Penetration from Briefs by Baseball Gregg

I wrote the song shortly after the Club Q massacre in Colorado Springs, where a 22-year-old killed five people in a gay bar. At the time, I was reflecting on how my experience with gun violence affected my intimate relationships. In moments of stress and fear, my body would react as if I had a gun pointed at me. This is exactly the goal of stochastic terrorism: to keep us in a constant state of fear. I wrote Penetration to process my emotions but also to shout 'f*** fear.' I wanted to add a note of sexuality to the violence, because that’s what I think disturbs homophobes the most. – Sam Regan

Tracklist

3.	Penetration	2:59

Lyrics

Complain that talk of rubbing off might rub off on your kid
Host debate on all the reasons I became who I did
Salivate under the weight of a tender kiss
Growing up within a world in which you don’t exist
Try not to fall for a married man twice my age
Failing because I now refuse to live afraid
Watch the news, seems like killing us is all the rage
You can try, we are never gunna go away
(Here to stay)
$40 for a special lube to ease the pain
(Not afraid)
Of penetration when you bullet fucks my brain
Comfort shields you from looking at reality
But we can penetrate beyond the all consuming dream
Fumbling without control and that is why we must
Find a way to make a new world that belongs to us
(Here to stay)
$40 for a special lube to ease the pain
(Not afraid)
Of penetration when you bullet fucks my brain
Just for today
Let's go away
We’ll find a place
Where we can play
In the face of it all
(Here to stay)
$40 for a special lube to ease the pain
(Not afraid)
Of penetration when you bullet fucks my brain

Credits

from Briefs, track released September 27, 2024
Music & Lyrics by Sam Regan
Produced by Sam Regan & Luca Lovisetto

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