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'Bastards' began without a plan. Rob Flynn wrote the song as a rallying cry against political division and hatred, and it became the emotional centrepiece of the album, a track in which he addresses his sons directly, urging them to resist fear and hold fast to their values. The chorus is a mantra: stand your ground, be bold, be strange, do not let fear dictate who you are. The song moves from the personal to the political. Flynn surveys a landscape of moral compromise, corporate manipulation, and the weaponisation of language by those in power. Yet the track refuses despair. It pivots toward an act of radical inclusion, insisting that love and solidarity across difference are the only answer to division. The message is simple and unshakeable: we are better together.
"Bastards" is a track by Machine Head, from the album Catharsis, released 11th January 2018. Full lyrics are available below.
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