Look at the leader of my country, he is somebody I cannot relate to at all. He is so far removed from me - politically, personally and morally.
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Though he doesn't write political songs, Sixteen Military Wives (a track off Picaresque , the band's third and latest full-length album) does have political overtones, as seen in the humorous video clip depicting a model United Nations conference in a high school with the U. S. representative acting like a self-important bully. It's kind of a protest song, ... My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.
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They're like the mirror of myself - I've got both male and female counterparts. I'm really happy to be playing in a band that appeals to people who I feel I could honestly be friends with. It's a luxury, I believe, not many bands enjoy. It certainly spurs me on.
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