The glue that holds us all together

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When we were just about finished recording this I found an old demo recording of it from 2013. SEVEN YEARS AGO! That's how long it takes us to get anything done :(

I wrote the lyrics when I used to have an hour's commute (by bus) to and from work every day. I actually kinda liked it because I could snooze in the mornings and work on songs on the way home, but there were periods when another commuter would befriend me and subject me to his cockamamie opinions for the duration of the journey. I didn't want to get into an argument because I'd probably end up sitting beside the same guy the next day, and I'd wait until the last minute to get on the bus in the hope that he'd be sitting beside someone else when I did.

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On my way home from work, on the bus, in the evening,
Another commuter sits on down beside me.
I inwardly sigh, cos this guy's mad to talk
And really I'd rather be left alone with my thoughts.
Then he goes off on some rant, and I don't know what to say.
I should call him out, I know, but we get the same bus every day.
So I adopt a conciliatory tone
And respond to his inflammatory remarks with polite ones of my own.
And the more he goes on and on and on and on
The harder I try to find
One little thing to agree on.

Because ...

Being right or being clever
Is not the glue that holds us all together.
Being polite when some idiot's wrong
Is how we all manage to get along.

Ok I feel just a little bit foolish
Sneaking around Abbey Street
Waiting to get on the bus
Until he's already got a seat.
I suppose I should probably just engage
And rebut point by point all the reasons for his outrage
But alas, it's been my experience
That being reasonable is no antidote for nonsense.
Arguments don't work for changing opinions.
They're just little games
For the losing and winning.

I don't want to fight, I just want to be liked.

Being right or being clever
Is not the glue that holds us all together.
Being polite when some idiot's wrong
Is how we all manage to get along.

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released October 2, 2020
Mixed by Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy in The Production Suite, Dublin.
Cover by Heather Parle.

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Stylistically inconsistent indie / pop / rock music from Ireland.

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