fingernails black and writing on my belly. but i said that, you know, i said it as a kid and grew into that, which was good. and the truth was is when you are 25, you should write you give love a bad name. who wouldn't want to write that when you're 25 that's what life was about. if i was 50 trying to write that now, i'd be deemed a dirty old man. it would be a little sick and twisted, you know. >> but there are some that would still do it. >> not me. we've grown up in public. and that's -- that's sort of the, you know, the cuteness is you can go, okay, go on right here insert "bad name" with my hair down. that's cool, that's fine. but that's not who i am now. you know, it's a progression and revolution. >> what about now? hence the name of the album. what's the message of that lead single? ♪ i ain't a soldier but i'm here