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The song “SCAPEGOAT”, cowritten with producer Jimmy Hogarth, articulates the crisis experienced by those caught in cycles of persecution, lyrically interweaving the voice of a perpetrator with an omniscient perspective, perhaps of Nature Herself, as She watches on, holding empathic space for the underlying subject of assault.
The lyrics are direct: “You’re so killable… disappear-able. / This one we need not protect / This one’s a freebie for our guns/ Take this one to a place/You’d better have your way / Take all of my hate into your body.” ANOHNI refers alternately to victims of sexual assault, kidnapping, murder, gun violence, and bullying, illuminating the reality that certain human bodies in our societies are designated as expendable.
In the final stanza, ANOHNI states “It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you come from / It doesn’t matter what you’ve got to give, or why you want to live / You’re my scapegoat / It’s not personal.” A crushing guitar solo commands the song’s finale. By stating “It’s not personal,” ANOHNI separates the dignity and the interior lives of scapegoated individuals from the violence they endure.
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