Serving Yourself
Selfishness Unveiled: Serving Your Own Ego
Lyrics
I can't believe my eyes
The speaker is shocked or astonished by something they're seeing.
Such self-indulgent, convoluted lives
Observation of people living self-centered and complex lives.
And they always come with knives
Others come prepared to harm or betray.
Just to stab you in the back and watch the world go by
People ready to hurt and enjoy the consequences.
And I see that look in your eyes
The speaker notices a certain expression in someone's eyes.
You wanna feel justified
The desire to feel morally justified.
You think everything about you is made of gold
Egotistical perception, believing oneself superior.
So I might just call it a night
Consideration of ending the interaction or leaving.
I hope you find midnight hindsight
Wishing the person would understand later the errors of their ways.
For now I need to find my own way home
The speaker needs to find their own path.
So when you look at me
Questioning how the person perceives the speaker.
What do you see?
Seeking insight into how the speaker is viewed.
Cause I'm a man in need
Expressing a need for understanding and compassion.
Of some empathy
Requesting empathy from others.
But keep serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, serving yourself, you're serving yourself
Repetition emphasizes the self-serving nature of the person.
Just keep serving yourself
Encouraging the person to continue their self-serving ways.
He watches eagle-eyed
Someone vigilant, observing others closely.
Till he catches you out
Monitoring until catching someone making a mistake.
Then he fills himself with pride
Taking pride in exposing others' faults.
Now he's got something to write
Gaining material for public consumption, supporting negativity.
For the public to consume and take the scumbag's side
Creating content that favors the wrongdoer.
So how do you get sleep at night?
Questioning how the person causing harm sleeps peacefully.
Half-cut from spite that you write
Being affected by spiteful actions.
You think everything about you is made of gold
Perceiving oneself as exceptionally valuable.
So I might just call it a night
Considering ending the interaction or leaving due to circumstances.
I hope you find midnight hindsight
Wishing eventual realization of wrong actions.
For now I need to find my own way home
Seeking personal direction or resolution.
So when you look at me
Questioning how the person perceives the speaker.
What do you see?
Requesting insight into how the speaker is viewed.
Cause I'm a man in need
Expressing a need for understanding and compassion.
Of some empathy
Requesting empathy from others.
But keep serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, serving yourself, you're serving yourself
Repetition highlights the self-serving nature of the person.
Just keep serving yourself
Encouraging the person to continue their self-serving ways.
Don't you have any pride?
Questioning the person's sense of self-worth.
Don't you wanna do right?
Asking if the person desires to do what's morally right.
Well I guess that this, helped you line your pockets
Realizing the speaker inadvertently served the person's interests.
And I just turned out to be, be your perfect target
Feeling manipulated into being the perfect victim.
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh (So when ya, and when ya)
Exclamation expressing frustration or realization.
Oh yeah
Expression of acknowledgment or affirmation.
So when you look at me
Questioning how the person perceives the speaker.
What do you see?
Requesting insight into how the speaker is viewed.
Cause I'm a man in need
Expressing a need for understanding and compassion.
Of some empathy
Requesting empathy from others.
But keep serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, serving yourself, you're serving yourself
Repetition emphasizes the self-serving nature of the person.
Just keep serving yourself
Encouraging the person to continue their self-serving ways.
Oh yeah, serving yourself
Reiteration of the person's self-serving behavior.
Just keep serving yourself, serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself, you're serving yourself
Continued emphasis on the individual's self-serving actions.
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