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Anger got bare knuckles

Anger play the fool

Anger wear a crown of thorns

Reverse the golden rule

 

 

 

This chunk of the song always gets me thinking of its meaning - and I often think it means different things. Just wondering what others think these lines mean.

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QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Feb 25 2011, 09:49 AM)
Anger got bare knuckles
Anger play the fool
Anger wear a crown of thorns
Reverse the golden rule



This chunk of the song always gets me thinking of its meaning - and I often think it means different things. Just wondering what others think these lines mean.

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We're allegedly taught the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." When we're little kids, parents and other grown-ups tell us that we should always practice the Golden Rule.

 

But then we grow older, and we see that the Golden Rule is not practiced all that often. We see the opposite. In our own homes, in school, at work, out on the street, we see the anger, the mistrust, the fighting, the bruises, the misery, the lies, the bullying, the suffering.....

 

....and too often, we take part in it. We repeat it. We continue the hypocrisy of reversing the Golden Rule.

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the 1st part:

I think this means, that anger can get you into

some serious trouble,depending on the situation.

(if your strong, you'll get out of it unscathed..

If not, you could get your ass kicked!)

When we're angry,sometimes we take/make irrational

actions/choices/ that can have a very adverse

effect on our lives,and can effect other people,

sometimes without even being aware of it...

or we might be aware of it, and we just don't

give a crap.((my dad was like that.He had alot

of Irish and Indian in his blood..and was military/

a war vet. Plus he was a SERIOUS boozer.))

 

Thats what I get from the 1st two lines.

 

the 2nd part :

I think this means that anger is sometimes very

justified,again, depending on the situation.

Rightious indignation is one form of anger that

is usually acceptable at a high percentage rate.

 

I think thats what the 3rd line means.

 

I think the 4th line means that when we're angry,

we become the opposite of a decent human being.

We let our anger get the best of us...in other words:

think before you explode in anger, and do something

you might regret later on...step back,take a deep

breath---then rationalize..then find a better way

to a more positive conclusion.

 

That's what I get out of that verse...

Awesome tune ,btw.

 

(Sorry for this out control half-rant/whatcha-ma- call it....

Dang, geno..didn't realize it was a mile long!)

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