I Don't Care About Your Band - Kevin Devine

I don’t care about your band

I thought I could;

turns out I can’t

I mean no malice — I promise, man

I just don’t care about your band

But I care that you’re an honest guy

An ambassador for peace & light

A struggler who forgives himself

A human being, and nothing else

See, I found out about your band

Via blogosphere, via hidden hand

You were DIY, you were test-tube made

I wasn’t biting either way

But I care that you’re a voice for change

Who lives the things she sings onstage

A struggler who forgives herself

A human being, and nothing else

In the middle

We’re feeling less-than

Boxed up in riddles

Self-conscious second guessing

If you listen

There’s a lesson

It’s transcendent, if you listen

I’d like to be a better guy

No easy targets

No cheap drive-bys

But I’m a part-time monster who

Contradicts himself

I’m a human being

And nothing else

And I don’t care about your band