SKApril!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Unsteady, "Universe (Why Can't You See You're Not the Center of The)" from Double or Nothing (T.L.A.M.)

Skammentary: Back in the glory days of Real Can of Yams, the lead singer complained that my song lyrics—I cannot write music, so instead I contributed lyrics—were too busy, contained too many words. Clearly, I should have been writing lyrics for Unsteady instead.

"Why can't you see you're not the center of the universe?
You never listen up. You always put your ego first.
You think that all advice is not a help but more a curse,
But by ignoring them you only make your problems worse.

"You won't say that you love me 'cause I know that you don't mean it.
You won't say you need me 'cause I know that you don't care.
You won't pledge commitment, but you talk your way around it.
You can't act out emotions that were never really there.

"Constructive criticism doesn't mean a thing to you.
You could improve yourself but that's not what you want to do.
If I seem anger that's because I'm so fed up with you.
You turn a blind eye to advice that you can see is true…

"No understanding of the concept of integrity.
If you're a failure, it was only what you chose to be.
You feel intimidated, so you have to yell at me;
It's just a symptom of your infantile mentality…"

As verbose as the first half of "Universe" is, the back half of the track is instrumental, veering into jazz/improv territory before returning to the song's ska opening near the finale. Ska is a more diverse genre than it is given credit for being.