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 cry 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 phony, 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
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 cry 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 phony, 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
“Pedestrian at Best” foi o primeiro single lançado do álbum de estreia de Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”.
O videoclipe, divulgado em 29 de janeiro de 2015 pela Milk! Records, mostra Barnett vestida de palhaça frustrando o público em um parque de diversões.
A letra brinca com opostos: o título faz referência a “pedestal”, e Barnett declara que não quer ser colocada em um pedestal, mantendo os pés no chão.
Barnett explica que gosta de usar aliteração e “espremer” o máximo de sílabas possível nas frases, reescrevendo as canções “apenas por diversão”.
A música se destaca por riffs de guitarra “incrivelmente abrasivos, mas pegajosos”, combinando humor e crítica à sua recém‑descoberta fama.
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