Local Radio

Song Local Radio
Artist Bad Moves
Album Untenable

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Bad Moves
[00:20.652] On one enduring July 4th I found myself dependent
[00:24.056] Working in service in the capital
[00:26.571] I’d heard the burnout rate was off the charts I should have guessed it
[00:30.272] I ran into it like a dead end though
[00:32.827] I talked some shit about the job and I'm surprised with how it ended
[00:36.411] Got interviewed on local radio
[00:38.761] And they said “Who bites the hand when the hand feeds you?”
[00:42.228] They're passing out scraps, you can hardly believe
[00:45.109] You'd be picking up tabs for some nouveau riche
[00:48.281] Who'd be making in an hour what you make in a week
[00:51.259] Trading shifts with the kids just getting started
[00:54.481] And the kids spinning their wheels into their 40s, yeah
[00:58.153] I wanted more, I wanted more than I was getting
[01:01.363] I wanted more from my relationships
[01:03.678] I wanted sleep, I wanted peace, I wanted ease, I couldn't get it
[01:07.372] I couldn't find a way to pay for it
[01:10.066] I dreamed of sleeping aids and counted days as they descended
[01:13.668] I'd grit and smile and bear the weight of it
[01:16.027] I'd allow myself a modicum of self destruction
[01:19.517] A microdosed breakdown, semi-dysfunction
[01:22.638] I'd be riding around the city to the sound of combustion
[01:25.707] While the Lady of the Harbor was out drinking in public
[01:28.699] She'd been pacing back and forth under winds of destruction
[01:31.957] Taking swigs from a flask and selling SIM cards or something
[01:35.240] While the Independence Day heat was getting me wired
[01:37.993] I said “I just wanna see the city on fire”
[01:41.309] And that patriotic thought tangled up the transmission
[01:44.434] An anonymous voice on the affiliate station
[01:47.404] Singing “Who bites the hand when the hand feeds you?”
[01:50.723] They're passing out scraps and you start to believe
[01:53.644] Like you're lucky to have all the scraps that you’re eating
[01:56.925] While you're climbing your way to the top of the scrap heap
[02:00.072] Tell me who bites the hand when the hand feeds you
[02:03.359] Who bites the hand? I guess you got to believe
[02:06.081] You got to open your eyes to all the ways that they bleed you
[02:09.485] While they're buying your life up in cheap little pieces, oh
[02:12.529] I wanted more, I wanted more than I was getting
[02:16.066] I wanted more, I hit a dead end though
[02:18.797] I wanted sleep, I counted sheep, I couldn’t breathe, I didn’t get it
[02:22.239] My head was ringing like a telephone
[02:24.762] My speech was slurred from shattered nerves and nights up with a headache
[02:28.551] They sunk in steady like a status quo
[02:31.000] I took the job and what I got was just some paid-off credit
[02:34.718] And interviewed on local radio

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : Bad Moves
[00:20.652] On one enduring July 4th I found myself dependent
[00:24.056] Working in service in the capital
[00:26.571] I' d heard the burnout rate was off the charts I should have guessed it
[00:30.272] I ran into it like a dead end though
[00:32.827] I talked some shit about the job and I' m surprised with how it ended
[00:36.411] Got interviewed on local radio
[00:38.761] And they said " Who bites the hand when the hand feeds you? "
[00:42.228] They' re passing out scraps, you can hardly believe
[00:45.109] You' d be picking up tabs for some nouveau riche
[00:48.281] Who' d be making in an hour what you make in a week
[00:51.259] Trading shifts with the kids just getting started
[00:54.481] And the kids spinning their wheels into their 40s, yeah
[00:58.153] I wanted more, I wanted more than I was getting
[01:01.363] I wanted more from my relationships
[01:03.678] I wanted sleep, I wanted peace, I wanted ease, I couldn' t get it
[01:07.372] I couldn' t find a way to pay for it
[01:10.066] I dreamed of sleeping aids and counted days as they descended
[01:13.668] I' d grit and smile and bear the weight of it
[01:16.027] I' d allow myself a modicum of self destruction
[01:19.517] A microdosed breakdown, semi-dysfunction
[01:22.638] I' d be riding around the city to the sound of combustion
[01:25.707] While the Lady of the Harbor was out drinking in public
[01:28.699] She' d been pacing back and forth under winds of destruction
[01:31.957] Taking swigs from a flask and selling SIM cards or something
[01:35.240] While the Independence Day heat was getting me wired
[01:37.993] I said " I just wanna see the city on fire"
[01:41.309] And that patriotic thought tangled up the transmission
[01:44.434] An anonymous voice on the affiliate station
[01:47.404] Singing " Who bites the hand when the hand feeds you? "
[01:50.723] They' re passing out scraps and you start to believe
[01:53.644] Like you' re lucky to have all the scraps that you' re eating
[01:56.925] While you' re climbing your way to the top of the scrap heap
[02:00.072] Tell me who bites the hand when the hand feeds you
[02:03.359] Who bites the hand? I guess you got to believe
[02:06.081] You got to open your eyes to all the ways that they bleed you
[02:09.485] While they' re buying your life up in cheap little pieces, oh
[02:12.529] I wanted more, I wanted more than I was getting
[02:16.066] I wanted more, I hit a dead end though
[02:18.797] I wanted sleep, I counted sheep, I couldn' t breathe, I didn' t get it
[02:22.239] My head was ringing like a telephone
[02:24.762] My speech was slurred from shattered nerves and nights up with a headache
[02:28.551] They sunk in steady like a status quo
[02:31.000] I took the job and what I got was just some paid-off credit
[02:34.718] And interviewed on local radio