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Shake Him Off in 2013

Shake Him Off in 2013

A great, uplifting song for kicking off the first day of the new year. "It's hard to dance with the devil on your back, so shake him off!" Interpret it as a motivational anthem for the free (market-civil-and-family) society, and the "devil" as the imperial, parasitic state.

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Edit: A lyric from the song which can be interpreted as anti-state-appropriation: "Every demon wants his pound of flesh. But I like to keep some things to myself."

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