Bad Religion - Don't Sell Me Short Lyrics






we don't need any more mountains
because the trail builders
failed to give us passage there
so we can't reach the sky
we don't need any more failure
there is human tragedy
that's written everywhere
and we are all too young to die
like a mystery that's here to stay
some people never go away
cuz they've got something to say
don't sell me short!
you've been wrong too long
don't brush me off
just because I don't belong
like it or not I'm all you've got,
dispose when I'm shot
just don't sell me short,
I might not be who you thought
we don't need any more fables
because the writers have passed
and left us lessonless
and we must find our own way
we don't need any more privilege
there is vivid desperation
that is powerless
that no surplus can repay
like the fix of rapture in a trance
oh, fates are sealed by circumstance
so you've got to take a chance
don't sell me short!
you've been wrong too long
don't brush me off
just because I don't belong
pass me on by, ignore my cry,
forget me when I die
just don't sell me short,
not while I'm still alive
everybody's talking about heaven on earth,
I'm still trying to figure out
just what I'm worth
I'm full of emotion
and stuff you can't contain
and you just want to
flush me down the drain
but you can't make me go away





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  1. J.... D....

    Jesus Christ listen to that fucking bass line. Jay is a fucking god.

  2. J.... A....

    It's about jesus

  3. M.... M....

    doble guitar solo 👉 2:52 👈

  4. a.... l....

    Masterpiece as always. Simple and profound at once. Life-changing band

  5. G.... S....

    You just wanna flush me down the drain

  6. W.... m....

    Dont sell me shorts!

  7. A.... B....

    Amo esta canción!!!!!

  8. C.... P....

    This song seriously got me through a really shitty time. I just kept listening to it over and over while trying to get past a really difficult hurdle, until I finally did. Thanks, BR.

  9. M.... C....

    Is Universal/know not an amazing amazing name, same symbol w/o the cross. I think that the cross causes a lot of people to not hear Your Sygnal. /Consider/

    M.... C....

    Accepted, who is he?

  10. M.... C....

    Truly Georgeous SoNg Greg.

  11. G.... B....

    love them!!

  12. v.... ....

    Dont sell me short....

  13. m.... c....

    This song is a banger could possibly of saved this album from being a washout

    m.... c....

    Hopeless Housewife is good too but this is the best on the album for sure.

  14. G.... ....

    I really love this album I can see why it failed though at times it gets real poppy borderline pop punk which was big at the time but you'd think Bad Religion are better than that.

  15. F.... ....

    "Like it or not I'm all you've got"

  16. C.... ....

    So much mainstream.

  17. K.... W....

    Don't sell me short! Words too eat!

  18. L.... R....

    Bad never dies, essa banda é eterna.

  19. o.... .....

    Fuckin love the two guitar solo at the end

  20. P.... N....

    Such a classic

  21. m.... m....

    reminds me of my teenage years...! nice old days....

  22. m.... m....

    fucking bosses...! ;)

  23. g.... ....

    Don't know wether this will be too obivous or if you just disagree with me, but i must share the way i hear this song, because the message in it is so important to modern world.

    "We don't need any more mountains
    Because the trail builders
    Failed to give us passage there,
    So we can't reach the sky"

    I hear this as a criticism towards the modern extreme-materialism where anything that cannot be proven trough modern science is thought nonexistent and meaningless. Science couldn't find heaven from skies, therefore we have no soul, nor our existence have a meaning, which removes the moral issue of harnessing our existence to their own profit, and which is used to lead us away from awareness of our individual experience and personal desire, towards the dystopic collectivism that we live in.

    "We don't need any more failure
    There is human tragedy
    That's written everywhere
    And we are all too young to die"

    Human tragedy, meaning the modern world itself, which is forcefully leading the whole existence of mankind towards destruction. Our existence has a huge potential exploring the space, exploring our minds, our nature, and philosophy - we should not waste it by killing ourselves personally, or by destroying this planet with our shallow desires of material success and power over one another, which our current society is all about.

    "We don't need any more fables
    Because the writers have passed
    And left us lessonless
    And we must find our own way"

    The modern religion is not our salvation. It's just another way to distract us from reality - what the modern society is doing to us and to the planet - to think that whatever happens here there will be a greater good at the end, which just gives them free hands to use us in their own good. We need to open our eyes and take the future into our own hands; we have the power, but everything around us is just distracting us from it.

    "We don't need any more privilege
    There is vivid desperation
    That is powerless
    That no surplus can repay"

    Simply a statement that the road we are on will not last for long - the planet doesn't have the resources to support our current way of living.

    "Don't sell me short!
    You've been wrong too long
    Don't brush me off
    Just because I don't belong
    Like it or not I'm all you've got,
    Dispose when I'm shot
    Just don't sell me short,
    I might not be who you thought"

    Quite obvious metaphor to the short selling of stock. The way the modern society sees us is just a tools of profit - not human, not individuals, but just as a tools to serve their own good in an expense of the whole humanity and our future on this planet. I'm an individual, a person with my own will, my own emotions, given a chance to experience my personal journey on this time on this planet, and just that the society doesn't treat me that way doesn't change it. Society may ignore it, but it still exist - me, as an individual. I don't want you to treat me any special, just don't treat me as something which value can be measured in money.

    g.... ....

    I don't know, I'm on that abbreviated 5 word comment level

    g.... ....

    Agreed.

  24. A.... M....

    hello Brett bye epic

    A.... M....

    At 3:54

  25. c.... r....

    4-20 sf yeah

  26. M.... T....

    Best song on TNA. very positive and well worded

  27. H.... M....

    They`re just great. Check out the new album true north. Still amazing

    H.... M....

    My favorite on that album is Fuck You!!

  28. e.... ....

    Good song, great lyrics

  29. L.... M....

    I've one word for this song: AWESOME!!!!!!

    I hope they can come to Colombia the next year!!!!!

  30. f.... ....

    best band with best vocals..

  31. T.... ....

    simply legendary. too bad that the new america was a commercial failure and it ended up buried under all the great other Bad Religion albums. Gems like these need to be heard everywhere. Damn, just 35k views? That's just sad

    T.... ....

    TheHenchman this album is not a gem as a whole. But I’d say 1/3 of the songs are brilliant

  32. G.... C....

    bad religion forever !

  33. T.... R....

    This is such an underrated song (as is the album).

  34. m.... c....

    best song on the album :)

  35. J.... M....

    thanks for all the music over the years best song ever

  36. C.... G....

    Master Piece!

  37. m.... ....

    Amazing

  38. a.... ....

    first album i ever bought

    a.... ....

    Wow, that blows my mind and makes me feel absolutely ancient... lol

    Anyway, welcome, young Bad Religion fan! It's awesome that a band I was into as a teen is not thought to be some old, gross antiquated shit like I thought of the Rolling Stones or something at that age haha.

  39. b.... ....

    yes. Thank you..

  40. s.... ....

    why is this album always overlooked?

  41. b.... ....

    UNO DE LOS MEJORES TEMAS DE BAD RELIGION SIMPLEMENTE

  42. 1.... ....

    this ladies n gents is...

    JUST MY FAVOURITE BAND !

  43. i.... ....

    The Internet needed this like Milk needs Cookies. Thank you good sir.

  44. F.... K....

    cojonuda!!!

  45. j.... ....

    I first bought this album at Wal-Mart of all places. I'd bought a couple of BR albums (Generator and No Substance) before, and when I saw this on the shelf of Wal-Mart, I just had to get it. Haven't regreted it since.

  46. F.... ....

    Amazing song

  47. n.... ....

    i wish more bad religion songs were personal, cause they write such great lyrics

  48. F.... B....

    This song brings me so many good memories. thanx.