“Smile Thru the Fog” reflects the experience many families face today with relatives who have become deeply entrenched in misinformation. Regardless of how much credible evidence you present, they dismiss it and insist they are “just telling you the truth,” often with an unwavering smile. The song was inspired by a family member of mine who is firmly committed to QAnon beliefs and once told me that my having worked at Microsoft made me a demon, that Bill Gates is a child molester, and that Donald Trump is a divinely guided figure I should be grateful for—along with a host of other unfounded claims.

Lyrics:

VERSE 1
She’s got halos made of headlines she reads online,
Speaking tongues of Fox and Newsmax divine,
Says I’m a demon ‘cause I used to code in blue,
Redmond took away my soul, who knew?
She’s saving souls through a broadband prayer,
While truth just buffers in the air.

VERSE 2
She’s preaching freedom from her easy chair,
Disability checks and holy flares,
Rewriting history in her echo room,
Founding fathers wearing MAGA plumes,
Every fact that dares to show its face,
Gets baptized out of time and space.

PRECHORUS 1
She says the end is any day now,
But  she’s shopping for a crown,
Building castles out of gaslight dreams,
Paying homage to a gassy orange clown

CHORUS 1
Oh, smile through the fog, girl, smile through the fog,
Your laughter’s the armor that hides every flaw,
You’re burning your bridges but call it love,
Oh, smile through the fog — when push comes to shove.

VERSE 3
You bought a kingdom made of someone else's trust,
Turned love to ashes, faith to dust,
All your saints are shouting in your feed,
But only the ghosts echo your creed,
Every mirror cracks beneath your gaze,
But you call it Rapture’s blaze.

PRECHORUS 2
She says that truth’s a state of mind,
Non-scripture written by the blind,
Every scar she paints is gold,
And says it's God’s to hold.

CHORUS
Oh, smile through the fog, girl, smile through the fog,
Your laughter’s the armor that hides every flaw,
You’re burning your bridges call it love,
Oh, smile through the fog — when push comes to shove.

CHORUS
Smile through the fog, girl, smile through the fog,
Your heaven’s a stage and your script is law,
Keep laughing loud till the lights all go off,
Smile through the fog — even when you see what you’ve lost.


Smile Thru the Fog

Marc is a journeyman of a musician.  As a professional bassist, arranger, engineer and producer he has produced and engineered over 80 albums and played on hundreds of sessions from Los Angeles to Boston and all points in between. He is also a songwriter, having written music for artists big and small.  He has been married to Debi since 1985, and has 2 children- Ian and Sarah along with 2 granddaughters.  Marc lives and works out of his home studio near Seattle, Washington.

Smile Thru the Fog

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