Porch Cat - Bad Victim

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{Verse 1}
Take it in stride, where is your pride?
A monster stole it while I was trying to hide
In the temple I built where the insides are gray
But the flowers laid out invite you to stay

{Verse 2}
So I've been plantin' thorns in my garden
To hold my power, I have to begin
I don't mind writing poems in photo form
It's the action I take, it's the change that I've sworn

{Verse 3}
We suffer in anger, we claw and we bite
We're silent through tearfall, but not without fight
I seem to keep cyclin' through the bad things I've done
For I am not pure, I'm the bad victim

{Verse 4}
I am with myself, it's all I can do
I'm remindin' myself that I'm stronger than you
I seem to keep cyclin' through the bad things I've done
For I am not pure, I'm the bad victim, oh

{Bridge}
Tell them I'm crazy, I'll tell them you're right
Crazy you made me 'cause you made me fight
The record you played, your idea of fun
I've made it this far as the bad victim

{Outro}
I seem to keep cyclin' through the bad things I've done
For I am not pure, I'm the bad victim

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Porch Cat is a dream-pop, punk-based band from Bellingham, Washington. Most of the information regarding the band is on their Facebook page, and their Bandcamp. The band is led by Chan Barraza Benicki, a nonbinary lesbian who struggles with several medical conditions. Chan details the purpose and information on the band on their Facebook page, under their about, titled “Our Story”.

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Porch Cat is the musical project of singer-songwriter, Chan Barraza. Through uptempo punk songs, sludgy ballads, and pop hooks, Porch Cat writes about queer identity, pain and chronic illness, abuse and assault, colonization and racism – ultimately returning to themes of love and empowerment.
As a queer, nonbinary, disabled and chronically ill Latina, Porch Cat strives to push the boundaries of representation in music, as well as fight for feminism, queer rights, disability rights, and against racism.
Porch Cat originally began as an acoustic singer-songwriter project by Chan Barraza in 2011 in Bellingham, WA. Benicki began to learn guitar at age 12, and soon combined their love for writing poetry and singing into writing original songs. Throughout their life, Barraza explored theatre, photography, and visual arts, but it wasn’t until they were in college that they played music as part of a band. Since then, Porch Cat has transformed from an acoustic, folk sound, to an electric band influenced by Barraza’s love of punk, indie, and alternative rock. Barraza lives with chronic illness, including Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Narcolepsy with Cataplexy, PTSD, and PMDD.