“Not Again” is a protest song expressing great concern about the resurgence of far-right, fascist ideology and propaganda, while at the same time giving a hopeful outlook on the power people have when they connect, unite, and solidarise.

It will be released tomorrow, for the last time through all the commercial channels like Spotify®, Apple®, Amazon® and the like. After that, I will only release to Bandcamp, Mirlo, and jam⁠.⁠coop.

This is a breakdown of the first verse and first chorus; here’s the lyrics:

Ninety years ago men in brown took over Killed and maimed from Crete up to almost Dover All the beauty, all the brilliance, all the kindness Smashed by mindless Fear of humanity, hate for humans

Not again Hist’ry don’t need repeat Not again We can’t afford defeat Not again Don’t go back down that road Not again Humans are much — better than that

— CREDITS —

Artwork Babu Menos, watercolour painting by Ludwig Hohlwein (poster “Der Stahlhelm, 10. Reichsfrontsoldatentag, 1929”), courtesy of Münchner Stadtmuseum, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Fonts: “Montserrat” by Julieta Ulanovsky, “DIN 1451 breit” by Peter Wiegel.