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Reasons Not To Be An Idiot Lyrics
You're not as messed up as you think you are
Your self-absorption makes you messier
Just settle down and you will feel a whole lot better
Deep down you're just like everybody else
She's not as pretty as she thinks she is
Just picture her after she's had kids
I bet she sits at home and listens to The Smiths
Deep down she's just like everybody else
So why are you sat at home?
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
He's not as clever as he likes to think
He's just ambitious with his arguing
He's crap at dancing, yeah and he can't hold his drink
Deep down he's just like everybody else
I'm not as awesome as this song makes out
I'm angry, underweight and sketching out
I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts
To get warm just like everybody else
So why are you sat at home?
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
Amy thinks that life is lacking in drama
So she fell for horoscopes, fake healing and karma
She's so wrapped up in her invisible Lama
She'll never grow into herself
And it's OK thinking me and all my friends are just wasters
But saying that I can still see through her heirs and graces
I bet she's scared her life won't leave any Caught up like everyone else
That's not the point anyway
Oh darling, I felt compelled to call you up to say...
So why are you sat at home?
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Your self-absorption makes you messier
Just settle down and you will feel a whole lot better
Deep down you're just like everybody else
Just picture her after she's had kids
I bet she sits at home and listens to The Smiths
Deep down she's just like everybody else
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
He's just ambitious with his arguing
He's crap at dancing, yeah and he can't hold his drink
Deep down he's just like everybody else
I'm angry, underweight and sketching out
I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts
To get warm just like everybody else
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
So she fell for horoscopes, fake healing and karma
She's so wrapped up in her invisible Lama
She'll never grow into herself
And it's OK thinking me and all my friends are just wasters
But saying that I can still see through her heirs and graces
I bet she's scared her life won't leave any Caught up like everyone else
Oh darling, I felt compelled to call you up to say...
So why are you sat at home?
You're not designed to be alone
You just got used to saying "no"
So get up and get down and get outside
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
But you hide yourself away
You've only got yourself to blame
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
Get up and get down and get outside
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Llama's way cooler though.
"She's so wrapped up in her invisible Lama"
it's invisible ARMOUR. think before you type ;)
totally blows my mind it isnt llama. I always pictured the person the song is about praying to an imaginary llama.
Also is it supposed to be "sad at home", not "sat"?
He mentioned at the Thekla in Bristol '08 that it was about a goth friend he had.
*I bet she's scared her life won't leave any traces Caught up like everyone else
Great song.
BAHAHAHA! LAMA! That's just stupid.
It could be Lama in reference to Dalai Lama, seeing as the line before talks about fake healing and karma..
I think it might be "airs and graces" not "heirs and graces."
"I'm not as awesome as this song makes out I'm angry, underweight and sketching out I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts To get warm just like everybody else"
This verse rules. This verse is the exact point where it went from a good song to a great one.
I just discovered the cleverness of the like 'I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts." Frank's a fucking genius.
I just discovered the cleverness of the like 'I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts." Frank's a fucking genius.
When I'm feelng down,in bad luck or just angsty, this song makes me feel better I see it as tell people in general they aren't special - everyone feels like a mess sometimes so just grow up there us really only one reason not to be an idiot - "deep down you're just like everybody else"
it makes me feel better, however, that everybody does sometime feel the same :3