Difranco, Ani - Binary Lyrics

I like to have you here playing in Berlin.
Don't know if it fits but I like to see you playing with St. Vincent and playing guitar together.
That'S why I am listening to St. V now after listening to Anis first two albums.
After a while I forgot what I was listening to and thought: Ani's third album sounds very different, haha.
You women's make me go round like I don't know... hahaha

This is bardzo New York for me. ;)

wow. as amazing as when I was listening to the little plastic castle over and over again 20 years ago haha. better, no doubt.

Thank you, Ani.

Thanks Willow Smith for putting me on this 🔥

I thought I am the only who's been looking for it

Willow brought me here 🎶

Same. Just saw her insta story!

Wow Ani in a real video!! Never seen her in one she actually made. Awesome! Happy to see she didn't conform to mainstream society and shave her arms for the video. That's my girl! No surprise though. She's always been such a role model for all women everywhere. She has shown me that being your own authentic self is ok no matter what anyone says.

Hot Damn, Girl!! Been a fan for over 20 years... and you just keep delivering. This is FIRE!!

I'd be damned, ani DiFranco actually made a video.
6 candles and a cage.
Xoxo, still loving your work.

Ah she is a real inspiration to me. I am an lgbt singer/songw from Turkey and she gives me a real boost on my way. With 3 solo albums and 20 years, i am still fighting....

I love this woman! 🤘 Thanks again Ani D

Danke!)

Well, shoot! She’s still as amazing as ever!! I enjoy her subtle manifestations of “cray-cray,” per say, that often mocks our socially accepted “normalcy” of behavior. In turn, we can relate to our own feelings of crazy, such as getting overwhelmed, unjustly being labeled as insane, told we were acting “hysterical,” felt suicidal, or feeling just plain different than everyone around them. Living in Clip is a fantastic part of her career that showcases not only her talent, passion, and wide-ranging creativity, but of course, also demonstrates the band’s reciprocal harmony, and ferocious yet humble accompaniment. She is, by all means, the truest version of an artist that knows no bounds. It’s easy to admit that it makes her deeply more beautiful than she already is. I’d drop the mic, but I care about it’s integrity and hope it has a long life. Keep doing you, Ani!!!

Sorry but this is cringe

Perhaps to you... listen to what she's SAYING man! <3

Hate the message, love the artist. It _is_ possible :)

pinkeye00 Yeah, caring for each other. Fuck that. Let's all just keep being assholes.

33 people aren't brothers and sisters.

L M and now it’s 47 haters

im here because of josh sundquist

her binary in studio was awesome too- but this is her caught her original drive- finished product- success

Now there's a face that time hasn't been kind to.

Why did I see this just now? This is great

lol, this is Music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-6gg5-nsk god part is at 1:19

Love this tune. Great to see Ani back

This stinks like Ani DiFranco after two hour bike ride!

What the hell? What was she talking about?

versailleschick1994
Since you asked, I will kindly interpret this fine piece of poetry:


Where are my sisters?
Where are my brothers?
Where is my family
Who takes care of each other?

(All of humanity is a family and we all need to care for each other, but some of us don't see that and view others as unworthy.)

In the blue glow of gizmos

(cell phones, iPads and other divises)

Lurk despots in diapers

(definition of despot: "a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way."
The "in diapers" part is directed at certain world rulers who tweet too much and cause unrest by being big babies. You can figure out for yourself who that could possibly be referring to. I'm pretty sure it's mostly Trump, with a little bit of Kim jong un.)

And cyborgs with bullhorns

(keyboard warriors)

And crackpots and snipers

(Crazy people who commit mass shootings and other atrocities.)

Like robots so cold
With such ease they dismiss you

(cold people these days who don't see others as worth anything)

Sooner fuck you than kiss you

(referring to the general misunderstanding of what constitutes real intimacy)


Sooner kick you and diss you

(this is self explanitory)


They got networks like insects

(computer networks, social networks, secret societies... and they act like insects, not how humans should act)


With webs of deception

(The news networks, conspiracy theorists, government... big corporations... religion... they're all just fake fronting liars.)


They'll trap you, cocoon you
Like a department of corrections

(they'll wrap you up in their buggy webs of oppression and lies. The department of corrections- prison is the obvious cocoon in which they'll trap you, but all kinds of institutions, beliefs, and marketing schemes will trap you, too.)


They come in all colours and
Sexes and creeds
They got all kinda issues
They got all kinda needs

(Take that at face value)


Little laboratory monkeys
Raised with no hugging

(People these days are raised without real humanity. Our comfort doesn't come from ourselves or each other any more, it comes from things and outside sources.)


Just a wire cage mamma
And lab coats mugging

(All too often, our mothers and fathers are just not there for us. Instead they let the T.V., internet, gaming, pop music industry and other media and outside institutions raise us. Like our humanity has been mugged by marketing schemes. We are all like some kind of social experiment.)


I feel your anger
I feel your pain
I feel the aching hole in your
Soul that can't be named

(Most of us are lonely and angry because we are living this empty, isolated, plastic fantasy. We are pitted against each other. We are ignored and condemned if we express positive, inclusive humanity. Then we wonder why we feel so isolated and frusterated.)


Consciousness is binary

(the definition of binary: "relating to, composed of, or involving two things." Computer code is written using binary code. Two basic elements. There is never just one side of anything. Also, there are infinite ways to arrange two basic elements, so anything is possible. We can create anything through out consciousness.)


Consciousness is spinning

(To be conscious is to be awake. It's spinning, it doesn't stop. Stay concious= Stay woke.)


Consciousness is a circuit
When consciousness is winning

(A circuit is an electrical connection. Our brain synapses pop off like electrical currents when they make connections. If we communicate with each other, we elevate our collective conciousness. If we just fight with, disparage and kill each other, we are not winning.)


You gotta complete the circuit
(from brain to brain)

Alone there's just no knowing
(unless we can connect, we will keep losing)


Yeah energy is destructive unless it is flowing

(consciousness/energy is spinning or flowing... but if it's blocked by stubbornness, defensiveness, paranoia, and derisiveness, then it's destructive. It turns into hate.)


In the connection lies the spark

(in connecting to others lies the spark of life. Of goodness. Of progression.)


In the connection lies the art

(art is about understanding and expressing)


You gotta be up in someone's countenance
Conversing with their heart
You gotta complete the circuit

(to complete the circuit of energy and keep good progression flowing, you have to speak and listen with an open heart.)


Not just with human beings
With the sky above you
With the earth beneath your feet

(Everything on Earth lives in symbiosis with everything else. When we pollute and kill plants and animals and disrupt ecosystems, we are only hurting ourselves.)


When you complete the circuit
With everything that lives
Borders get blurry

(We won't worry so much about putting up walls and fearing and hating others if we treat all of life with dignity. Borders get blurry means we are all meant to be one family, not a bunch of enemies behind crimson borders.)


And the rest is adjectives

(the definition of adjective: "A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it." Adjectives might be nescessary... but too many might modify the meaning too much. It's a fine balance.


Consciousness is binary
Consciousness is spinning

Where are my sisters?
Where are my brothers?
Where is my family
Who takes care of each other?

(Don't just stop being conscious and connecting because it's a challenge. Try to rise to the challenge, at least in some little way, every day.)

WhatAWorld awesome breakdown! Yes. I'd like to add if I may that the torroidal field of a human being spins faster when energy collects and cycles properly and can be accomplished through intended efforts toward spiritual evolution,
Ie: healthy habits and practices for mind body and the soul.

WhatAWorld I need your friendship in my life!!

@WhatAWorld thank you so much. That was an awesome break down I couldn't have said it better myself.!! You rock!!

You groove sista nice

So excited

Fuck yeah! I LOVE this song!

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Love it! Razor-sharp lyrics, cool band and sound. Great voice as always and uber nice guitar playing in the acoustic versions!

Can not wait till you roll through Up State NY Pok. and Beacon! Feel the Art of Life.

I love you SO much Ani!! Amazing video! 💕💕

Weird to not see you behind a guitar

this sucks

Stop Smoking Crack

I just read the lyrics in the description and it sounds pretty bad.

Well the lyrics may not make a lot of sense but her voice is golden.

Yo momma sucks.

GRRRRdernit... in the spirit of the song, i.must.be.nice.

Ok. Pardon me sir, but HOW do you see something wrong with lyrics about caring for each other?

Still here.

Vista in concerto la scorsa settimana!!! A parte che è una poetessa, perché scrive testi meravigliosi, ma è fantastica dal vivo!!! Suona in un modo che incanta e trascina!! E questo pezzo è bellllissimoo

not since Joyful Girl (remixd) a video?!

that is what i was thinking when i saw this! but i dont thing it's remixed. i might be wrong but i think this is the way the track is produced on the album...

i mean Ani has really only 3 or 4 "official" music videos.

HAhAHAHAAAAAAA she is so full of shite now

This is amazing. I think this might summon some Extra Terrestrials to check out Righteous Babe, if they haven't already.

Oy!!! We love you Ani. Nice video - hot damn.

How am I just now hearing about this? I love this so much.

The fact she made a music video like this.. I think Ani is having a lot of fun making music again. Allergic To Water was almost.. not even advertised and the music wasn't as polished and produced as well as this.

Please stop.

I haven't been this addicted to an Ani jam since Evolve!!

oneStandsAllFallTwoStandAllRise

Thanks... I'm wondering where everyone is at myself.

Early to mid-90s and now we get this shite!

wtf youtube why havent all these awesome new ani videos hit my feed??

Excellent, can't wait till 2nd July!

totally love the new album! thank you.

NEW? yessssssss!!!