A Small Victory

Album: Angel Dust (1992)
Charted: 29
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  • A hierarchy
    Spread out on the nightstand
    The spirit of team
    Salvation is another chance

    A sore loser
    Yelling with my mouth shut

    A cracking portrait
    The fondling of trophies
    The null of losing
    Can you afford that luxury?

    A sore winner
    And I'll just keep my mouth shut

    It shouldn't bother me (no)
    It shouldn't (no, no, no)
    It shouldn't bother me (no)
    It shouldn't
    But it does

    The small victories
    The cankers and medallions
    The little nothings
    They keep me thinking that someday

    I might beat you
    But I'll just keep my mouth shut

    It shouldn't bother me (no)
    It shouldn't (no, no, no, no)
    It shouldn't bother me (no)
    It shouldn't
    But it, but it does

    It shouldn't bother me (no, no, no, no)
    It shouldn't bother me

    It shouldn't bother me (it shouldn't bother me, no, it shouldn't, no, no)
    It shouldn't bother me (it shouldn't bother me, no, it shouldn't)

    If I speak at one constant volume
    At one constant pitch
    At one constant rhythm right into your ear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear
    You still won't hear Writer/s: Bill Gould, James Blanco Martin, Michael Allen Patton, Michael Andrew Bordin, Roddy Christopher Bottum
    Publisher: BIG THRILLING MUSIC
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Comments: 1

  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganI always heard "The lips on my face", as "The little nothings". IDK, makes more sense with the following line, "They keep me thinking that someday, I might beat you." I always thought that "little nothings" were like, runner-up trophies/plaques or something. Anyway great song. The whole Angel Dust album is classic!
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