The lost
And bewildered
Where to begin?
The homeless
The hopeless
Not programmed to win
Left handed
Foreign
Subject to fits
A stutterer
A mutterer
Those losing their wits
‘We really don’t like you
You’re different
You’re weird
You threaten
The mind-set
With which we were reared
We really don’t like you
You’re ugly
You’re queer
You’ll dance
On our tombstones
When our end is near’
The awkward
The lonely
Wayward peaceniks
Runt of the litter
Rebels
Yearning a fix
Creative
Eccentric
Quite possibly mad
The loony
And the loopy
And the frequently sad
All the miscreant souls
In the world
We salute you
Fight for your rights
And believe
In what you do
Fight for your freedom
Your art and your life
Believe in your beauty
And be the zeitgeist
Off-colour
Off-culture
Pushed to the side
Do the radical deviants
Deserve a rough ride?
Artistic
Autistic
Not willing to bend
To the whip hand
Cos we know
We’re free in the end
All the miscreant souls
In the world
We salute you
Fight for your rights
And believe
In what you do
Fight for your freedom
Your art and your life
Believe in your beauty
And be the zeitgeist
Fight for your freedom
Fight for your life
Believe in the beauty
And be the zeitgeist
A soundtrack to a film that is both historical and autobiographical, Yang’s music here finds graceful beauty in slowly unfolding melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 4, 2023