The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull (Official Music Video)

The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull (Official Music Video)

The new album "Price of Progress" is out March 31, 2023! https://orcd.co/thepriceofprogress

Directed by Sebastian Hagan
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Lyrics:
She ordered me Newcastle
And handed me a Marlboro.
Stuck a dove in my right hand.
She took a quick picture
But even when we squinted
I didn’t look so much like Robert Plant.

She flew a flag she made from a bedsheet.
A sideways skull and a lopsided pentagram.
Said asymmetrical’s way more diabolical
You don’t want to make it look too perfect, man.
The trick is not getting cynical.
She had a hairbrush mic and a fantasy band.
She opened up with We Are The Champions
Went into right into Under my Wheels.
I was trying to figure out how i feel.

Faded denim with the buttons and badges
Laminates and backstage passes.
Jacket held together by the rock band patches.
They let her smoke but she can’t have matches
After last week’s pyro disaster.
She’d like me better if I didn’t wear glasses.

She said we’re gonna do a show at The Pyramids.
She said she needs to take a call from her lawyers.
Introduced me to the dudes that she’s calling her crew
An assortment of sad self destroyers
Sitting six to a table in the room off the kitchen
Telling stories about things they imagined.
Like after the show we got roofed on the Reeperbahn
Woke up in a video cabin.
I was rolling my eyes at the ritual lies.
Ok, maybe half of that happened.

She bites down on the the caplet
And the blood comes from her mouth
But it’s hard to fully rock in a halfway house.
The band would be better if they weren’t such burnouts.
The Beatle boots and the glam rock top hat
Isn’t gonna make any difference.
It never works when no one listens.

Faded denim with the buttons and badges
Laminates and backstage passes.
A jacket held together by the rock band patches.
They let her smoke but she can’t have matches.
Bites down on the the capsule and
The blood comes from her mouth
But it’s hard to really rock in a halfway house.
The pesky problem of the the tepid turnout.

I said I’ve got a band too
We’re called The Price of Progress.
We’ve got a reputation as New Hampshire’s hardest.
Our singer’s psycho and our fans are violent.
Once they let me loose we’re probably touring Europe.
Morning meetings in the room off the kitchen.
New medication for the same old depression.
It never works when no one listens.
But it’s sure nice to meet some fellow musicians.She ordered me Newcastle
And handed me a Marlboro.
Stuck a dove in my right hand.
She took a quick picture
But even when we squinted
I didn’t look so much like Robert Plant.

She flew a flag she made from a bedsheet.
A sideways skull and a lopsided pentagram.
Said asymmetrical’s way more diabolical
You don’t want to make it look too perfect, man.
The trick is not getting cynical.
She had a hairbrush mic and a fantasy band.
She opened up with We Are The Champions
Went into right into Under my Wheels.
I was trying to figure out how i feel.

Faded denim with the buttons and badges
Laminates and backstage passes.
Jacket held together by the rock band patches.
They let her smoke but she can’t have matches
After last week’s pyro disaster.
She’d like me better if I didn’t wear glasses.

She said we’re gonna do a show at The Pyramids.
She said she needs to take a call from her lawyers.
Introduced me to the dudes that she’s calling her crew
An assortment of sad self destroyers
Sitting six to a table in the room off the kitchen
Telling stories about things they imagined.
Like after the show we got roofed on the Reeperbahn
Woke up in a video cabin.
I was rolling my eyes at the ritual lies.
Ok, maybe half of that happened.

She bites down on the the caplet
And the blood comes from her mouth
But it’s hard to fully rock in a halfway house.
The band would be better if they weren’t such burnouts.
The Beatle boots and the glam rock top hat
Isn’t gonna make any difference.
It never works when no one listens.

Faded denim with the buttons and badges
Laminates and backstage passes.
A jacket held together by the rock band patches.
They let her smoke but she can’t have matches.
Bites down on the the capsule and
The blood comes from her mouth
But it’s hard to really rock in a halfway house.
The pesky problem of the the tepid turnout.

I said I’ve got a band too
We’re called The Price of Progress.
We’ve got a reputation as New Hampshire’s hardest.
Our singer’s psycho and our fans are violent.
Once they let me loose we’re probably touring Europe.
Morning meetings in the room off the kitchen.
New medication for the same old depression.
It never works when no one listens.
But it’s sure nice to meet some fellow musicians.

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