If you listen closely to these words
and the progressions being played
You will question your intelligence
and everything you’ve ever made
And at night you’ll lie awake
because you won’t fall asleep
And you may want to get rid of
the things you need to keep
This song
This song
This song
This song
This song is smarter than you
Why even try to outsmart these words
or detect the lesson being taught
Or go back in time to review
all the fights you’ve ever fought
And all the lies you believed
All the stories you’ve ever read
Won’t haunt you like this tune
You now can’t get outta your head
This song
This song
This song
This song
This song is smarter than you
Oh face the facts
and quietly relax
Don’t think about what you’ll do
but forget this song
This song
This song
This song
is smarter than you
But know it’s smarter
than me, too
Yeah, it’s smarter
than me, too.
August 19, 2018
Lyrics Notes: I am a big They Might Be Giants fan. I could hear John Linnell sing this one, for that voice was the one I heard as I wrote this one. The whole time the person is saying this song is smarter, but in the end, it’s smarter than everyone combined. It’s very narcissistic but it was fun to write.