It's Alright

FEiN single (2017, ℗ Tiny Giant), co-written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato. Post-Little Homes 2017 cluster with LOVED, Fear, P.A.R.T.S., and All Mine. Glamglare called it affirmative despite moodier undertones, a song that begins on a quieter more restrained note, picking up instruments and sounds along the way and ending with a grande finale.

A demagogue’s recruitment pitch that opens on victimhood (you look like you could use some saving my son) before the conversion: give me ten minutes and I’ll turn that fear into fire. The chorus isn’t comfort, it’s license. You’re allowed your grievance because everyone’s thinking it.

By the second verse the mask slips, the unsayable made sayable (is it time to say what we meant all along?), and the rally becomes the trap: sing along / what could go wrong?. Same FEiN theatrical-pop register as American Man and LOVED, but the subject here is political feeling as product. It pairs with #Grownupz (permission to stay a child) and Stupid Forever (permission to feel stupid): FEiN songs that validate the feeling while side-eyeing who profits from it.

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You look like you could use some saving my son
Bet it hurt when they gave your livelihood to someone
Am I wrong?
Tell me I'm wrong

I felt the fear that I can see in your eyes
Give me ten minutes and I'll turn that fear into fire
Have you heard?
I'll tell you his words

It's alright
It's alright to feel this way
It's alright
It's alright to feel betrayed

Everyone's thinking it

You look so manly with that pride in your step
Is it just me or is it time to say what we meant
All along?
Tell me I'm wrong

There is a place that you and I will be heard
All my fair friends and patriots will share in the word
Sing along
What could go wrong?

It's alright
It's alright to feel this way
It's alright
It's alright to feel betrayed

Everyone's thinking it