Kurt Vile

Shame Chamber

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Everyone's sayin' I should probably give up
And hey, I wouldn't wanna waste no time
How can I even look myself in the mirror
Then again, why would I?

It's just another day in the shame chamber
Living life to the lowest power
Feeling bad in the best way a man can

Shame on you, shame on you
Shame on you
Oh baby when you cry, it brings a tear to my eye
Oh shame on us

Chubby in the face in a world of mocking slimes
Time for the comedown
How can I even look myself in the mirror?
Then again I guess I think I

Wouldn't really matter in the shame chamber
Living life to the lowest power
Feeling bad in the best way a man can

Yeah, it's just another day in the shame chamber
Living life to the lowest power
Feeling bad in the best way a man can

Shame on you, shame on you
Shame on you
Oh baby when you cry, it brings a tear to my eye
Oh shame on us

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gabrielbfs On Apr 08, 2013

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2013-04-08 23:44:02

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Kurt Vile is a prolific and ambitious creative, which in a lot of cases is secretly driven by shame and self-doubt. Plus he's just now getting recognition in his 30s, so I'm sure he's had plenty of discouragement and setbacks. Yet I take this song as tongue-in-cheek, like he very much feels it when people and circumstances knock him back, but deep inside he knows he has to keep going and that somehow all this shame is actually a motivator. Most KV songs have some kind of chuckle or sarcasm built in.

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