I may be a little late on picking up this new release, but I was rather excited to see that the Fat White Family are back again! It’s been over four years since the band issued the great Serfs Up! LP, so their return is a delight!
With lyrics that get you thinking and a style that wraps you in mystery, Religion For One is a throught-provoking serenade into the world of disillusionment as it challenges the listener to question established norms and ideologies. Confronting themes such as power dynamics, gender, race, and societal structures, its approach is gentle, yet its effect is deep.
Speaking about the song, frontman Lias Saoudi reflected, “Abject narcissism is our only real code of conduct anymore. Everything is thinly veiled self-interest. The post-modern post social media condition constitutes a complete death of outwardness. We are smothered by the infinite present. We have swapped art for the history of art. The game is up. The party’s over…NO SURRENDER!”
I’m just taking a few moments to mull over what Lias is saying here as I digest the lyrics! In the meantime, I’ll leave you to enjoy the song (if you haven’t already) and reflect upon the song’s words in their entirety below…I’ve also included the accompanying video below which has also been described as “a portrait of corrupt ambition, aesthetic incest and the history of abstract expressionism.” .. Enjoy!
You are what you sacrifice
Amalgam of pain, should your
Misplaced foresight
Lead you to my door again
Roll out them shekels, babe
Spit out that cum
My conscience dissipating
Your vanity’s firstborn runt
Just a cat drinking
Its own reflection
You’re not the picture
Not even the frame
Just a dog drinking
Up my reflection
You’re fishing for pain
Religion for one
Your fear of failure and ambition the same thing
You will never get a table at the Dorsia within
Finish off this pedicure
Redirect the plane
Your armour protecting nothing
Your sympathy’s driest month
Just a byproduct of my resentment
You’re not the picture
Not even the frame
Just a dog drinking
Up my reflection
You’re squandering pain
Religion for one
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