Bad Religion - Against The Grain

Bad Religion
Against The Grain (1990)

Against The Grain

3000 miles of wilderness overcome by the flow
A lonely restitution of pavement pomp and show
I seek 1000 answers, I find but one or two
I maintain no discomfiture my path again renewed

Against the grain, that's where I'll stay
Swimming upstream, I maintain against the grain

Here labelled as lunatic, sequestered and content
There ignored and defeated by the government
There's an oriented public who's magnetic force does pull
But away from the potential of the individual

The flow is getting stronger with smaller increments of time
And eddies of new ideas are increasingly hard to find
You need all that the other has your right to seize the day
But in all your acquisitions you will soon be swept away

There's a common consensus and an uncomfortable cheer
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear
It sings "leave your cares behind you, just grab tenaciously
This lulling sense of purpose will destroy us rapidly"

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[KidSillyFresh]

Is it just me, or is everyone else in here completely dumb to the fact that Bad Religion has been rockin your god fearing faces off for like 30 years?

[cpfromlb]

thanks for the post... i caused so much havoc and destruction to this album. turns out sowing my oats in anarchy and rebellion were a necessity for me. I still maintain against the grain.

[cbone72]

against the grain on dp is good but this song is awful

[JOE40341]

best segment on the dp show

[burningbeard12]

This song makes me feel alive.

[jigafox]

Its 79...and Wiki is not a credible source. Its accurate often...but never cite from there...I have personally been burned by doing that!!!!!! -Law school student-

[jigafox]

Loving Jesus is all good with BR...its organized religion in general that is fucked up. I dont believe Jesus was god...but he was definitely a great guy with a good message!

[FoxNewsChannelSux]

MCLOVIN!!!!



[Micah Taylor]

i find no conflict in liking bad religion and loving Jesus. great band speaking truth

[chainrelease]

One of their best songs!

[njmicp]

They'd have had to start the band when they were about 6 years old. They formed in 1979...33 Years.

[MikeKostkaaaaaa]

I get hard every time I hear this song on The Dan Patrick Show.