The second-person subject of this song is YOU, someone who hates the narrator and other people who think like them, and wants to censor if not kill them. The narrator then turns this hatred against YOU to negate them.
All the good that you discover
In people that you hate
Draw them close and pencil thin
Then they're easy to erase
You've got it down
Just feed them lines
And watch them starve to death
Keep them crowded
And short of air
Then you can take their last breath
I'd rather be insulted by you
Than someone I respect
If I don't share the same view
It's just my birth defect
All the good that never comes
From always getting your way
I'd rather be insulted by you
Than someone I respect
If I don't share the same view
It's just my birth defect
All the good that never comes
From always getting your way
All the good that never comes
From always getting your way
Birth Defect was written by Page Hamilton.
Birth Defect was produced by Ted Jensen & Terry Date & Dave Sardy.
Helmet released Birth Defect on Tue Mar 18 1997.