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[06:40 | Rock, Folk Punk, Folk]

Pat talks about personal responsibility and criticizes the punk scene for caring more about getting fucked up than being politically active.

Most of this song was written pre rehab, see “Do You Want to Go to Party Town?” Wingnut Dishwashers Union

It was part of him taking responsibility for addiction and realizing he needs rehab and distance from the punk community that enables his addiction. Importantly, the beginning line is changed from “we’ve been drinking ourselves in” to “I”. He has taken responsibility with this song.

https://genius.com/Ramshackle-glory-from-here-till-utopia-song-for-the-desperate-lyrics

Comments from same source:

“He said "no one’s gonna stop you from dying young and miserable and right”

It’s a comment on the alcoholic/addict persistence in following their broken ideals even though those same ideals got them to rock bottom. They’re so certain of the superiority of their own ego that they’ll drink themselves to death long before they admit that they’ve been wrong. But “If you want something better, you gotta put that shit aside.” By being open to new ideas and becoming willing to change, they can recover and don’t have to die young, miserable, and “right”.

Is there a way to add alternate titles to songs? Despite “From Here Till Utopia (Song for the Desperate)” being the original title of this song, on most streaming platforms it is titled “From Here to Utopia”. I think it would make sense for the new title to be referenced somewhere to allow people searching for it using the new title to find the song.