25 Bad Songs: 2. "Always In My Head‪"‬ Art In All Its Forms

NOTE: If you’d like to skip my commentary and go straight to the song, go to 14:47. However, I do suggest listening to the whole episode!
Thanks for tuning in to the second episode of “25 Bad Songs,” an Art In All Its Forms podcast series where I (Suraj) write 25 songs — one song a week — and show you how I did it!
Today’s song, “Always In My Head,” tells the story of a troubled father-son relationship. It is very loosely based on Franz Kafka’s letter to his father, which he wrote in November of 1919.
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Full Lyrics:
Verse 1Hey dad, I know it’s been a minuteI called to tell you one thingThat the apple falls far from the treePeople see you and they don’t recognize me
I used to try to be what you wantedIt didn’t work out, you were always disappointedI was tired of it all, I was doneWalked right out and then I wasn’t your son
Pre-chorus 1But even if I move to somewhere far away from you I still feel sick itIt doesn’t matter what I try There’s no escaping itI don’t want to admit that I’d be lost without you
ChorusOh Oh OhhI wanna be my own manBut I can’t forget all of the s**t you saidYou’re always in my head
Oh Oh OhhI can’t understandWhy I can’t forget all of the s**t you saidYou’re always in my head
Verse 2Hey Dad, I know you didn’t think I’d call to tell you one thingWhen you said that I was weak you were wrongI was trying to be kind and I was so young
I used to be afraid of monsters under my bedYou threw me out into the cold that nightThought I’d freeze to deathBe the master of your fate, you said
Pre-chorus 2And even though I try to close my ears I’m always listeningI don’t want to admit that I’d be lost without you
Chorus (x2)Oh Oh OhhI wanna be my own manBut I can’t forget all of the s**t you saidYou’re always in my head
Oh Oh OhhI can’t understandWhy I can’t forget all of the s**t you saidYou’re always in my head


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