Help Me Interpret This Song Verse

[lame54]

I've get the first 2 verses
But what are they saying in the 3rd verse?

The Vandals - Ape Shall Never Kill Ape

(Verse 1)
Just a grunt in a bind in his homeland
Taking orders from a very very bad man
Just yer average Dieter, Helmut, or a Bertrand
I can waste him 'cause I know I never never shook his hand

Killed by a hero, what are we supposed to do?

(Verse 2)
Just a loser with a girlfriend getting fat and
Participation in a very very bad plan
In a nation where the bastards are the unplanned
We can waste it cuz it's such a teeny tiny hand

Killed by procedure, what are we supposed to do

(Chorus)
And Cornelius says
Ape shall never kill ape
I say wouldn't that be great?
But some apes, they gotta go
We kill the ones that we don't know

(Verse 3)
Not a nobody, an actual American
Beaten silly by another Jody Foster fan
Spend a fortune to debate the moral conflict and
He's protected though it's obvious he killed a man

Killed by the system, what are we supposed to do?

(Chorus)
And Cornelius says
Ape shall never kill ape
I say wouldn't that be great?
But some apes, they gotta go
We kill the ones that we don't know

[In_The_Wind]

1. I'm gonna guess ...

It's about war.

[lame54]

2. Actually it's about Reagan getting shot...

but I can't figure out his point

[In_The_Wind]

3. We thought about that (Reagan) ... but he was shot at not killed.

And Cornelius says
Ape shall never kill ape
I say wouldn't that be great?
But some apes, they gotta go
We kill the ones that we don't know

Cornelius didn't want senseless killing.
I still assert that this is against war.

[lame54]

4. that's one of the confusions

The 2nd verse is about abortion

But the 3rd verse seems to fall into the pro-choice trap of supporting the death penalty
the author seems upset that the killer is protected by the system

but then he says killed by the system

I can't quite get what he is saying

[In_The_Wind]

5. Alright ...

Not a nobody, an actual American ... Regan fits here.
Beaten silly by another Jody Foster fan ... Hinckley
Spend a fortune to debate the moral conflict and
He's protected though it's obvious he killed a man

Killed by the system, what are we supposed to do?





The question: what or who was killed by the system.

On March 30, 1981, Hinckley made his grand gesture, managing to fire six bullets in three seconds at Reagan in the middle of the crowd outside the Washington Hilton. One of the bullets struck Reagan underneath the left arm; it failed to explode on impact, leaving the president seriously injured but alive. Hinckley also shot a police officer and a Secret Service agent and seriously wounded Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady. Upon his arrest, Hinckley reportedly asked the officers if the news would disrupt the Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled for that night. The ceremony was indeed postponed until the following night, only the third time in history that the Oscars had failed to go ahead as scheduled.

At the conclusion of his trial--during which the defense showed Taxi Driver to bolster its case--Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He was confined to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., and has remained there ever since. The case led to legislation limiting the insanity plea in several states and, 12 years later, to the signing of the Brady Bill, which required a waiting period and background check on people wishing to purchase a handgun.