No Anthems - Sleater-Kinney

I’m the locust telling you something’s amiss

Then you hear the sound

I’m the whisper, I can do it better

When I look around

I’m the siren sail beamin' from the highest shelf

You should really look down

There is a road block that I couldn’t unlock

I really get around

Seduction, pure function

It’s how I learn to speak

Steal your power, in my hour

I could change most everything

I’m not the anthem, I once was an anthem

That sang the song of me But now there are no anthems

All I can hear is the echo, and the ring

I’m the sidewinder watching how to cut you down

I don’t say a word

Slow dream plannin' up my next scheme

I lay my moves down

I’m the pool boy fillin' you with cool joy

In my melody

I will lay low, freak you on your way to go Behind the scenes

I’m not the anthem, I once was an anthem

That sang the song of me But now there are no anthems

All I can hear is the echo, and the ring

Seduction, pure function

It’s how I learn to speak

Steal your power, in my hour

I could change most everything

I’m not the anthem, I once was an anthem

That sang the song of me But now there are no anthems

All I can hear is the echo, and the ring

But I want an anthem, I’m singin' an answer

An answer and a voice

To feel rhythm in silence, a weapon, not violence

Power, power, source