaven. This song is a call to action, for people to come together and make a better world without separation, without 'politicians' who seek to divide us. It is also an acknowledgement that we as humans have flaws, that we are 'politicians' ourselves, and that we need to work through our prejudices to become better people.
• Emily from Flint, MiEverytime I hear this song I want to protest something.
• Mark from Pittsburgh, Pa"I am broken, I am bitter
  I'm the problem, I'm the politician
  Watching for my sky to get torn apart
  C'mon and break me"
  
  Seems pretty clear to me what the song's about.
  
• Marvelboy_04 from Nc, NcThis song is about Heaven. One of the theme's of the album Nothing is Sound has is a theme of nothing in this world that we're living in is worth anything compared to what it will be in heaven. Look at the album cover. Its got a man on it on a ladder climbing for Heaven. "I pledge allegiance to a country without borders without poloticians." That "country" is Heaven.
• Christopher Czaja from Phoenix, AzJon Foreman said at a concert I attended that the song is not an attack on the Bush administration.
• John from Newmarket, CanadaAs singer Jon Foreman said: "We played this one downtown in Washington DC, surrounded on all sides by the government buildings. You see, I believe in democracy because I mistrust all humanity equally, (including myself). Power corrupts us all and we become political, (in the worst connotation of the word). We become simply pawns of our own insatiable hunger for control. Maybe control is a myth, like Santa Claus or the easter bunny: a nice fable that makes the children want to be good all year round. Well, seems to me there's a monster in all of us. I pledge allegiance to a nation without borders, without pride, without politicians like ourselves."

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