So simple

So simple is a song by LorD and Master. It appears on the album Pensive and takes a look at the isolation one feels growing up as a gay man in Dan's own experience and the reasons behind that isolation. Section 28, a law enacted by Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s forbade the "promotion" of homosexuality as a "pretended family relationship". The outcome was that, for fear of contravening this law, homosexuality was not mentioned in any school curriculum, making LGBTQ+ pupils feel totally alone. Many members of the LGBTQ+ community in the UK who were brought up in this period still carry the scars of this legislation whose minimal wording was considered so simple.

Lyrics

So simple, yet so effective
An unconditioned set of views
Don’t be maudlin nor reflective
It’s not by accident: you choose

You choose to be this way, I swear it
This is what I have been taught
By those whose men seek to impair it
A fight we never should have fought

It’s so simple, yet so effective
Isolation is the key
Without a friend, we are selective
And education is the enemy

You could be the only one, I swear it
This is what you have been taught
It’s not true, but if the shoe fits, wear it
Then the fight never will be fought

Versions

• Appears on Pensive.

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.