If you’ve read prior posts, it’s no surprise that I have …a lot of baggage. I have literally penned thousands and thousands of words here that touch on just how messed up I am. (Hopefully in the service of being entertaining, calling attention to undiscussed issues, but most importantly recommending awesome works, naturally!)
This boy I know, he is pure of soul.
He just gets lost some times in his chemicals.
It sucks! It really sucks. However, this song helps.
Just remember you called it all bullshit.
Well it isn’t if you stop giving into it.
TILLY AND THE WALL are — well, technically were, given that they’re no longer active — a band of born of sympathy, of seeing and feeling others’ hurt and wanting to help.
I don’t like how it feels when I think of him!
This song really helps! Music is often a fucking balm, but can also shed light.
I previously posted about TILLY AND THE WALL’s ’No Education’ remix, which is so enthralling, but The Freest Man?
As someone who has struggled more than I’d like, someone who has actively pushed support away, felt afraid of relying on others, this song is the other side of the coin; of hearing how others view you struggling.
It hits hard.
Being able to latch onto the work of others as a means of support and a type of realization is the beauty of art and effort.
This boy I know lives in a bell jar
It is balancing upon its pedestal
He tries not to upset the weight of conscience
Afraid it’s so far to fall if no one catches him
Is this a pretty basic remix? Sure, but it’s fucking engaging and bolstering four-on-the-floor electro.
It is no mistake that TILLY AND THE WALL have a background in education, because this track? The Freest Man? It’s about as sympathetic as it gets, and I am absolutely here for it and I love their generosity and I greatly miss them.
But I’ve been there too, and I swear to god
If I can help you, please, you’ve got to tell me how
I know you’ve been away, and it can break you down
And I don’t want you gone
If you haven’t heard the original? Here it is in all of its tap-dancing glory:
You can walk away The Freest Man.