“My Own Worst Enemy” is the lead single from Lit’s second album A Place in the Sun. It is the band’s most popular song, spending eleven weeks at number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The song is a playable song on Rock Band 2 and Rock Band Unplugged.
[Verse 1]
Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?
I didn't mean to call you that
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me
Please tell me
[Chorus]
Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard, and I'm
Sleeping with my clothes on
I came in through the window last night
And you're gone, gone
[Verse 2]
It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy
'Cause every now and then, I kick the living shit out of me
The smoke alarm is going off, and there's a cigarette
Still burning
[Chorus]
Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard, and I'm
Sleeping with my clothes on
Came in through the window last night
And you're gone, gone
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard, and I'm
Sleeping with my clothes on
I came in through the window last night
[Outro]
(Ah-ooh) It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy
(Ah-ooh) 'Cause every now and then, I kick the living shit out of me
(Ah-ooh) Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?
(Ah-ooh) I didn't mean to call you that (Ooh)
My Own Worst Enemy was written by A. Jay Popoff & Jeremy Popoff.
My Own Worst Enemy was produced by Don Gilmore & A. Jay Popoff & Allen Shellenberger & Jeremy Popoff & Kevin Baldes.
Lit released My Own Worst Enemy on Tue Feb 23 1999.
In an interview published in the June 1999 edition of Spin Magazine (vol 15, no. 6), guitarist Jeremy Popoff and front man A. Jay Popoff had the following to say:
Jeremy: “The song is the result of waking up and realizing you screwed up the night before. The first verse is about screwing up with y...