Release information about “DNA”

• Release date: December 1, 2020

• Genre: rock in a pop/dance jacket

• Artist: Aton O’Cat & Mrs. Jones

• Songwriter & lyrics: Aton O’Cat

About “DNA”

“DNA” is a song about identity; not genetics, but ideological identity: the character in the first verses behaves as if his opinion is universal truth. Every alternative is dismissed. This is how fanaticism looks in daily life: the ego is certain, the world must comply.

The middle German section is there for a reason: fanaticism is borderless;  every language, every nation, every ideology can fall into the same pattern.

Song meaning / interpretation “DNA”

This song asks a direct question: is superiority a personality trait, or a choice?

And the chorus flips the answer: real democracy is not in the flag, but in behavior. Democracy is something you DO. 

Musical DNA “DNA”

This track combines a pop/dance beat with rock-attitude and lyrical seriousness.

Artists who also embraced lean, riff-first, message-first rock include Rage Against The Machine, The White Stripes and Royal Blood; all of them use minimal production to make the idea hit harder. 

Full lyrics “DNA”

(original English and German lyrics -  © Aton O’Cat)

Your standards are the very best                     

For you that is so clear                                         

You want to teach the rest

Even if they won’t hear  

You become fanatic   

It’s in your DNA

You feel so important                                              

You want it your way                                               

Opponents are just idiots                                       

Only your word is okay                                            

You are the new savior                                            

Dictatorship is on replay                                         

You are the new savior                                            

Dictatorship is on replay  

Hört ihr was ich sage?              

Keiner ist perfekt

Darum meine Frage

Lass uns doch in Ruh

Keine Überheblichkeit!

Das ist nicht okay

Richtige Freiheit

Nur das ist der Weg

Richtige Freiheit

Nur das ist der Weg

No one ist the best                    

For me that is so clear                                        

I won’t teach the rest

I hope now you will hear                         

Please just be fanatic               Wenn es ist ein Spiel

When it is a game                       Fühlt euch nicht so wichtig

Don’t feel so important           Nur Freiheit ist der weg

Just freedom is the way          Hör auch auf Andern

So listen to others                      Dann es wird okay

Things will be okay                    Richtig Demokratisch

Real democracy                           Beherrscht das DNA

Controls your DNA                   Richtig Demokratisch

Real Democracy                          Beherrscht das DNA

Controls your DNA

Habt ihr mich gehört?   

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