Counterweight

from The Most Important Thing by No Pterodactyls

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lyrics

bully for you
you can wear my shoes
when you walk that line
now there’s no denying you can
fetch a fresh calamity
catch your breath
get some rest
and test your indifference

your inferences are fettered with
facile words
it’s absurd but i’ve heard
and i probably would be
amenable to seminal works,
just a verse, can’t be worse
than living
in the mess we’re in right now

falling in line
just to waste my time
but it’s fine, i’ll cash in
catching as catch can
feed me bullshit
call me pretty we’ll call it a day
i’m okay with the way
we’ve decided to play it

burn it to the ground
just to shape my sound
to the tones that you hear
thanks for bending your ear
we’re nearly through the nonsense
you’re fixed on that fence
it’s intense/tensing your shoulders
your soldiering on for now

it's too late for a
counterweight
(if you can fit it through the prism of some cautious optimism)
i already took the bait
(and you wait, and you wait, and you wait ‘til it changes)

(take it on the)
take it on the chin
while you’re wearing a grin
i’m beginning to think
i’ve been watching it sink
for a while, rank and file denial you
traffic in’s back in the forefront
i’m asking for more but it’s

obvious the talk of us
fell on deaf ears
if appearances kill
i’ve had more than my fill
of the slaughter, holding water
it slips through your fingers
that lingering doubt
that I’ve figured you out

it's too late for a
counterweight
(if you can fit it through the prism of some cautious optimism)
i already took the bait
(and you wait, and you wait, and you wait ‘til it changes)

credits

from The Most Important Thing, released November 4, 2020
Will Brewster - lead guitar, lead vocals
Conor Provost - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Anthony Simpson - synth, backup vocals
Brian Jones - drums, backup vocals
Mike Detorie - bass guitar

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