"My Fault" lyrics

[VGW]

One of my newest songs has really gotten a lot of positive response from my band, but they never listen to lyrics. Musically, I think it's a strong song, but I am wondering if the lyrics measure up. Also, I am curious if anyone can figure out what these mean. It is personal to me, but I tend to not be real obvious about what I am feeling.

 

MY FAULT

 

Babes and beers, boobs and beads

My eyes gets distracted easily

I took free classes with discount patches

But that's not the right thing for me

Don't tell me what is fun

I think I ought to know

 

Beer can castles in high rise apartments

I lose my focus regularly

Blue blood bitches with popped up collars

Your friends don't think much of me

Don't tell me I'm the one

I think I'm just for show

 

So I lie here hitting the snooze button

'Cause I spent last night with the blues cutting

Right through me

And you'll see

That nothing is ever my fault

And everything's always my fault

And nothing you can do to me

Is worse than what I do to me

 

Golf cart races and Wal-Mart rednecks

I find I'm amused easily

Laughing at the wrong parts of movies

You're too mature for me

You think that I'm too dumb

But I know it's just a joke

 

Late night phone calls and stupid head games

I don't think I can take much more

I like to gamble with your love

So I'll see you and raise you off the floor

Don't tell me that you've changed

I've heard that one before

 

So I lie here hitting the snooze button

'Cause I spent last night with the blues cutting

Right through me

And you'll see

That nothing is ever my fault

And everything's always my fault

And nothing you can do to me

Is worse than what I do to me

[blue2blue]

I think it tells a pretty good story... a kind of classic story. When one starts to realize he's the "bad boy" in someone's live-it-out romantic fantasy, packaged into a roll he thinks he's overqualified for. Yeah... I get it, for sure.

 

It gets a little kaleidoscopic (or perhaps the kaleidocope gets directed at non-core stuff for a few moments) but I think it's overall some pretty economical storytelling.

 

Just out of curiosity (and I don't want to spoil it for anyone who doesn't want to know -- so they should stop reading now) but what type of music do these lyrics go to?

[VGW]

Blue, I'm impressed. There are two themes in the song, and you hit one of them right on the head. The other theme is more subtle. Maybe this is why it feels a little off target at times. Do you think it is too distracting?

 

Almost all of our songs are of the pop-rock variety, but this one is more mature, for lack of a better word, than some of our others. It has an unusual chord progression, but it really seems to work for this song. It is still uptempo, but there are a lot of changes in dynamics. I'm really looking forward to playing this one live.

 

Thanks for the feedback.