Something's Bound to Go Bad

from Self Help by Bugs

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about

I wrote this song after an intimate relationship had broken down. I was crushed in the period following as I hadn’t seen it coming at all; but slowly as time passed and my emotions stabilised I could view the whole situation much more rationally. In hindsight the writing had been on the wall for a long time and my love or commitment, whatever it was (I still don’t even know), had blinded me to the signs of that.

Sometimes you are so focussed on where you’re trying to get that you don’t realise the wheels are falling off on the way there. And I was also guilty of being a passenger for the later part of the relationship - I lost sight of my own ambition by trying to fill a gap that existed because we simply weren’t right for each other. Eventually she decided it was time to finish things, and though it took some time to understand, I recognise it was for the best now. Growth is rarely painless.

lyrics

[Verse 1]
Mindful of the weight
Place your hands in my palm
I’ll squeeze em’ tight, I’ll keep you safe from harm
Eyes are wide and glazed
Laconic hint of charm
See light beneath the surface

You’re breaching for my arm
And call in all your favours
I reach for the alarm
To put it on the table
So you get some idea of how
It feels when everything I built comes crashing down
To the ground
Will you throw away what we had

[Chorus]
Yeah cause something’s bound to go bad,
Yeah cause something’s bound to go bad
Should’ve known it when you got mad
Yeah that something’s bound to go bad,
Threw away everything that we had
Now it’s over and I’m so sad
Should’ve know it when you got mad
Yeah that something’s bound to go bad

[Verse 2]
Why are my mistakes
Poured from empty cups
Riding on our coattails,
Keep stalling on the clutch
Swimming t’ward the breakers
You say I gave to much
We throw away the labels
That took so long to stick to us
But maybe to find balance
We must rip them off
Just to grow
And it doesn’t have to be sad

[Chorus]
Yeah cause something’s bound to go bad,
Yeah cause something’s bound to go bad
Should’ve known it when you got mad
Yeah that something’s bound to go bad,
Threw away everything that we had
Now it’s over and I’m so sad
Should’ve know it when you got mad
Yeah that something’s bound to go bad

credits

from Self Help, track released June 20, 2019
Recorded & mixed by Brock Weston @ Bedlam Records.
Mastered by Tyson Ruth @ Studio Truth.
Art & design by Brayden Doig @ Oddball Designs.

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