It Doesn't Make It True

Album: Vacancy (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • On January 21, 2017, the day of massive women's marches around the world in the wake of Donald Trump's inauguration, Anthony Raneri of Bayside tweeted that this song is about "how we treat women."

    The song is a call for men to step up and take responsibility for their actions:

    Boys to the back and men to the front of the room
    And if you think that you've got something missing
    You probably do

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