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This is a self-aware song called "Grudges" by Boston-based ska band the Pomps, a relatively recent 2023 release.

I relate to the song a bit too strongly. Is it because of the game-design art scenes I was part of? The music scenes that emotionally defined me? My various fandoms transformed through cycles of fan-creator auteur-ship and omnipresent culture war? Being a traveller along many booms and busts of technology and startups? yep. I'm doing better and starting to learn, and this song reflects that, too.

Please enjoy the lyrics, edited to become more of a prose poem (and I hope you give the song a listen).

I know people defined by their grudges
	defined by their anger
	defined by their judgements
	defined by a need for success
But, they can’t get a record to press

Your life and times have always been defined
	by who you love
	who you hate
	who you abuse and deceive
But, not me

Your life and times have always been defined
	by who you trust
	who you favor
	who you try to defeat
Oh that's me
Yeah, that’s me

I know people
	who need to be known
	who can’t be alone
	who need to be shown
		its ok

If you never make a dime but you do it your way

The Pomps - Grudges (Bandcamp)

(I love **ska**, and I love every wave of ska, including the nascent "new tone / no wave" revival, the third wave ska-punk of my youth, and all the prior waves that I learned about before. It would be funny if I add "ska" to the esoteric list of topics covered here, right?)

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