“Smug Cunt” is the fifth track from Love Is Magic.
That’s certainly how I perceive Donald Trump. Originally, that song was supposed to be about Putin, but he’s smarter [than Trump]. It’s a broad term for anyone who has embraced ambition, run amok and bragged. I don’t want to become a smug cunt, eit...
It's in the way you stare
Your obsession with your chest hair
I can smell it in your choice of cologne
I can't believe it's real
Nuking you 'cos you can't feel
Your smile cuts right through to the bone
You don't care who you hurt
Just the right amount of starch in your shirt
You don't want things you cannot own
The only thing that you're aware of
Is anything you can be above
Don't believe and reap what you have sown
Now you're just a smug cunt
Who doesn't even do his own stunts
They just let you in 'cos you won't shut up
Here's to acting like a little boy
Masturbating with expensive toys
They just let you play 'cos you won't shut up
All the girls think you're a stud
Even though your hands are covered in blood
And they're turned on by your cover-ups
The highest compliment is being feared
I bet that you don't even think that's weird
You don't care who your deeds corrupt
Now you're just a smug cunt
Who doesn't even do his own stunts
They just let you in 'cos you won't shut up
Protein's flying off the shelves
Panties ain't gonna wet themselves
They just let you play 'cos you won't shut up
It would be funny if it weren't so sad
It's so absurd it's gonna drive you mad
And you even believe there's an us and them
Do you know anything that you weren't told?
Have a think, 'cos you are getting old
You don't even try to cover up the stench
Now you're just a smug cunt
Who doesn't even do his own stunts
They just let you in 'cos you won't shut up
Protein's flying off the shelves
Panties ain't gonna wet themselves
They just let you play 'cos you won't shut up
Here's to acting like a little boy
Masturbating with expensive toys
They just let you play 'cos you won't shut up
Smug Cunt was written by John Grant.
Smug Cunt was produced by Paul Alexander & John Grant & Benge.
John Grant released Smug Cunt on Fri Oct 12 2018.