JUSTICE IS MIGHT
   
Originally Released on:

BAD MOON RISING

also appears on:

  • n/a

Line-up:
Thurston - vocals/guitar?
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Bob Bert - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

[spoken: super-distorted]...[??]...Okay, okay, uh.. okay, this song, this song, this song is called, this s-.. okay, uh..uh..this song is called Justice is...Justice is Might. Okay, it's about..[too distorted]..sonic life. It's about sonic life. It's about Lee...Lee...Lee is free...[?]...you have a genius, you have a genius and a sex maniac living together, taking lots of drugs, and fucking all day.. and, you know, it's..it's just, it's just, it's just like staying at home.. staying at home and risking your life. And it's like..[?].. okay this song, it's called... this song is called Justice... this song is.. J-.. J-.. this song is called Justice is Might.

I know it's wrong
But that is alright
As long as it's strong
It's just that it might
Justice is might
Justice is might
Justice is might
Justice is might

[distorted speech begins again]:

Justice is might
Justice is might
Justice is might
I know it's wrong
But that is alright
As long as it's strong
It's just that it might
Justice is might

Smash up what's left of the aches up
Arms up
Up overhead
You can kill it

Track length: 4:21 (2:56)

First Known Performance: 05/19/84
Last Known Performance:  10/24/84

NOTES:

  • First track length is original Blast First sequence, bracketed time is DGC reissue.
  • The distorted speech spoken word intro features some inspiration from a Lydia Lunch poem.
  • Thurston "plays" Lee's amplifier at the end of this song, tweaking the knobs to alter the tone of his guitar.