Editing Descendents (section)

===Lyrics===
The songs on ''Everything Sucks'' and ''Cool to Be You'' address topics including love and relationships, sociopolitical commentary, the death of parents, [[nerd]]iness, and [[flatulence]].<ref name="Interviews"/><ref name="Paul">{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Aubin |title=Review: ''Cool to Be You'' |date=March 23, 2004 |website=Punknews.org |url=http://www.punknews.org/review/2785 |access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> {{" '}}Merican" addresses positive and negative aspects of [[History of the United States|American history]], celebrating cultural figures such as [[Otis Redding]], [[Duke Ellington]], and [[Walt Whitman]] while condemning [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]], [[Joseph McCarthy]], the [[Ku Klux Klan]], and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Luerssen">{{cite web |last=Luerssen |first=John D. |title=Review: ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Merican'' |website=[[AllMusic]] |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r678521|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Campbell">{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Al |title=Review: ''Cool to Be You'' |website=[[AllMusic]] |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r683734|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> Stevenson wrote "One More Day" about the death of his father, who he had taken in and cared for throughout the last year of his life: "He and I always had a terrible relationship. We spent a good part of my adult life being somewhat estranged from each other. He became ill and I took care of him for a little while. And then he died. That song is just about his and my relationship. Just to get that out of me and not holding it inside anymore, is a huge relief for me [...] Every single time I hear that song, it just freaks me out. I've never, ever written a song that's freaked me out that much."<ref name="Interviews"/>