"With all my might I do this; It's a waste of my time to persue this."

I've been wanting to write a zine for a little while about songs that I've found either intellectually challenging or helped articulate an idea that I was having in a more powerful way. With school kicking my ass like it's been, though, who knows if I'll ever have time to do it.

In the spirit of procrastination, I'll offer up my first song that I want to write about. It's Might, by Archers of Loaf, from 1993. They were one of the first "indie rock" bands that I got into after I had a period where I rejected anything other than crust, grind, or straight edge hardcore (in the mid to late-90's). It speaks of eschewing art for the sake of gratifying ego, declaring that he'd instead rather play with passion in a basement, with little care for whether anyone hears it or not and not giving a shit about the possibility of "making-it".

This song pretty well sums up a lot of the ideas that led me to start seattlediy, as well as a lot of motivation for playing in Bow + Arrow. Me and Lucas were talking for a long time about covering this song, but we only got as far as playing 30 seconds of it at shows when we get bored and want to goof off.





With all of my might,
With all of my might I do this.
It's a waste of my time to pursue this.
I'm so full of self-indulgence to think that you'd like this song.

Jot it down and I stuck it in the basement,
Underneath the living room floor.
For some reason I don't think I'm gonna make it.
For some reason I don't think about it anymore.

Get so bored with the radio, bored with the video.
You've got to mock the power, just to let'em know.
(don't know what goes next)

With all of my might,
With all of my might I do this.
It's a waste of my time to pursue this.
I'm so fucked self-indulgent to think you'd like this song.


Maybe when school's over I'll write more about this song, and others.