I’ve got style
I work harder than anyone, and I can do it while I’m having fun
Yeah I’m a get, I’m a get, I’m a get, get better
I want to be, I want to be somebody
I’m gonna be somebody
I’m gonna be somebody
Now, now, slow your roll
Keep your head low
Your life is a joke
Don’t make this awkward
Lay back in the fold
Can’t make it alone
You’re too fucking old
Don’t make this awkward
Now and then
I get a little bit full of myself and start dreaming
I can’t help it
But you’re a friend
You keep my feet on the ground and my head out of the clouds
Show me how to doubt myself
And who knows where
I’d be without you
Now, now, slow your roll
Keep your head low
Your life is a joke
Don’t make this awkward
(The belief is a burden and a crop)
Lay back in the fold
Can’t make it alone
You’re too fucking old
Don’t make this awkward
(Now the dream is only a memory)
Cry, mine is mine, I clamp my head in the crease
Of a familiar smell
I think the tree is a thief
I’m fryin' everything that incubates and ever was
Simmer fifteen rips before I croak and die
I flipped that maggot out
I sniffed that dragon’s brew
I say I’m feelin' when everyone is on my side
We think we’re relevant
Hey, we think we’re being admired
Now and then
I get a little bit full of myself and start dreaming
I can’t help it
It’s slipping into this
All of you, all the heads inside the hole of cause
We’re getting intimate
It’s a flu, in a vein
How do we disconnect from the arm?
Am I a fool not to run?
Your nicotine in my lungs
How can I trust anyone but you?
Now, now, slow your roll
Keep your head low
Your life is a joke
Don’t make this awkward
(The belief is a burden and a crop)
Lay back in the fold
Can’t make it alone
You’re too fucking old
Don’t make this awkward
(Now the dream is only a memory.)
The best part:
"Now and then, I get a little bit full of myself
And start dreaming, I can't help it
But you're a friend
You keep my feet on the ground and my head out of the clouds
Show me how to doubt myself. "
The emotional composition of this song is genius. The intro shows him expressing confidence and then the chorus is his "peers" trying to break it, resulting in self doubt, as explained in the verse. Then, after another chorus (peers doubting him again) it triggers a mental breakdown, that being the actual breakdown. Such a good song!
"Just wanted to say something about 'Awkward'. The verses are meant to be sarcastic. The chorus is meant to be from the viewpoint of your oppressors/doubters. Please don't feel the need to ever thank anyone for doubting you unless it fuels you to be yourself and know what you know. There's no honor in making yourself smaller or doubting your abilities. The lyrics to the song are meant as a warning. In life you come across 'friends' who try to put you down or humble you "for your own good". Fuck them. They aren't your friends" -Tilian Pearson
DGD is always pretty introspective in that they refuse to take themselves too seriously and often make fun of themselves in their lyrics or just screw around injecting nonsense (jon mess AHEM) but this is a whole new level. The emotional complexity and introspection of being a band member is just a breath of fresh air and a punch in the gut at the same time.