“The first half of this song could be about tyrants,” says Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. “But it could also be about anyone who thinks that a little more control is gonna make everything ok. The second half is a response to that developing reality of the first half. The world might be a scary pla...
[Verse 1]
You can poison opposition
Find out which war to declare
You can polish up the prisons
And send all your critics there
You seem willing and able
And used to getting your way
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe
[Verse 2]
You can call yourself a living god
If it rallies up the troops
Reinstate the firing squad
Lace up your combat boots
Your vitals are stable
In your stupid beret
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe
In someone else's cafe
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
You can make 'em call you Beelzebub
You can make 'em call you chief (chief)
Make some face paint out of baby blood
Wear a necklace made of teeth
You could be living a fable
In your one man parade
But you’re still waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe
[Chorus]
From the rock of the cradle
'Til we’re dead in our graves
We’re all waiting tables
In someone else’s cafe
In someone else's cafe
[Instrumental Break]
[Refrain]
So let’s enjoy each other’s company
On the brink of our despair
Does someone have a song to sing
Or a joke that they could share?
Let’s enjoy each other’s company (Let’s enjoy each other’s company)
On the brink of our despair (On the brink of our despair)
Does someone have a song to sing (Does someone have a song to sing)
Or a joke that they could share? (Or a joke that they could share?)
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
So let’s enjoy each other’s company
On the brink of our despair
Does someone have a song to sing
Or a joke that they could share?
Let’s enjoy each other’s company (Let’s enjoy each other’s company)
On the brink of our despair (On the brink of our despair)
Does someone have a song to sing (Does someone have a song to sing)
Or a joke that they could share? (Or a joke that they could share?)
Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscroller Tries to Relax was written by Taylor Goldsmith.
Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscroller Tries to Relax was produced by Jonathan Wilson.
Dawes released Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscroller Tries to Relax on Fri May 06 2022.