Bad Religion - Ad Hominem (Album Version)

Written by: Greg Graffin

See all people in Afghanistan praying to the gods and living in the sand.
Somebody's gonna have to set them free, nobody hears the call or command.
But it's a long way to Harlem, and a long stretch to the king of Siam.
And if you don't have a penny, why should I give a damn?

Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am?
Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am.

See all the suckers in the handout line living on scraps and they don't have a dime.
Waiting for endless charity devoid of any sense of posterity.
Well there's no Great Depression and there's no Great Society.
And only few go to heaven, all the rest are damned and free.

Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am?
Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am.

I'm just a soft-cover version of a much harder tale.
A walking resemblance of ruts in the trail.
Is it possible to divide your ideas and beliefs. Ideas and beliefs.
Ideas and beliefs from the people that you don't like?

Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am?
Ad Hominem. You think you're better than I am.

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[dirtydon666]

I was born on planet Earth, the rotating ball where man comes first... oops.... I mean, awesome! Seriously, the distorted intro to this song is fucking sick! I love it.

[thisisfun815]

Bad Religion has just a awesome feel from this album, this punk lyrics but not quite punk singing, this just harmonic thing that is just amazing

[Terremides]

would anyone care to explain thelyrics please?

[firstadamswife]

@themurderofcoke Well, I love BR but if you say "Punk is what you make it" then Michael Bublé is Punk... lol! ,-) Let's say that BR music is not "traditional Punk style", but this is a good thing, because they made a new, original kind of Punk style.

[themurderofcoke]

@thisisfun815 Not punk singing? Can YOU define punk? No. You can't. Punk is what you make it.

[firstadamswife]

@steveyahu Aw, what a sophistry! In the song we find the phrase "I am" just in order to rhyme with "Ad Hominem", the figure of speech that's an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic of the person supporting it.

[aaaaaaaaa7777]

@eatmeimsteak Yea, you're pretty much the only one who thinks this song sounds like Pocket Full of Sunshine

[abdallex]

@Cr1mSiR actually, this helped me understand the meaning of the song even more!

[Cr1mSiR]

@TheDorks1000 ad hominem is one of the logical fallacies of relevance, its where you attack a person's character instead of making a valid argument.

[Cr1mSiR]

Saw this in my logic class

[MrFight2keep]

reminds me a lot of watch it die

[eatmeimsteak]

fuck am i the only that thinks this sounds like pocket full of sunshine? still love this song though.