An American Dream lyrics

The song is simply about the american dream and how corrupt it is. The pieces about forcing consumption are talking about how we continually take things, and we never hear that it is enough. We are a greedy society. This certainly isn't anti-bush or anti-government, abr doesn't dabble in politics, it is about the corrupt morals of our society and thinking that we should always have more. Kids being spoiled rotten, believing this is destiny, it is a critique of our way of life. Also, the breathing underwater is in reference to this not being our true nature, rather a learned one.

@iluvsloppyseconds
"its us against the world means that the whole world is sinful and atheist and making devout christians look like fools"

Are you for reals?

Iluvsloppyseconds, its a play on words of the pledge of allegiance, nothing more. There is nothing said about atheists or christians in any way, shape, or form. Its obviously about how corrupt america is, and i hate people who think every single abr song is about god and jesus

This song really pertains to today's world. As it talks about how government is taking over the world and how people are having limited freedoms.

Sounds to me like an anti war song. Bush administration, iraq etc. The outcome is no longer an american dream. "the few, the proud, no longer singing their song. " even people that were pro war are now against it, remembers me of the mother from that docu fahrenheit 9/11. All the time so proud of her son, with a flag in her frontyard. Until he died overseas and from there on she was against the war. "we are trying to breath underwater" try to do the impossible. Probably americas mission as a self-proclaimed world police to bring peace and democracy to the whole world. "one nation under god, it's us against the world" bush justified his policy in the name of god, fight against the evil in the world.. Axis of evil... "cut the tounge from society... " censorship. Pretend nothing happened to americans in the middle east and hide the children from what did happen. Overall people are still living a normal life ("counting our 1, 2, 3's") just as if there was no war.

Once again about how the sinful are poisoning society, especially our youth
the line one nation under god, its us against the world means that the whole world is sinful and atheist and making devout christians look like fools and persecute them; they use this line to state how ironic this slogan is now with all this hatred towards the christian religion running rampant throughout the us, not to mention the rest of the leftist, liberal world

Yea i'm opinionated, get over it

Yep this says it all... This is not an american dream any more...