Pedestrian Songtext
von Courtney Barnett

I love you, I hate you, I′m on the fence, it all depends
Whether I'm up or down, I′m on the mend, transcending all reality
I like you, despise you, admire you
What are we gonna do when everything all falls through?

I must confess, I've made a mess of what should be a small success
But I digress, at least I've tried my very best, I guess
This, that, the other, why even bother?
It won′t be with me on my deathbed, but I′ll still be in your head

Put me on a pedestal, and I'll only disappoint you
Tell me I′m exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I'll make some origami, honey
I think you′re a joke, but I don't find you very funny

My internal monologue is saturated analog
It′s scratched and drifting, I've become attached to the idea
It's all a shifting dream, bittersweet philosophy
I′ve got no idea how I even got here


I′m resentful, I'm having an existential time crisis
Want bliss, daylight savings won′t fix this mess
Under-worked and over-sexed, I must express my disinterest
The rats are back inside my head, what would Freud have said?

Put me on a pedestal, and I'll only disappoint you
Tell me I′m exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I'll make some origami, honey
I think you′re a joke, but I don't find you very funny

I wanna wash out my head with turpentine, cyanide
I decide this internal diatribe
When I try to catch you right, I hate seeing you crying
In the kitchen, I don't know why it affects me like this
When you′re not even mine to consider

Erroneous, harmonious, I′m hardly sanctimonious
Dirty clothes, I suppose we all outgrow ourselves
I'm a fake, I′m a phoney
I'm awake, I′m alone
I'm homely, I′m a Scorpio

Put me on a pedestal, and I'll only disappoint you
Tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I′ll make some origami, honey
I think you′re a joke, but I don't find you very funny


Put me on a pedestal, and I′ll only disappoint you
Tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I′ll make some origami, honey
I think you're a joke, but I don′t find you very funny