Against Me! - What We Worked For [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1]
I lost the confidence to write a song
So i found three simple chords and I held them together with my weak voice on an out-of-tune guitar my father gave to me
May Elvis turn in his grave and Les Paul curse my dirty calloused fingers
May the likes of this song never make one fucking dollar
Leave it for a demo tape to be played until it's broken
Then remembered only for what it was...
[Chorus]
That we gave 'em hell(repeated)
[Verse 2]
To my friends and enemies who could have been anything
Titans and heroes who found survival in cause and effect
Behind counters, behind windows, striving just to be people
With bitter ideals of justice
Do we only need to keep working because it pays rent?
Sleeping under plastic stars glued to a ceiling
Muscles burning alcohol and nicotine every morning...
[Chorus]
But we gave them hell(repeated)
[Verse 3]
There's a height beyond skyscrapers, there's a distance beyond the freeway
More than pictures in a magazine, more than tragedy in a rock and roll song
It's more than the actions you know it's safe to make
It's more than money could ever buy
Are we living to work and die in american cities
Working to live and die in american cities, and dying for what we worked