Dennis DeYoung turned to a song he wrote while in Styx for inspiration for a song on his new album, 26 East, Vol. 1. The song he borrowed a lyric from is 1979’s “Borrowed Time,” which is: “I’m so confused by the things I read, I need the truth but the truth is I don’t know who to believe. The left says yes and the right says no, I’m in between and the more I learn the less that I know. We’re living high, Living fine, Living high on borrowed time.” He’s using that line in his new song “With All Due Respect.”
He says, “These lyrics were true in 1979 and more so today. The news establishment has given into partisanship reporting masquerading as truth in a quest for more listeners, readers and viewers. They exacerbate our political differences into grand theater making us believe we are more divided than we are and for one reason, money. Money from advertisers. Higher ratings no matter the cost. Both sides are to blame.”
Here’s the video he released last week.
