Story Behind The Song
I have known lots of guys in this situation. They are attracted to the girls because of their fashion sense and sophisticated, urbane demeanor, but later find out that it's all a put-on, and that those girls think they're above the terrestrial existence of anybody outside New York or Paris.
Song Description
A conservative guy is irate that his girlfriend is so caught up in a Paris Hilton, fashion magazine culture.
Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, Country - Contemporary |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Annoyed, Livid |
Subject |
Dysfunctional Relations, Material Things |
Similar Artists |
Tom Petty, Cracker |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
It's What You Embrace
Verse:
You worship New York City
Waif Euromodels, just so pretty
You always talk about burying Melbourne in the sand
Cuttin' hair at Sally's
Tendin' bar at Meg O'Malley's
Singing for your supper from the Space Coast's Botox wives
Pre-Chorus:
It's what you embrace
It's what you embrace
It's what you embrace
Chorus:
Your values are wrapped in perm foil
Get your feet back on the soil
Look around and see that this world
Is living and breathing too
You've got this guy at home who tries
To grin and bear while you fantasize
Open your eyes, you're hypnotized
By that Fifth Avenue trashheap
And I'm tired of losing sleep
To a world full of whores and creeps
Verse:
You've got that Fendi handbag
Only cost a paycheck
Chihuahua riding shotgun, perched on your fashion mags
You've carved a god damn steeple
For these glossy hairsprayed people
It's just a million sad punching bags who flee their past like you
Pre-Chorus
Chorus