FAWM: "(I Didn't Get) Sober For This"

(I Didn't Get) Sober For This

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Liner Notes

A 2025 protest song. #acoustic #piano #protest #queer

Lyrics

I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober to participate in speeding up our rapid decay and ever-dizzying descent into the vapid

I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for humanity to be commoditized
While talking heads all plug their ears
And whisper ‘both sides’

This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
To be ruined
By a handful
Of assholes

I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober just to finger point and flagellate and splinter
While specters scared of shadows call for four more years of winter

I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for the next mass extinction event
While purple puppets all pontificate on What He Really Meant

This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
To be ruined
By a handful
Of assholes

The fat cats show their bellies in a sign of submission
I’m sick of living in a state of constant opposition
It’s not enough to just react, I want a kinder mission
I’m sick of living in a state of constant opposition

I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober for this
I didn’t get sober just to give it up so goddamn easily
Cynicism might be simple but it ain’t maturity

I said this world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
To be ruined
To be ruined
This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
This world’s too beautiful
To be ruined
By a handful
Of assholes
I mean fuck that

Comments

@russ 1w

I like all of the songs you've posted. You shot this message out loud and clear.

@newukenewyork 1w

You’ve got a lot of great titles; it was hard to choose a song to listen to! I love the rollicking piano and your vocal stylings/melody are terrific.

@roy 2w

Great song, love that piano playing and your blues-y delivery.
Thanks for writing a song that speaks out!

@saulius 2w

Damn, that's how blues should be played and sung, a performance at a whole other level. Who are you? I have to check out more of your stuff. I stumbled on your song randomly.

@nancyrostMod 2w

Love at first note! Love the swinging blues piano, the honest, poignant and witty lyrics, the cabaret-style performance, the ramp-up in the bridge. The whole thing, basically!

@jakegiles 2w

definitely a sentiment that rings true. the bluntness of the lyrics is so needed in a world where protest songs are less frequent or more vague. great work!