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Lucy Dacus' Conflicted Song About America: 'Forever Half Mast'

The track, which sees the U.S. as "evil" but "not that bad," is being released ahed of the Fourth of July as part of the singer's ongoing series of songs for the holidays.
Lucy Dacus

is conflicted about America. The chorus of her new song, "," begins with the line, "Yes you're evil, but you're not that bad." The inspired songwriter from Richmond dropped

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