In honor of Freakin’ Weekend VII, our words this week come from Pujol‘s “Getnhard” off the record X File On Main St, released on Infinity Cat Recordings back in 2011.
The lyrics are:
“I’m just going to do/
Exactly what I want/
But try really hard/
To not hurt anyone/
Too hard”
In the years since these lyrics were written, Nashville-based musician/writer/bunny dad Daniel Pujol has built a reputation for engaging classic issues and contemporary ideas in a thoughtful, nuanced way rarely seen in rock’n’roll. While there are a handful of other lines I thought about highlighting, these words are about as close as any song comes to articulating my basic belief system, so here they are. Expression of personal liberty and empathy are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
So consider yourself warned, Nashville. This weekend, I’m just going to do exactly what I want and what I want is to FREAK.
– NR
P.S.: Check out some of Daniel’s poems in our second issue!
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