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Backup Singer

from Dolphin Ape Demo by The Taxonomists

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I see you’re visibly annoyed
You wear it well, I can always tell
But I know you’re right only ‘cause I’m right
Don’t fall apart, you’re still important but mostly to yourself

I’m still awake, just shutting down
I still have time to turn around

You’re too far in your head, you’ve got to come on out
But I’m a step ahead, already out of bed
You don’t have to be the center of it all
And you don’t have to watch, just go away and call
You’re too far up your ass, you need to come on out
You give a lot of shits for having none for you
But I don’t need to know everything all the time

Your life can be a peculiar thing to figure out
I don’t mean to dream I just want to fight back
But you don’t aspire any higher than a goddamned fool
You say I don’t perceive it but I know you don’t believe that
I’m gonna push it through your lungs
And through your throat and out your stupid face

Good friends talk back, a push and pull
I might relax if I weren’t so full

I’m too far in my head, I’ve got to come on out
But I’m a step ahead, already out of bed
And I don’t have to be the center of it all
And you don’t have to watch, just go away and call
You’re too far up your ass, and maybe I am too
You give a lot of shits for having none for you
But I don’t need to know everything all the time

Don’t start talking now
I will tune you out
We each feel the way we do

I’m not a backup singer so don’t treat me like scum
I’m not a backup singer so don’t treat me like one
I’m not your backup singer and I don’t look like one
I’ve got big hands and a big mouth too
I’ve got such grace and flawless intellect, don’t lie
I’m so polite, watch your manners
(I’m not a backup singer... or am I?)

I can harmonize by myself

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from Dolphin Ape Demo, released November 16, 2013

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