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I had originally written this song prior to my last arrest and it was in reference to my interpersonal relationship with a girl, and my opinion that she constantly took a victim stance in her life. While incarcerated I had the tune stuck in my head one night and applied it's meaning to my own desire to play the role of the victim while doing time. I then reworked the words on the back of a 'Macon County Jail Medical Request Form' and managed to keep it with me through my journey. I've learned that victim stance is a core belief that we can develop through our experiences in adolescence and young adulthood. It's a cognitive defense against taking personal responsibility for the outcome of your actions or behaviors, but it can be changed by finding news ways of thinking (anarchism). The monetary system makes it very easy for us to see ourselves as victims, especially when we don't have the capital to buy all the "good" things that other "good" "normal" "hard working" folks have. A capitalist society also encourages you to to see a person's value in terms of dollar signs, and that can also gives a "poor person" a big 'ole case of the "poor me" syndrome. I'm not going to tell you to stop playing the victim and work hard for what you want. I'm only going to tell you that if you do nothing, get nothing, give nothing or keep nothing don't worry about it.... It was never yours anyway.
lyrics
Who can own a rock? Who can own a tree? We've gone from stardust to formality. The sanctity of your property, the shit you own, straight don't mean shit to me. I'm sorry I just ain't got time, on what's yours and mine, for me to waste a dime. Still you try. Try to take it with you when you die. If you think this world owes you a thing you're fucking wrong. If you think that I owe you anything you're fucking wrong. If you know the words then you should sing, you should sing along. If you think this world owes you a thing you're fucking wrong. What exactly keeps you staying here? If it's me or fear then be gone and be free, oh from me, my dear. All this fucking. All this fighting. For the cheapest vodka, and even cheaper beer. The sanctity of your property, don't mean shit because you can't own me. Dadadah dah dadah, dadah dah dah to infinite. If you think this world owes you a thing you're fucking wrong. If you think that I owe you anything you're fucking wrong. If you know the words then you should sing, you should sing along. If you think this world owes you a thing you're fucking wrong. You owe your blood to the oceans. You owe your bones to the Earth. Blood to the oceans. Bones to the Earth.....
credits
from Aftercare,
released March 14, 2015
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