Album: Cage the Elephant (2008)
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  • Vocalist Matt Shultz told Artist Direct the story behind the song: "I think it was really looking at a lot of traditions of men that are played off as religion and wars that are fought unjustly. It's a lot of striving for goodness when there seems to be no goodness within the objective or the agenda. People are trying to walk a path but it seems like they're walking backwards down the path. They may think their intentions are good but they've diluted their perspective."

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