Written by Angeline.

I'm not at the beginning, I'm somewhere in the midst of it. Lines from the lyrics - Gloria's banners - come floating up. Words that I already love forever - words that inspire me, 'I am a nation without bureaurocratic ties, deny the allegation as it's written, FUCKING LIES' - words that tear ragged edges in me, 'like refugees, we're lost like refugees' - words that make me fucking angry, which would be Restless Heart Syndrome as a whole - words that make me cry -
Billie Joe's vocal on 21 Guns - jesus, this is such a place that I'm crying before I even know why, maybe not even for him or for me, although that's in there too - but I realize that he's singing in the voice beyond the voice, the song beyond the song - his voice could be the wind on the reeds or the call of a wolf, it is, - and this song, this 21st Century song, is coming from a timeless place. It's the voice of loneliness.