Liner notes:
Spoiler
The first verse directly comments on my first song - mocking the idea that because I read an article about jade mining I'm suddenly some human rights expert, with a couple of punny callbacks in "he really puts the me in mine" and "some jaded arsehole". The second verse references my subway anxieties from my round one song, "sat on the Inner Circle seeing things that aren't there" (the inner circle is a line on the Glasgow subway), and the "paranoia, pareidolia" hook from that song is echoed here in the "paranoia, panic attack" lyric.
Hopefully it makes some sense. As I say I found this challenge a real struggle and hope I haven't completely gotten the wrong end of the stick, but to my ears this would work as a linking track between my first and second song.
Boy read an article in TIME,
suddenly he's Mr Human Rights
he really puts the Me in Mine
some jaded arsehole, a tourist in less fortunate lives
if it helps, he feels guilty all the time
if it helps, he knows he's a hypocrite
if it helps, he has this voice that's always chattering
an awful sound, it says "drag him around"
anxiety
self-hatred
insecurity
drag me around
paranoia
panic attack
neuroses
drag me around
sat on the Inner Circle,
seeing things that aren't there
with this messed up inner monologue
circling his head
if it helps, you know he's feeling terrified
if it helps, he knows he's a narcissist
if it helps, he has this voice that's always chattering
an awful sound, it says "drag him around"
anxiety
self-hatred
insecurity
drag me around
paranoia
panic attack
neuroses
drag me around
if it helps, he knows he's a hypocrite
if it helps, he knows he's a narcissist
drag me around
paranoia
panic attack
neuroses
drag me around
anxiety
self-hatred
insecurity
drag me around