Protomartyr
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[Verse 1]
Against the sea, a hidden incorporated town
That glows like zircon in a fire
Its straight white streets
They crawl with consumers and their dogs
Migrant workers tend the transplant poplars
[Verse 2]
The liberal-minded here
They close their eyes and dream
Of technology and kombucha
The anti-vagrant system sounds like
20 dollar bills being sorted in a counter
[Chorus 1]
Don't go to Anacita
They got their goon squads on patrol
Don't go to Anacita
They're gonna throw you in a hole
[Verse 3]
Behind their walls and gates the people fear a thief
That would steal money god put in their pockets
Their god is such a strange, vindictive beast
He only blesses those who prosper
[Chorus 2]
Don't go to Anacita
They only love abstract unborn
Don't go to Anacita
Once you're out, you're all on your own
[Bridge]
Don't go there, don't, don't
Don't go there, don't, don't
Don't go there, don't, don't
Don't go there, don't, don't
[Chorus 1]
Don't go to Anacita
They got their goon squads on patrol
Don't go to Anacita
You're better off living in a hole
Don’t Go to Anacita was written by Protomartyr.
Don’t Go to Anacita was produced by Protomartyr & Sonny DiPerri.
Protomartyr released Don’t Go to Anacita on Tue Sep 26 2017.
In an interview with The 405 Joe Casey explained that Anacita is a fictional town:
“I made it up on a song that we did last year for the Adult Swim Singles Program called ‘Born To Be Wine’, where I had a character in the song that was a washed up rock star – back when rock stars could make money –...
Now on the side B. I had come up with the town of Anacita when I needed a place for a faded performer to live in a previous song called ‘Born To Be Wine.’ In my head it has become the exurb of the city I build in my imaginings while I’m trying to go to sleep — a weird tic I found my Dad shared. (I s...