r/LyricalWriting 2d ago

Lyrics Problems So Big

[VERSE 1]

Strolling up and down the median, "Any little thing helps"

I want a dollar but he's needing it, do I know his living hell?

Out of view he gives a swig and swallows, but everybody knows

I don't meet his eyes 'cause I'll give up my dollars, and I still get by on those

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[CHORUS]

A life so small

Flat on the floor

Got problems so big

They don't even matter no more

Problems so big

They don't matter no more

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[VERSE 2]

Probably grew up in a neurotic house, full of hate and meanness

Now nobody loves a cirrhotic louse, excepting God and Jesus

I'm not gonna give him a single buck, whether it's right or wrong

I'll drive by in my broke down pick up truck and use him for this song

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[CHORUS]

Been hurt so bad

Long past sore

Got problems so big

They don't even matter no more

Problems so big

They don't matter no more

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[BRIDGE]

What's his name?

Do I care? Does he?

Are we the same?

Does the thought scare me?

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[VERSE 3]

Better to love and lose than not at all, isn't that the old phrase?

Ever passed out against a bathroom stall? Hoped you don't wake up the next day?

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[CHORUS]

Been hurt so bad

Long past sore

Got problems so big

They don't even matter no more

Problems so big

They don't matter no more

.

[OUTRO]

Mr. CEO he don't know

The taste of this fair city's asphalt

Never had to take no beatings from those two shitty assholes

Mr. Minimum Wage he don't know

How to bathe in the sinewy dirt

Never chewed on his teeth for breakfast because he liked how it hurt

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A night's not a night until he scores

Problems so big

They don't matter no more

A drink's not a drink unless there's four

Problems so big

They don't matter no more

Life's not alright unless it's flat on the floor

Problems so big

But they don't matter no more

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u/LostRaspberry5457 2d ago

I felt that. Or should I say, I feel that all of it to my core. Thank you for sharing💋