Friday, March 27, 2026

Joy - Against Me!

Joy - Against Me!
2:12
Searching For a Former Clarity, 2005
Written by Laura Jane Grace, James Bowman, Andrew Seward, and Warren Oakes

An acoustic punk song delivered in a growling bellow.  Grace's introspective and sometimes abstruse lyrics describe an unyielding world.  "And somewhere off in the distance, rapidly advancing, is an onslaught of sorts / Young sirens wail in a skewed sense of glory / And the lions in the cages roar at the memory of fight."  Is it a conquering army?  Is the klaxon and chaos of a revolution?  Maybe it's all a jumble; the import thing is that joy can still be found somewhere, despite it all.

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Joy - Against Me!

Joy - Against Me! 2:12 Searching For a Former Clarity , 2005 Written by Laura Jane Grace, James Bowman, Andrew Seward, and Warren Oakes An ...