I always jokingly say that this song is about rock n roll and existentialism, but it’s not a joke! (oh no!) I got into a very weird/bad headspace for a while where it felt like nothing mattered. No matter how much logic I was able to use when arguing with my brain, the prevailing feeling/philosophy that would randomly envelop me was “Sure, like yeah, this is cool or whatever, but everything is pointless so just shut up.” It’s a very fun place to be, especially when you’re trying to make and perform art… So this song was kind of written as a way to yell at myself while facing this issue upfront while trying to build logic that would work to make things feel better. I truly believe that, even if you can argue that life or anything is pointless, we have an ability and freedom as human beings to assign meaning however we want and build our own meaning. I also 100% unapologetically rip off both Neil Young and Frank Turner in this song
lyrics
Hey hey, my my, rock n roll will surely die, and it doesn’t really matter, it doesn’t really matter
my my, hey hey, rock n roll will fade away, and it doesn’t really matter, I don’t know if it matters
It will change and it will grow, set in stone that’s meant to roll, and our memories won’t hold much at all
And I’m sure it saved our souls, but even they will one day go, one and all… and I don’t know if it matters
Hey hey, my my, rock n roll was stolen by, white people in leather
my my, hey hey, rock n roll was turned away, until it made some cheddar, started sellin so much better
Yeah the black folks on the streets, targeted by the police, makin harmonies and beats despite it all
they will watch their art get taken, commodified and put in banks and they will wonder, what the fuck still matters
Hey hey, my my, Neil Young will someday die, and I don’t know if it matters, but it’s such a fuckin bummer
my my, hey hey, his name will someday fade away, and no one will remember, no one will remember
He can sue me for this one, but he made some killer songs, making art that stood for peace and not for war
Kept some farmers on their farms, fought the corporations causing so much harm, and I’m thinking that’s what matters
Hey hey, my my, you and I will one day die, and I don’t know if it matters, but I’m thinking that’s what matters,
my my, hey hey, you and I will fade away, so let’s make this fucking matter, yeah let’s make this fucking matter
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