Useless ID is a four-piece punk-rock band formed in Haifa, Israel in 1994.… Read Full Bio ↴Useless ID is a four-piece punk-rock band formed in Haifa, Israel in 1994. Like any other band, they started playing shows in their country. However, it wasn't until they started flying to California to play shows when they began to get international recognition. They created their own record label called Falafel Records, named after their favorite food. Eventually The Ataris came to hear of Useless ID's material. They liked it and offered to do a split EP under their previous record label, Kung Fu Records. Useless ID eventually got signed under Kung Fu Records themselves and have released three more subsequent records on that label. One of their songs, called "State of Fear", is featured in the Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 compilation. In 2008, Suburban Home Records put out "The Lost Broken Bones", a solid 12 track album that hearkens back to the glory days of pop-punk, although it was darker, heavier and more aggressive than any of the band's previous efforts. Since 2011, the band has been signed to Fat Wreck Chords.

Band members:
* Yotam Ben Horin - Bass, Lead Vocals
* Ishay Berger - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Guy Carmel - Rhythm Guitar, Backup Vocals
* Yonatan Harpak - Drums, Percussion

Deny It
Useless ID Lyrics

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Call up the station.
Intimidation.
No need to go on.
Make some plans for everyone.

Dress up, you don't fit.
This suits me perfect.
Take a photograph.

Leave a dying image.
Wait for the train that may never arrive.

Place yourself in the middle and push me aside.
You better hold on because this is your last ride.

Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?

It's going to hit you when you least expect it.
It's been happening so long.
I guess we knew it all along.
Reach for your limits.

I don't think we'll make it.
If it were up to you then none of us would be around.
Starve for a good day.
At home it would last.

You can save me a window for questions you ask.
After what we've been through it doesn't matter.

Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.

You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.
You never won.

Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.
You never won.
D'You never won?

Look at yourself.
You never belong.
You never bothered to blend.
This latest fashion has brought us apart.
You did your time, now GO!

Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?

Deny it.
You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?
Deny it.

You never won.
Do you ever wonder why?

Overall Meaning

The Useless ID song Deny It is a commentary on social conformity and the pressures we feel to fit into societal expectations. The opening lines “Call up the station. Intimidation. No need to go on. Make some plans for everyone” give a sense of feeling trapped and powerless to the forces around us. The following lines “Dress up, you don't fit. This suits me perfect. Take a photograph. Leave a dying image. Wait for the train that may never arrive” paint a picture of someone trying to fit in, but ultimately feeling like an outsider. The “dying image” is a poignant reference to the pressure to conform and the sense of losing one’s true self in the process.

The song continues with a sense of urgency, as the lyrics shift to a more confrontational tone, with lines like “Place yourself in the middle and push me aside. You better hold on because this is your last ride.” The chorus “Deny it. You never won. Do you ever wonder why?” is a call to action to resist conformity and to question the systems around us that are designed to keep us in place.

As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer is not going to conform, but may pay a price for this choice. Lines like “I don't think we'll make it. If it were up to you then none of us would be around” suggest that choosing to buck societal norms may have consequences. However, the song ends on a note of defiance with the lines “Look at yourself. You never belong. You never bothered to blend. This latest fashion has brought us apart. You did your time, now GO!” This final chorus is a declaration of independence, a refusal to conform, and an embrace of individuality.

Line by Line Meaning

Call up the station.
Make a public announcement.

Intimidation.
Expectation of negative consequences.

No need to go on.
No necessity to explain.

Make some plans for everyone.
Plan for the common good.

Dress up, you don't fit.
Attempt to fit in failed.

This suits me perfect.
This fits me perfectly.

Take a photograph.
Capture the moment.

Leave a dying image.
Leave behind an image of suffering.

Wait for the train that may never arrive.
Hope for a change that may never come.

Place yourself in the middle and push me aside.
Act selfishly.

You better hold on because this is your last ride.
Treat each opportunity as the last.