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Robert Inhuman, about "The Shit Punx Hate"
This is an alternate version of the song we made with Mavis in 2006, initially inspired by our origin in Cincinnati's stagnant and essentially cannibalistic punk scene. But as we started living in other cities it was confirmed that the general irony of punk rock, being a supposed refuge for true misfits and non-conformists yet shunning and ostracizing anyone outside a familiar or long-established uniformed subculture, was a problem to some degree nationally, Cincinnati just being a conveniently exceptional example of total distrust in the unfamiliar or the experimental. I don't think I need to explain this much to anyone who's read a lot of our songs from the past few years; many are very critical of the exact subcultures we come from, have adopted, or remain adhered to in some way. I have always believed that reasonable self-criticism is crucial for progress and also preventing social collapses. Think of how many things happen in the world, destructive things, that could be avoided if people just stopped to think for a moment "maybe it's not automatically the best idea just because I (capitol 'I') thought of it..."
The title of the song is supposed to have a double-meaning, because Realicide has always (especially where we grew up) been the shit conventional punk rockers (fucking retro rockers) hate. But in our definition of true punk ethics, where experimentation and the unexpected is favored as the only means of maintaining relevance and genuine excitement in our lives, then it's flipped around to mean that the retro rocker traditionalists are the shit that true progressive punks hate, because it let's a movement fossilize, become pigeon-holed, and become a rebellion in name only. So like Swill says in this version of the song, if they want to be up against us, in the fucking 21st century and all, bring it on cos they're just shooting blanks anyway. We've got another song that is basically about this situation called "Deathbomb".
lyrics
waiting in line for your turn to talk
by the time you've got that microphone you're wasted drunk
and it's not about an idea it's about ROCK
how retro the sound sounds - I don't give a fuck
the same old worn out formula anger
all as good as Halloween with no sense of danger
I thought I could be a part cos I thought I was strange
but in the end to them I'm nothing but a stranger!!!
...when they're different the wrong way...
I'm from Cincinnati where the kids don't care
what the fuck you are saying or why you are there
they just criticize your technique, get all academic on everything or
bitch against your right to exist if they don't understand you immediately
the town I grew up in is bullshit today
and the only kids I can stand are the ones that punk rockers hate
in a fucked up way, too rigid to change, or accept some ideas
like they fucked up on some old age...
NOW! and PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
NOW! and PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
through the only few who ignore those games
that's the only acceptance that I've ever found!
PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
it's a byproduct or catalyst at best - a distraction to save my life again - yeah!
punk rock is pop today - fuck you, the same way, every time, right, of course, easy...
we make our own hell - apocalypse or not it's just what we sell
a fist that doesn't move - just propped in the air to patronize the youth
wow, how alternative! it's edgy! it's cute! how retro and authentic - FUCK THAT
like a blank in the barrel - so what? fucking shoot! NO PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
the same old worn out formula anger as real
as Halloween with no sense of danger
I thought I could be a part cause I thought I was strange
but in the end to them I'm nothing but a stranger
PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!! what else?!
I run into this shit everywhere - I think I'll fit in, but I’m just too square
I don’t feel anything but rejected - well yeah I'm fucking strange
I thought that’s what punks accepted?
NO! PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!! NOW!!! PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
through the only few who ignore those games
that's the only acceptance that I've ever found! yeah! PUNK AIN'T COMFORT!!!
I don’t wear my ideals on my sleeve - rejected if my person ain’t easily perceived
you want my identity instantly - lightweight disgusted if you had to talk to me
it’s more than a romantic image of poverty, it's hardcore mentality, it's mental anxiety
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