Photography KeyesMusicNewsAlice 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 Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBehind-the-scenes at Oklou and FKA twigs’ new video shootBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authoritiesZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney ‘Her dumbest album yet’: Are Swifties turning on Taylor Swift?IB Kamara on branching out into musicEnter the K-Bass: How SCR revolutionised Korean club culture‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day festWho are H.LLS? Get to know London’s anonymous alt-R&B trioTaylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl ‘Cold Lewisham nights’: Behind the scenes at Jim Legxacy’s debut UK tour All the pettiest pop beefs of 2025Has the algorithm killed music discovery?