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If you’re a loser
but you’re sure you’d like to be put down in history;
You’ve got a cause
but you know no one wants to hear your ideology.
If you’re dejected or rejected
don’t you know I’ve got the perfect plan.
If you believe enough
it’s easy to become a Bomberman!
Bombers become heroes –
not right.
When the deed is done
reporters run to find the man who did the deed,
But to reward him with celebrity for killing:
Is that what we need?
They might print his manifesto,
they might run his picture every night.
There are no laws… but they lend credence to his cause;
I think it just aint right.
Bombers become heroes –
not right.
All this time we thought that
terrorists and against sought to do us in.
That may be true, but we forget
how much we wallow in our own sin.
We should worry,
but we have no need to import fear from somewhere else.
Thank you, we can make the terror right at home:
we do it to ourselves.
Bombers become heroes –
not right.
For every bomber there’s a
message
and that message can do you in:
"Hey! You! Look at me!
I’d kill you for some attention!"
And the rest of us,
we try to go about our lives as best we can.
But don’t stop living in fear,
anyone might be a BOMBERMAN!
This song started as a cover of Gary Numan's song Bombers, but quickly took on a life of it's own. At first, I thought it would be cool merely to update it to refer to current events, fellows such as the Unibomber or he Oklahoma City Bomber, but then I started rearranging the guitar parts and I ended up with a pretty different song. Still, I think the influence is unmistakable if you are familiar with the original. The original Gary Numan song can be found on his album "The Plan- 1978", which I highly recommend to anybody who enjoys my music.
The title of the song is also a reference to one of my favorite videogames, Bomberman by HudsonSoft. It really has nothing to do with the song. I had considered putting some Bomberman game music riffs in as a bridge or something, but I decided that it was more important to maintain copyright independence, considering the song's derivitive roots.
This version of the song is a bit uncomplete... I intend to add samples from news commentary of various bombings in recent events as soon as I figure out where to obtain them... as a result, the mix may sound a bit spartan.
This song does share a common theme with the rest of the album, although it isn't part of the "White Collar Punk" concept. The idea that we "do it to ourselves"... whether as individuals or as a society, our own self-destructive habits and beliefs are solely responsible for our downfall.
Those who would blame society often forget that, as part of society, they are also blaming themselves. Those who try to seperate themselves from society are merely trying to absolve themselves of blame. Everybody aspires to be blameless for their own failings, to have an excuse and thus be excused.
Myself included.... Especially me.
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