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Can't get the stink off
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
I still come reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself you do
And that's why it really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, self
You do it to yourself, you do it to yourself
Yeah, yeah, you do it to yourself, yes, yes, you
You do it to yourself
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
I still come reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself you do
And that's why it really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, self
You do it to yourself, you do it to yourself
Yeah, yeah, you do it to yourself, yes, yes, you
You do it to yourself
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Just Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood
Lyrics © Sentric Music, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this is about how some people allow themselves to be consumed in self-pity and think it makes them unique and deep.
"can't get the stink off, he's been hanging around for days. comes like a comet, suckered you but not your friends." 'He' is symbolizing this type of self pity which is trying to get to you, and your suckered into, but you're friends don't fall for it.
"one day he'll get to you, teach you how to be a holy cow." Talking about when you succumb to the easy temptation of giving into self-pity and quiting. Once you've accepted this perspective on life it'll teach you how to be a 'Holy Cow' or the best of the worst.
"don't get my sympathy hanging out the 15th floor. you've changed the locks 3 times, he still comes reeling through the door. and soon he'll get to you, teach you how to get to purest hell." The singer doesn't sympathize when the person is "hanging out the 15th door" or crying wolf and being a pathetic and is predicting that 'he' will get you (i.e. self pity)
"you do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else you do it to yourself." Once you've lived a good portion of your life thinking like this the cognitive habits make it a real problem, and when it starts to seriously effect you you have no one to blame, but yourself, because you did it to yourself.