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A Bad Situation

from Bad Situations by The Urbane Decay

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This song comes from a slightly schizophrenic angle—simultaneously written to myself (subconsciously) and a guy who was stalking my long-time on-again-off-again girlfriend. He'd have called it wooing but I called it stalking because I was being territorial and was doing some stalking, I mean wooing, of my own. Anyway, she didn't love either of us.

Too bad about the fake Tom Waits gruff I put on.

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It's a bad situation, you might as face it
Like a bad memory, you can't erase it
If it was a horse, I know you'd race it
But it's more like a mule, why do you chase it?

It's in your mouth and you can taste it
You'd spit it out but don't want to waste it
If you try to steal her heart in haste, it
Will only peel off whatever you paste it

It's a nagging suspicion and you can't place it
'Cause you've got nothing on which to base it

If she didn't love you then
She's not gonna when
You release a thousand doves
You're not the one she loves

It's a bad situation, you can't ignore it
You should curb your behavior long before it
Reaches a state where even you deplore it
She won't give you her heart, and if she did,
How would you store it?

It's fragile and flawed more than you think, it's
Got holes in its hull, you could easily sink it
But it's strong enough to go to the brink, it
Will come back from the edge without a kink

It's the finest of wine, but you'll never drink it
It's a bad situation, don't even think it

If you haven't won her love
It won't be by virtue of
childish threats and taunts
You're not the one she wants
She won't learn to love in time
Nothing will change her mind
You're not who she's dreaming of
You're not the one she loves

You're not the one she loves
You're not the one she loves

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from Bad Situations, released January 1, 2001

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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