Drinking Song for the Socially Anxious by The Amazing Devil Lyrics
[Intro: Madeleine Hyland]
In the back of a cab
Like a puppet with no strings
Untangling my headphones cos sometimes they’re the only thing
That keeps my head in place
That keeps my head in place
[Verse 1: Joey Batey]
Arriving at the door
I hope to god I’m not the first
My heart is tearing pages from that funny story I rehearsed
And I know I won’t be long
Cos I know I don’t belong
[Verse 2: Madeleine Hyland]
Cos though my jokes are my armour
And my kindness is my sword
The party swirls around me in a dress I can’t afford
And I do my best to breathe
But they’re stealing all the air
[Verse 4: Joey Batey]
And the hum from the fridge’ll
Sing me soft littlе vigils
As all my steps too far keep saying ‘this is who you are’
I should go home
I’m not lonеly I just like being on my own
[Chorus: Both]
And I’ll sing silence
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
And I’ll speak with my eyes
You’ll think I’m weird, one sympathises
I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Gonna go home and show my cat some memes
Cos he’s awesome
Like me
[Verse 5]
[Joey Batey]
Now I’m lying on a bed full of coats
Trying desperately to cope
When you open up the door, say something stupid like
[Both]
‘You’re lying on some coats’
[Joey Batey]
I say I know
It’s just sometimes nice to feel what it’s like to be in someone else’s coat
[Bridge]
[Both]
And we’re bursting at the seams
[Joey Batey]
Cos the noise is crushing us
We think it’s so much worse than it seems
[Both]
But that voice unsaid is rushing us
[Joey Batey]
And in a moment of total rapture
And with every strength I have
I ask if you play D&D
And your face lights up like you’ve woken up
From this endless fucking nightmare of pretending this is you
This is us, this is me and this how we’re meant to be
But your smile tells me I’m safe
[Both]
And that voice unspoken’s heard
Cos if god make us all in his image
Then god’s a fucking nerd
[Chorus: Both]
And I’ll sing silence
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
And I’ll speak with my eyes
You think I’m neat, I’m not surprised
That I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Gonna go home and dress my cat up like Batman
Cos he’s awesome like me
[Madeleine Hyland]
And I don’t find this easy like you
I’m not lonely
I just like being on my own
With you
[Joey Batey]
And I’ll sing silence and ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
Gonna go home and tell my cat I’m not lonely if I’m
With you
[Outro]
[Both]
In the back of a cab, like two puppets with no strings
We share a pair of headphones, cos sometimes they’re the only things
[Madeleine Hyland]
That keep our heads in place
That keep our heads in place
In the back of a cab
Like a puppet with no strings
Untangling my headphones cos sometimes they’re the only thing
That keeps my head in place
That keeps my head in place
[Verse 1: Joey Batey]
Arriving at the door
I hope to god I’m not the first
My heart is tearing pages from that funny story I rehearsed
And I know I won’t be long
Cos I know I don’t belong
[Verse 2: Madeleine Hyland]
Cos though my jokes are my armour
And my kindness is my sword
The party swirls around me in a dress I can’t afford
And I do my best to breathe
But they’re stealing all the air
[Verse 4: Joey Batey]
And the hum from the fridge’ll
Sing me soft littlе vigils
As all my steps too far keep saying ‘this is who you are’
I should go home
I’m not lonеly I just like being on my own
[Chorus: Both]
And I’ll sing silence
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
And I’ll speak with my eyes
You’ll think I’m weird, one sympathises
I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Gonna go home and show my cat some memes
Cos he’s awesome
Like me
[Verse 5]
[Joey Batey]
Now I’m lying on a bed full of coats
Trying desperately to cope
When you open up the door, say something stupid like
[Both]
‘You’re lying on some coats’
[Joey Batey]
I say I know
It’s just sometimes nice to feel what it’s like to be in someone else’s coat
[Bridge]
[Both]
And we’re bursting at the seams
[Joey Batey]
Cos the noise is crushing us
We think it’s so much worse than it seems
[Both]
But that voice unsaid is rushing us
[Joey Batey]
And in a moment of total rapture
And with every strength I have
I ask if you play D&D
And your face lights up like you’ve woken up
From this endless fucking nightmare of pretending this is you
This is us, this is me and this how we’re meant to be
But your smile tells me I’m safe
[Both]
And that voice unspoken’s heard
Cos if god make us all in his image
Then god’s a fucking nerd
[Chorus: Both]
And I’ll sing silence
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
And I’ll speak with my eyes
You think I’m neat, I’m not surprised
That I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Gonna go home and dress my cat up like Batman
Cos he’s awesome like me
[Madeleine Hyland]
And I don’t find this easy like you
I’m not lonely
I just like being on my own
With you
[Joey Batey]
And I’ll sing silence and ask my glass of wine for guidance
I might not make it tonight
Gonna go home and tell my cat I’m not lonely if I’m
With you
[Outro]
[Both]
In the back of a cab, like two puppets with no strings
We share a pair of headphones, cos sometimes they’re the only things
[Madeleine Hyland]
That keep our heads in place
That keep our heads in place