Everybody's moving, everybody's moving

Because they can’t get up

Sometimes a song detonates and it restores rather than destroys its environment. The smoke lifts to reveal a revived scene, not carnage, and the post-blast ear ringing feels more like an insight than bewilderment.

Fugazi’s “Waiting Room,” released on 13 Songs in 1988, has long been on my list of perfect rock and roll songs. An intense, frightening glimpse into the singer’s interior, a sonic EKG, it’s a tune about frustration and impatience that never resolves. As I’ve wri...