Everyone Should Learn To Be a Little Bit Selfish

from From Tragic To Magic (the road to dreambeat) by The Urbane Decay

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Be good to yourself. Be good to other people. But don't forget to be good to yourself too.

Originally appeared on the PLOG compilation.

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Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish
Go out and take what they need
And not worry about the consequences
Of their actions and dirty deeds

Everyone regrets not being selfish
not tasting all they wanted
you see it when they’re on the subway
inside they’re feeling haunted

Like a ghost
Yearning for
The life they wanted most
Like a wraith
Yearning for
A little more faith

Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish
Even getting on the street car
Takes a certain frame of mind
gentle people get left behind

Don’t think about the shoes you scuff
Squeezing on the escalator
Like a school of fish you go with the flow
And forget about it seconds later

Like a dream
Fades
We get on with our day
Like steam
Dissipates
And curls away
Our dreams fade
And curl away

Everyone should learn to be a little bit selfish
They might find it does them good
They might find that when they’re happy
It’s easier to do what they should

No one regrets smelling flowers
Or music when they hear it
But a life full of good intentions
Ends with an empty spirit

Like a ghost
Yearning for
The life they wanted most
Like a wraith
Looking for
A little more faith
Like a wraith
Yearning for
A little more faith

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from From Tragic To Magic (the road to dreambeat), released March 2, 2018

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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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