Social Warfare (album)

## Chronology

Vengeful Mother (X968MC) Fearless Love (X975MC)

## Singles

* Quiet and Well-Behave

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* Lucy

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* I Wanna Be Your Slave

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* I'm Not a Freak

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* Black Tears

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* Whore

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**Social Warfare** is the debut album released by the Asteroian band The Loving Arms and was released through Trash Tree Records on X970MC.

## Composition

### Lyrics

"Quiet and Well-Behave" is a song about turning a cathartic anger, our anger transformed into something positive, which leads to change thing. Hillgoth calls it "*a call to arms for all the freaks and wierdo's to stop trying too hard to be normal, fuck normal, fuck people who tell you how to live your life"*. "Lucy" written by di'Beija was her giving herself closure about leaving the friends and some family that she still had a close relationship behind to get away from the bad people in her life. But in the song, she also encouraged those who loved her the freedom to live their own lives as she's fine now and they can just worry about their own life. "Take Me Out" is a simple party goer song about simply having a good time and being unapologetic about their life. "Social Warfare" is a political charged song about the political pissing cold war between the Kyzahi Empire and the Alpheratz Union and how their actions have affected the people of Asteroid City with their schemes and actions having devastating effects on those people. It tells the story of three people: (\*&\*), (\*&\*) and (\*&\*). "I Wanna Be Your Slave" talks about the duality of relationships the "*obsession and how we as social creatures are willing to enslave themselves if that's what it takes to win over that special someone*."

"Black Tears" lyrically is about El's struggle with mental illness and the increasing anxiety of being away from her child for long periods of time. "Tell Me" is about Bebel frustration with the lingering feelings between Bebel and Vic at the time. "Lovin' You" is her reflecting on the insecurities and fears of first love, as in hindsight her first love would be her ex-husband and how the relationship became toxic and unsavable. "Singing at Snakes" was based on a repeating nightmare El had, where she was being swarmed by snakes with the faces of people in her life that hurt her and keep pulling her down into the darkness. It began to affect her so much that it was affecting her work, childcare and simply how she was communicating with the people in her life now, one day Bebel comforted her about it and after telling her, they wrote a song and the dream started happening less and less.

"I'm Not a Freak" depicts a person who tries to express themselves, but they are limited by non-understanding society. Additionally, some lines were written in response to the criticism that the band's frontwoman have received. Hillgoth spoke about "*the hypocrisy of people who have the gall to say some of the things they have said about my lady bandmates especially, it's disgusting and frustrating. As much as we fight and have our disagreements, we are each other's chosen family. So when people come up to me and compliment me on how sexy or attractive I'm, and then harass Bebel for being trans or call El a bad mother because she wear something slightly revealing is stupid, the people of the Union who love having mistresses, illegitimate children, sex scandals, fucking tranny behind their wives back, etc. can't handle my friends expressing themselves in a healthy and safe space can all go fuck themselves*".

"Whore" is written by El and her own personal "fuck you" to all the criticism by people who discovered her through (\*&\*) and don't know anything about her life what she's been through and indirectly taking control of her narrative. Revealing in an interview that she was a survive of rape and a brutal assault when she was pregnant with her eldest child, and that when she got fame and people where making comments about her appearance, her child, etc. that it began to weight down on her and that she thought about quit the band but didn't due to her love of the work she was creating refusing to let other's take that away.

"Just Set it on Fire" written by El, Marilyn and Vic mostly by the first two are them taking control of their story. El was raised orignally by a transgender prostitute, the death of her hitman father and her surviving the Tropaion Tower and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her biological mother. Marilyn also opens up about his mother's suicide and affair along with his history of drug abuse and prostitution.