Defy

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Thankfully the last of this trio of songs about how much it sucks to be young.

In addition to being a blatant Ted Leo ripoff, “Defy” is a straightforward song about how subcultures enforce their own normativities, even if they resist some of the undercurrents of the dominant culture. A cool punk scene still necessarily has its own hierarchies and exploitations, because those are features of our broader society that permeate everything, like radiation.

And so, unfortunately, it often falls on the individual to identify where the hivemind is at work and resist it.

I thought of myself as individualistic when I wrote this song, but I don’t know if that attitude and the attitude of this song are the right idea anymore. It seems to me now that cooperation is a better idea than individualism – as long as that cooperative spirit is critical and inclusive.

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To all the angry eyes
Which trained on me tonight
Supply fuel for the fire

This music’s gotta stop
The shoe has gotta drop
And seize the voice from your throat

We're all the same tonight
Insecure in line to buy the lie
But you can defy
the hive of the mind

To all the fancy girls
What decked in rings and pearls
Turn out for lechers and spies

Do not accept the price
They place on you tonight
You're not fuel for the fire

We're all the same tonight
Insecure in line to buy the lie
But you can defy
the hive of the mind

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from Ringo, released November 4, 2022

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Late-Night Delivery Frederick, Maryland

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Beast Light

Jun 2023
BIDEN PILLS

Jan 2023
Country Matters

Jan 2023
Hypomania

Jan 2023
Ringo

Nov 2022
Asperitas

Jul 2022

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