I’ll tell myself that I got knowledge, that I’ve got perspective, but my face wont believe these things I say
Saying I know life and that I’ve been through something, but it don’t measure up to just one day
I’ll tell you that it hurts, but I know it’s nothing, it’s all these little problems all the same
Cuz I know no innocence, I don’t know no suffering, but I just can’t convince my broken brain
I guess I am just weaker, than I thought I would be, cuz the music barely saved me, when I was so damn close to jumping off
So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing
About taking down the rich and burning down the jails but I just cant get past his goddamn pain
So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing
About all of the oppression and human suffering, but I just cant get past his goddamn pain
When the pills they just can’t fix you, and with all your privilege, the heart is disconnected from the brain
I’ll sing in second person, because its just to personal, you know your pain is worthless all the same
I’ll tell you that hurts, as if I knew suffering, I wish I could just get out of this head
Work on helping others, and all these global problems, but every other day I feel dead
I guess I am just weaker, than I thought I would be, cuz the music barely saved me, when I was so damn close to jumping off
So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing
About taking down the rich and burning down the jails but I just cant get past his goddamn pain
So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing
About all of the oppression and human suffering, but I just cant get past his goddamn pain
Shouty, embarrassingly sincere, and sometimes political, Qfolk has been compared to Tom Waits and Cookie Monster. Angery sad fast loud music against all the things that suck!
It's the best. Possibly best punk album of the year. Contains saxophones and yelling and politics all in the best possible way. Could not recommend more highly. Qfolk
Beautifully played and full of moving vocal performances, the Bay Area singer/songwriter's latest is a stellar work of art. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2023
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