ANTISOCIAL SURF CLUB’s “Scream Crying,” turns out to be a perfect self-exploration that deals with the very delicate subjects of mental disorders, social life, and frustrations in today’s life. Lyric content revolves on the polar emotions such as despair, and anger, and the pressure to, maintain appropriate social decorum.

The first line, “Blow me to smithereens,” is a clear cue of the chaotic self-destructive tendencies that characterizes the persona. A clear naivety and earnestness is asked as to whether life was indeed ever that “sweet” and that rawness is missed where people wish for the good old days or what is authentically natural. Rebelling against doing something “foolhardy” and then daring someone to prevent them shows inner conflict between personal restraint and outside control.

“My therapist needs therapy”, “The president needs therapy”, such lines add up a touch of the dark humor into critique of personal and societal psyche that everyone has, such as stress and angst. The vocalist participates in self-critiquing and identifying all the insanity occurring but what makes it such understanding and yet heavy is humor.

The chorus of ‘All the smiles im faking / Well, they’re really catching up with me.’ talks of the tiredness that comes with trying to camouflage one’s true feelings while the line, ‘fine, maybe a little bit vacant’ encapsulates the in between zone of realization and avoidance aspiration centered on that type of feeling.

To sum up, the lyrics of “Scream Crying” include humor, self-deprecation and poignant observations about mental health. As a result, making it very appealing and fairsharing among the audiences whose lives have been riddles between personal and outside anguish and performance pushing.