1:02 PM / 9 April

If there was ever a need for me to define this year in song, I'd totally have to say it would be Superhero by Bane. It's just a song that makes so much sense.

Superhero by Bane

She rolls her eyes
And lights another
"One day i'll quit these things,
They're killing me."
She blows her brains
Right out her fucking mouth
I just don't know how you do it

Well, there is nothing in me
That you don't have
Deep within your fucking self
Well, there is nothing in me
That you do not have
Deep within your fucking self

Yes, the body is weak
But the mind is stronger
It controls the body
You are not a slave.

And i am not a superhero!

You see, the difference between hard and impossible
Well, it's a thousand miles wide
But that's not what you want to hear.
Don't live a lifetime of regret.
Is there a moment of uncomfort
Never knowing, no, no, never knowing

How great it feels to be free

This year I've been tuning in to a lot of NYC Hardcore. Bane are one of the few new bands keeping the scene alive and fresh. All their members are straightedge. But I guess their musical agenda doesn't solely focus on sXe values. Though this song has elements of that. But it does in itself make a lot of sense both sXe or otherwise.

The message in this song has a line that I think everyone should live by. "Yes, the body is weak, but the mind is strong. And it controls the body you are not a slave". Knowing all the crap I'm gonna go through soon, those words make a lot of sense to me.

Why can't moshes in Singapore be like this? No kicking and flailing. Just all out togetherness and chaos. Screaming the words that you chose to live by.

I'm straightedge. And I'm in it for life. xXx