Defend the Night

from Nails by Stevie Subrizi

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not everybody wants me to get up in the morning
these days, I mostly eat my breakfast out of spite
they're passing laws against my haircut and my body and my name
they'll fucking kill me if they want to, but I'll never die from shame
I'm on the lookout for the blackout, I gotta defend the night

not everybody's crazy about my candles and my wine
to be honest, all these swastikas on tv are giving me a fright
with the guns and the camps and the rallies and the slurs
and the sheep all bending backwards to dress jackals up in furs
we gotta lookout for the blackout, we gotta defend the night

not everybody wants us all to look so fabulous
it's so tricky to exist unless you're rich, straight, christian, cis, and white
don't tell me it'll be alright
don't you fucking tell me it'll be alright
we're on the lookout for the blackout, we gotta defend the night
we gotta defend the night
we gotta defend the night

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from Nails, released April 28, 2020
Stevie Subrizi - vocals, guitars
James Sophinos - bass
Eric Ott - drums

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Stevie Subrizi Boston, Massachusetts

Stevie Subrizi is a genderqueer songwriter and poet. They were once one half of Somerville-based guitar duo the Crazy Exes from Hell, along with Kirsten Opstad. Their chapbook Alone & Naked Inside of a Whale won Yemassee Journal’s 2021 Poetry Chapbook Contest, judged by Dustin Pearson. ... more

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