He gets up early, stays up so late
Everyone is sleeping while he's working away
Working his fingers down to the bone
Tying to take a house and turn it into a home
Somebody can't relate, they're mad, they're really screaming
There must be some mistake, he had a reason
Stuck in a stalemate it sees the way he's feeling
So it sits down on his shoulder, inches closer and closer, saying
You worked so hard and everything looks so great
Everybody wants to come and take that away
My hands are dirty, yours look so clean
Why don't you let me inside?
Give yourself over to me
Someone has to be the bad guy
So might as well give up and take this advice
I'll make it easy, you just repeat
Everyone I know is after me!
He's so essential, been there so long
Everybody else is doing such a bad job
He better tell them, how would they know?
He's the only person who can carry this load
No one will take the bait, they say he isn't needed
There must be some mistake, he's feeling cheated
Stuck in a stalemate it sees the way he's feeling
So it sits down on his shoulder, inches closer and closer, saying
You work so hard I think it's time for a break
Don't you ever worry they could take that away?
My hands are dirty, yours look so clean
Why don't you let me inside?
Give yourself over to me
Someone has to be the bad guy
So might as well give up and take this advice
I'll make it easy, you just repeat
Everyone I know is after me!
I just don't get why they're after me (they're after me)
I just don't get why they're after me (they're after me)
It's been so easy passing the buck
Every time he blamed it he was pushing his luck
His little devil, it don't exist
There's nothing left to prove, I think it's time to admit
Someone has to be the bad guy
So might as well give up and take this advice
I'll make it easy, you just repeat
Everyone I know is after me!
Someone has to be the bad guy
So might as well give up and take this advice
I'll make it easy, you just repeat
Everyone I know is after me!
Terry Venemous is releasing new music every 3 weeks this year. His latest EP is sumptuous art pop with a wry sense of detachment.
Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 27, 2024
A solarpunk concept album set in the not-too-distant tomorrow, Tom John Hall uses elegantly wrought art rock to tell a winding tale. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 25, 2023
