Photography KeyesMusic / NewsAlice Glass’s new song is ‘a call to arms for all survivors’‘We need to fight back against those who have victimised us and against the feelings that tell us to give up inside’ShareLink copied ✔️January 24, 2018MusicNewsTextSelim Bulut Alice Glass has shared a new track, “Cease and Desist”. The electro-punk thrasher, which clocks in at under two minutes, is Glass’s first piece of new music since she accused her former Crystal Castles bandmate Ethan Kath of sexual abuse. “This song is a call to arms for all survivors,” Glass writes on Facebook. “But but being a survivor often means feeling afraid, it means sometimes feeling worthless, like you can’t go on. We need to fight back against those who have victimised us and against the feelings that tell us to give up inside.” She continues: “Sometimes we think we deserve the pain others have inflicted on us. This song is what I need to tell myself to get through each day, and what I hope other survivors can remember when they feel like they can’t make it through the darkness of their own recovery. Every day is a fight.” “Promise me you’re never the victim,” Glass shouts on the track. “Promise me you have to fight back.” Kath denied Glass’s accusations of sexual abuse and confirmed that he was seeking legal action against her. She was handed a court summons after a show by someone pretending to be a fan. “Cease and Desist”s legalese track title could be read as a reference to this. Listen to “Cease and Desist” below, and scroll down to read its full lyrics. PROMISE ME YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMPROMISE ME YOU HAVE TO FIGHTPROMISE ME YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMPROMISE ME YOU HAVE TO FIGHT BACK YOU HAVE TO FIGHT RIGHT NOWYOU HAVE TO FIGHT LIES, YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THEMYOU CAN TRYYOU’RE NOT ONE OF THEMTRY, YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THEMYOU CAN TRYTHEY WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU YOU HAVE TO FIGHT RIGHT NOWYOU HAVE TO FIGHT PROMISE ME YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMPROMISE ME YOU HAVE TO FIGHTPROMISE ME YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMPROMISE ME YOU HAVE TO FIGHT BACK YOU HAVE TO FIGHT RIGHT NOWYOU HAVE TO FIGHT LIES, YOU DON’T WANT TO REMEMBERTHEIR LIES, YOU DON’T WANT TO REMEMBERYOU TRY, BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO REMEMBERTHEIR LIES, THEY WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU THEY WANT TO TAKE IT ALL AWAYTHEY WANT TO TAKE IT ALL AWAYTHEY WANT TO TAKE IT ALL AWAYTHEY WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS TELL ME NO MORE LIESHAUNTED BLOOD TASTES BETTER NOWHAUNTED BLOOD TASTES BETTER NOWTHE WIRES HAVE BEEN CUT AND THE SIGNAL HAS BEEN LOSTHAUNTED BLOOD OF THE INNOCENTHAUNTED BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT RIGHT NOWYOU HAVE TO FIGHT HONESTLY, YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMHONESTLY, YOU HAVE TO FIGHTHONESTLY, YOU’RE NEVER THE VICTIMHONESTLY, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE GucciEsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterparty5 acts to know from Manchester’s musical underground Reebok Your favourite Reeboks are getting a makeoverThe 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!February 2026 playlist: All the music we loved from the last monthMagdalena Bay on romance, fate and the best advice they ever receivedEvery Gorillaz album, rankedWhat do cats think of Mitski’s new album? Find out in this new video‘Thug metal’ band Empty Shell Casing are the nu kids on the blockThese evocative photos depict the in-between moments at Rio Carnival These photos straddle ‘pre and post-iPhone’ London nightlifeListen to Evissimax’s ‘Black, vampy and sexy’ Dazed mixEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy