Can You Afford to Be An Individual? (Explicit) - Nothing But Thieves
Lyrics by:Joseph Langridge-Brown/Conor Mason/Dominic Craik/Mike Crossey
Composed by:Joseph Langridge-Brown/Conor Mason/Dominic Craik/Mike Crossey
I couldn't be anything that I didn't wanna be
It's stubborn as hell
Or a problem with authority
'Cause it won't mirror your image of masculinity
Oh did I disappoint ya
Sorry to disappoint ya
What will you do when the vultures come for you
Will you run and hide
And now we're breeding a feeling of animosity
Our thoughts are tribal
Go viral and now it's deafening
Oh how we're loving in the comfort of pack mentality
The internet has teeth and it eats and eats and eats ya
So are you scared of your own introspection
Why could that be
Oh maybe you object to what you find there
And as you're staring into your own reflection
What do you see
Your black hole for a soul
And as you're staring into your own reflection
What do you see
Your black hole for a soul
So how's it being a prisoner of your own illusion
Up on a pedestal reveling in your own confusion
I see you hide behind your
Altar or your constitution
But you can't live forever
In your own echo chamber
And you're so scared of the
People up in your fairyland
But how can you hate something
You don't even understand
Oh you're a walking contradiction in a maga-hat
It's where I wanna be
God bless the land of the free
So who are you to tell us
Where we do and don't belong
And who are you to tell us
Who to love and who to not
Because your mother told ya
You would win when you were young
Oh it's a boy's wonderland
We know it now
But now the liberals aren't liberal
They're just as venomous
And you can't have an opinion unless you're one of us
No second chances you're branded
Your kind are dangerous
We're bringing each other down
We're tearing each other down
So have I gotta kill myself to be original
And if I f**king hate you all am I a criminal
Can you afford to be an individual
Can you afford to be an individual