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Selfish Son Lyrics
I took it too far, I took it too far again
Cut me down
I took it too far, I took it too far again
On the Lower East Side
I took it too far, I took it too far again
Night bleeds into day
I took it too far, I took it too far again
I nearly lost you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you, my love
Typical me, typical Libra
Spit the dummy
Typical me, typical Libra
The grass is always green
This city is razed on borrowed time
Taxi meters, police sirens
This city is razed on borrowed time
I nearly lost you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you, my love
Selfish son
Selfish brother
Selfish child
Selfish lover
I can be cruel...
Cut me down
I took it too far, I took it too far again
On the Lower East Side
Night bleeds into day
I took it too far, I took it too far again
I nearly lost you
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you, my love
Spit the dummy
Typical me, typical Libra
The grass is always green
Taxi meters, police sirens
This city is razed on borrowed time
I nearly lost you
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you
I can be cruel, I can be cruel
To you, my love
Selfish brother
Selfish child
Selfish lover
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In friendships and relationships I think we can over-dramatize things. You can choose to be cruel just for the sake of making something stick. It's no fault of the person you're in a bad mood.
Typical me, typical "Libra" Spit the dummy Typical me, typical "Libra" The grass is always green
what is a "me bruv"????
There's this theme of 'cruel' that runs throughout a lot of Bloc Party songs at the minute. e.g. 'Vision of Heaven', 'England'. I just wonder if there is anything in that. I don't really know.
Poor adaptiation of the lyrics though. No offence but typical 'me bruv'??? What were you thinking?
in lots of bloc party songs.album 1 and album 2 there is some key words which play over again in different songs.ive noticed it too.
i like the darkness of this song
I always thought it was "typical me, love" but that's just a guess :) p.s. This is pretty much my favorite Bloc Party song ever.
Its "Typical Libra"
I think it's saying to someone "I can be cruel to you my love" because he's been treated badly by someone, maybe been cheated on? Kele is pretty much saying (i think) I can be cruel to you too, I won't let you get away with it, it's just i love you too much... Well, thats all I make of it.
Good song tho.
This song redeemed Jackknife Lee completely in my eyes and then I found out it was actually produced by Eliot James.
Are the lyrics, "this city is razed" or "this city is raised"? I'm not sure