Country singer Aaron Lewis disses libs, Bruce Springsteen in new patriotic song | Fox News
By: Melissa Roberto (Fox News)
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Country singer Aaron Lewis released a new single on Friday that he dedicated to "all the patriots."
Released just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, the 49-year-old former Staind frontman hints at his discontent with America's leadership and slams left-wing activists who have disrespected the country's flag and demolished statues.
"Am I the only one here tonight / Shakin' my head / And thinkin' something ain't right? / Is it just me / Am I losing my mind / Am I standing on the edge / Of the end of time?" Lewis' single begins.
"Am I the only one / Willin' to fight / For my love / Of the red and white / And the blue / Burnin' on the ground / Another statue comin' down," the crooner continues.
"This one's for all the patriots," Lewis tweeted on Friday to announce the single's release.
At one point in the four-and-a-half-minute song, Lewis rips Bruce Springsteen.
"Am I the only one / Who quits singin' along / Everytime they play a Springsteen song," Lewis sings.
Springsteen, 71, made headlines last November for saying he'd be "on the next plane" to Australia if former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
Country singer Aaron Lewis slammed Bruce Springsteen in his latest song 'Am I the Only One.' (Getty)
"If Trump is re-elected - which he will not be; I'm predicting right now he's gonna lose - if by some happenstance he should be, I'll see you on the next plane," Springsteen said in a virtual interview with the Australian press at the time.
Lewis is known for being a founding member of the rock band Staind. Back in March, the vocalist revealed to Eddie Trunk on his SiriusXM show "Trunk Nation" that the group is working on an album they hope to release this year, via Blabbermouth. Last month, he performed "Am I the Only One" for a crowd in Virginia. Minutes before the song began, he described himself as a "49-year-old father of three" who has been "watching a very small handful of people destroy the country."
Lewis then ripped President Biden and blamed "every racist law that's ever been put into place" on "Democrats."
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What a maroon.
I don't even know who this guy is. But then, I'm not really into country music.
I may be wrong but I think Staind is a hard rock group. Then on his own is country?
Not sure myself now....
lucky for you, prolonged exposure leads to inbreeding.
I've heard of Staind. I haven't listened to them.
Have you really listened to country music? Lots of drinking, cheating, and sex. And violence
Isn't there something about throwing Mamma from a damned ol train...
Something like that.
"I was drunk
The day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up
In the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pick-up truck
She got run over by a damned old train!!!!!"
Just missing guns and God.
None of which is my cup of tea. I'll take classic rock and jazz instead.
Dogs, pickup trucks with "gone fishin" bumper stickers and confederate flags
If I had a pick-up truck there would be a dog** in the passenger seat and a huge gone fishin' decal on the back. But I draw the line at a confederate flag.
**Ask me what kind of dog
... a miniature teacup poodle?
Not bad! I may have to get her a high chair for the seat, tho. She needs to be able to stare menacingly at other drivers
You just need one that can drive.
He's ok. At least he's big enough to reach the gas pedal
as someone that has been in thousands of backyards during my stint in the telecommunications business, here are the 3 breeds that are 4 legged kamikazes when it comes to defending their territory. german shepards, rottweilers, and weimaraners. I've been bitten by all three. some hunting dogs come in at a distant second. dogs have the same mentality as trumpsters, if there's more than one in the yard, they're more courageous.
I had a border collie/German Shepard mutt that I loved dearly. I raised her from a pup. She was a beautiful dog inside and out. She loved most people. But what she couldn't stand was the mailman. I think it's because he delivered the mail when her people weren't home and he would wake her from her mid day snooze. That's the kind of dog I want again
good mix, smart. they know who's in charge when the owners are away. I think that wanting to rip the arms off the mailman is universal among canines. my sister's weimaraner went psycho when the mail truck showed up, but lived for the UPS delivery driver and knew when the truck was coming before she did. he carried treats and her dog would go nuts to be let out so he could to the truck and jump in. when he died of old age last year, my sister told the driver when he inquired about his missing friend, and she said the guy started crying when she told him. she adopted a rez rescue dog this year, a terrier mix.
Are all trumpers complete idiots?
He's obviously talking about the confederate flag while defending confederate monuments. Reading about the civil war is like "watching a very small handful of people destroy the country." They tried then and now their descendants who revere them, fly their flag and protect the monuments to racists who fought for the right to own humans like cattle are trying it again.
Real patriot there...
I've never heard of him, which is fine with me.
I have heard of the group Staind. It just pisses me off with idiots like that, that think they are the only patriots when that is not even close to reality.
I am coming to the conclusion that people like him, that preach constant hatred and division, are the farthest from patriotic as one can get.
I never heard of him but I do think I've heard of Staind. This guy thinks he's a patriot, eh?
yeah he does, I wonder which country?
Here is the complete lyric
"Am I The Only One"
Shakin' my head, thinkin' somethin' ain't right
Is it just me? Am I losin' my mind
Am I standin' on the edge of the end of time
Am I the only one? Tell me I'm not
Who thinks they're takin' all the good we got
And turnin' it back, hell, I'll be damned
I'm turnin' into my old man
Am I the only one, still willin' to bleed
Or take a bullet for bein' free
Screamin', "What the fuck!" at my TV
For tellin' me, are you tellin' me
That I'm the only one, still willin' to fight
For my love of the red and white
And the blue, burnin' on the ground
As a statue's comin' down in a town near you
Watchin' the threads of Old Glory come undone
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one not brainwashed?
Makin' my way through the land of the lost
Who still gives a shit, and worries 'bout his kids
As they try to undo all the things he did?
Am I the only one who can't take no more
Screamin', "If you don't like it there's the fuckin' door"
It's not the freedom we've been fightin' for
It was somethin' more, yeah, it was somethin' more
I'm not the only one, willin' to fight
For my love of the red and white
And the blue, burnin' on the ground
As a statue's comin' down in a town near you
Watchin' the threads of Old Glory come undone
I'm not the only one
I can't be the only one
Am I the only one, quit singin' along
Every time they play a Springsteen song
Am I the only one, still sittin' here
Holdin' my... holdin' back my tears
For the ones who paid with the lives they gave
God bless the U.S.A
I'm not the only one, willin' to fight
For my love of the red and white
And the blue, burnin' on the ground
As a statue's comin' down in a town near you
Watchin' the threads of Old Glory come undone
I'm not the only one
I can't be the only one
Is "he" who I think it is?
Yes.
Willing to take bullet, eh? He could have done that 10 years ago. Where was he?
I just get pissed off over people like him who think liberals can't be patriots
Some conservatives are always attacking, never letting up, making money off each other trading books, records, contracts, TV news slots, radio shock jocks "riches," lying on liberals who if it were possible would not even care if they were alive and on planet Earth!
haven't you heard, they can't be xtians either...
yeah...that's particularly hard to swallow. Jesus was a liberal
... and a socialist. oooh, that has to sting the diehard trumpster thumpers.
we might as well hear it
Shame really. He has a good voice.
He does have a good voice. And yet, the song is 'ruin.' He SAYS he wants people to "take a bullet" for freedom. Yet, he is perfectly content keeping other people from being free so he can be fat, stuffed, and happy! I see him now and he disgusts me. This some is nothing more than a call to arms for bigots. It's a racist whistle. "Statues coming down" - yeah a Confederate. He rolls the flag, heartland, bullets, and blood all into one. This dude is a dangerous bigot. And when the shooting start, he will protest that he must be off somewhere recording so-called, "patriot tunes" to lift the spirits of those willing to die.
I don't know, Texan1211. And, since you don't answer question why bother asking me one? Just make statements or declarations and move on.
In conclusion. I will move on and you can "can" it or spill it to your heart's contentment. Not nice - "discussing" anything substantial- with you again!
So does Lee Greenwood. I played Proud To Be An American daily until he became a Trumpturd. Now I don't play it any longer.
I used to love that song. They played it at chapel every Sunday morning when I was in basic
When I returned from Desert Storm, Universal Studios threw us a big shin dig. He performed it live and rocked the joint. But now I refuse to listen to it because he became a draft dodger's new bff. I almost decked Tony Orlando at the same event (a story for another time).
Did he knock three times.
I hate when performers/entertainers/celebrities cloud my opinion of their work with politics and criminal conduct. O. J. Simpson, Bill Cosby, Chris Benoit (wrestler extraordinare), Chuck Norris, Kevin Sorbo, "My Pillow" guy, and so on. Now this singer. This man has a beautiful voice, but he uses it to promote stupid, dangerous, propaganda and I can't abide that from him.
The only thing that saved his ass was that I was in heels and my balance was a little off.
The song is full of passion for the wrong thing. How dare he mislead anybody to think that only people like him can be patriots: "the only one"? What a fool. I am disgusted by these people who think this country belongs to any one (majority) people. What this foolish man should be asking is this: Why does he think all these people were shipped her or invited here just to tell them to enjoy being second class citizens?
Some Conservatives! This is not your country alone! Get over it! Greedy and disgusting bigots!
Their way or no way.
Powerful piece of shit song for some conservatives to mull over and grit their teeth on, and whine about their 'lost years'. All dude left out was some harsh realities like: ushering those "negroes," girls, women, Native Americans, LatinX'ers, API's, and Liberals back to their places.
Dumb some Conservatives fail to understand that even if all liberals were to "poof" into conservatives tonight Independence Day; immediately on the spectrum a spank'n new set of liberals would appear because not everybody wants to be retro in time.
Nothing in this song about the freedom to not agree with him. In fact he says if you dont like what I am saying then leave.
A song that defends confederate statues is very problematical at this point. I wouldnt necessarily say the song is racist but it sure aint meant to be multicultural.
In my opinion, the song is problematic: Willin to bleed. . . over what exactly?
A flag on the ground/burnt? And for an inert flag he would organically want to bleed or see another person or group "gunned down"?
Shouldn't he want to live for the freedoms, plural, he yet has? Like, well, using his fine singing voice to make more reasonable and yet passionate songs for the masses? Or, destroy his 'pipes' in a fire-battle?
It disgust me that some of these people keep harpin on their love for a flag; a "device," a tool, he is using to steer hearts and minds with to their ultimate destruction: it's propaganda - that is what that is! Pure propaganda. He might as well be a fanatic willing to kill over the misappropriation and abuse of a holy book.
And "pining away" over the Lost Cause of the Confederacy? They swore that was not what the was about! And yet, it's alive in a new song - he is publicly calling to arms for somebody, anybody, to stand up for people who died trying to own other people. Hell, for those purposes, we, Black Americans, to the confederacy would be property right now in 2021!
The dude is a bigot. Archie Bunker type to his guitar strings. If he is not well then he should not sing that offensive set of lyrics.
As I recently wrote that liberals have to check how they address sensitive issues of Critical RaceTheory (etceteras), these red. . .staters have to consider that for him to be as free as when his "grand-pappies" celebrated Independence Day or any other day in early state history- somebody else has to be an oppressed people and the clock turned backwards.
Blacks and other Minorities would like to ask Aaron Lewis to STFU so we can put away our own protest songs once and for all (too)! We can't do that as long as people like Lewis is gripin' about what he has 'lost,' just because equity and justice is partially and slowing creeping up in the lives of the diverse peoples of this country! He does not want to lose anything? Well, just take a real hard reflection on the "denials of freedoms" Blacks, girls, women, and other minorities have only been given in "teases" because of the gluttons who hover over us like vultures cutting (others) liberties to the 'quick'!
He is the one who wants to stop time for his benefit. Why can't he leave? This land clearly does not belong to him and his feet are not nailed to the ground anymore than anybody else. It's a false choice.
Aaron Lewis and his "groupies" need to grow the "H" up! Cry-baby. He can't make liberals become conservatives and he is too selfish and narrow to try a different way of living. I like country music. Indeed, on one of your articles, I was taking note of the lack of country music interest and beginning to share myself - and then this jerk shows up ruining the moment mentally for me.
His song is potent, his voice sublime, and that makes him a real danger to diversity comprehension in the heartland. Imagine if he had a diversity message (with that passion/voice) for the heartland!
Does Lewis have any idea what it is to come into this world and have people talking against you/a kind 'everyday' all day, struggling to exist, going through half-hearted "celebrations" knowing that you can't make headway with the people you have to sit next to, visit with, buy from, and sell to, 'everyday'?
And he has the gall to pen he would die to give up 'nothing' when minorities give up so much of themselves, their interests, their wages, themselves, just to struggle (some cases "pitifully") to be.
Sorry everybody! I lost it on this one!
This is not the first "patriotic" song with these sort of lyrics, nor will it be the last.
And where are the liberal songs "pining away" about "bullets for liberty" - bullets are something "studied" by some Conservatives. Always bitchin and moain while denying that "a-bitchin and a-monin" is what they do when Liberals progress.
During the Civil War, the slave conservatives lost the war!
Did the Liberal states that won that war oppress southern "oppressors" who slaughtered their children? NO!
The liberal states even went so far as to emancipate and ultimately free oppressed slaves, only to later pity their former slave-holding brethren during reconstruction graciously permitting those conservatives JUSTICE (not equity) - Justice! Which they did not deserve for starting the war in the first place. . . to govern themselves and the South yet again. To which, conservatives promptly impositioned the "Negroes" with wait for it:
JIM CROW 101!
Ungrateful losing greedy Southern conservatives.
Conservatives don't want justice for all, they all of this country in-service to their whims and ideologies!
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I was expecting something more agitated.
Why is 'everybody pissin'? Why is 'everybody burnin'' the flag? There must be reasons for this upset! Toby should explore those reasons in a song too!
Country singers are not the only one who can sing conscience songs. Plenty singers do. Many more songs tp be made if we don't end the 'sorrow' and get back to moderation!
Beautiful song, Toby.
Note: No implying or images of blood-letting and guns or "acting out" on opposing sides.
How fair and balanced of them .
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I didn't know you were a comedian.
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He's not a comedian. He is severely serious.
I dont really give a flying fuck about either one of these songs.
A patriotic song that defends confederate statues is an oxymoron though.
I can see the tour with the cheers on the first line and. . .well, Toby will either swallow his words on the second lines are be 'boo-ed' (if he can even sell this record to conservatives!
Imagine that: He will need to go to Mara Lago and get a 'stamp of approval' from Donald Trump or a Trump rally push-play!
As for those "broken-down cities" - we have the Right's children who can't stand living 'that way' to add to our circumstances. Cities don't migrate them 'out' in any case. I hear 'plenty' red-states are partially empty and plains-land because not enough people are dwellers . I don't know if that is true, nevertheless. Just sayin'.
A self-appointed ''Patriot'' telling others they aren't patriots.
Worst. Song. Ever.
Imo the melody itself is cliché.
Yeah, give me a good Metallica song anyday!
I'm now in the mood for some classic Black Sabbath because Ozzy rules!
Crazy Train would fit
N.I.B.