The Sympathy Vote

[Image: 'Goliath' Front Cover]

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I just read a note
To get the sympathy vote
Apology by rote
To get the sympathy vote

I took a diss too far
Likability dropped
This must be stopped
I need your sympathy

Cut down
I'm a debaser
I can't stop
It's human nature
I'm run runnin' down
Every little thing you say
'Til I get my way

I went and stole a quote
To get the sympathy vote
It was all she wrote
To get the sympathy vote

We're all picking tribes
With our sympathetic vibes
We shill for The Man
Because we can

Cut down
I'm a debaser
I can't stop
It's human nature
I'm run runnin' down
Every little thing you say
'Til I get my way

I can't settle
'Til I prove my mettle
And the cool kids medal
In making cracks

I can't settle
'Til I prove my mettle
And the cool kids medal
In making cracks

No no you misunderstood when I said it.
I'm not that guy. Give me some credit.
I'm innocent. It was all in the edit.
Look at the context. Forget it.

There's only three things in life
Of any certainty
Number one is death
Number two is taxes
Number three is professional jealousy

I think I'm running low
On excuse me's
I need some better excuses
Please?

I'm back in the boat
to win the sympathy vote
The words catch in my throat
I think it's working

Cut down
I'm a debaser
I can't stop
It's human nature
I'm run runnin' down
Every little thing you say
'Til I get my way

I can't settle
'Til I prove my mettle
And the cool kids medal
In making cracks

I can't settle
'Til I prove my mettle
And the cool kids medal
In stabbing backs

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About The Song

From Goliath: A Song By Song Description, NewReleaseTuesday.com, November 17th, 2014:

We were almost wrapped with the album when we decided we needed an eleventh song. The music came quickly, with John's bass playing doing much of the heavy lifting, but it needed a lyric, and since we'd almost called the band The Sympathy Vote, and since our rejected band names had proven to be a wellspring of lyrics, the words came quickly. "There's only three things in life of any certainly: Number one is death, number two is taxes, number three is professional jealousy." A lot of life's screw-ups, including the ones that force this character to pile apologies on apologies, are based on the greatest unacknowledged source of misery in the world--professional jealousy.