[Verse 1]
Somewhere down along the line I lost the plot
You think nothing has changed?
Horrified to find that what you made has risen up
And now your hate has a name
[Refrain]
So let a sigh ring out Denial
Deny it, deny it
[Verse 2]
Draw a cold hand across your mouth
A muffled sound
While you lie there and wait
Listen to them calling out and come for you in silence
For the mess that you have made
[Refrain]
So let a sigh ring out Denial
Deny it, deny it
So let a sigh ring out Denial
Deny it, deny it
(Ignore their screaming. You got away with it.)
[Outro]
Nothing is opened up
No sound in the room
Nothing is opened up
No sound in the room
Hymn for an Average Man was written by Matt Tong & Franklin James Fisher & Lee Tesche & Ryan Mahan.
Hymn for an Average Man was produced by Ali Chant & Adrian Utley.
Algiers released Hymn for an Average Man on Fri Jun 23 2017.
I was fooling around on this gorgeous piano in Adrian [Utley]’s parlor when this song occurred to me as a concept. I wanted it to sound like a record locked in a groove, to paint a picture of someone being stuck and trapped in a horrible situation that they’re condemned to repeat, like Sisyphus or P...