"Sic of Elephants"

I’ve been digging deep for some way to address this moment here in Los Angeles, and I prefer to do it through a song. Most of my songs that deal with resistance and solidarity have some lines that are, at face value, contradictory or just too nuanced for this moment, and nuance isn’t very effective against populism and fascism. What most of these songs are about though is the need for solidarity when up against an administration that is about chaos and cruelty. The Marines are on the streets of LA. The president can’t wait for an excuse to suspend habeas corpus. Historically, this is where we blow it and turn on each other for not doing or saying things the “right” way. That’s what “Bloodless” is warning us about.

“Sic of Elephants” was written a long time ago when G.W. Bush was reelected, which seems like quaint times in retrospect, but I think it gets to the matter at hand. I’m always trying to understand my fellow citizens, not judge or condemn any person. For those who believe in the constitution, free speech and press, states’ rights, human rights. “Can’t you see how dangerous the one you chose is?”