“You Don’t Deserve Yourself” is the fifth track on AJJ’s third album, Can’t Maintain. The song features saxophone parts from indie music legend Jeff Rosenstock.
The song is seemingly written from the perspective of a disease, possibly cancer, as it slowly takes hold of a person’s body. On several o...
[Verse 1]
I will take your teeth
But I'll hold out for a while
If you please
I'll make you fall asleep
Even if you're not tired
[Refrain]
You don't deserve yourself
[Verse 2]
And I will make you bleed
From your mouth and your nose
And your eyes
Your blood will taste so sweet
[Refrain]
You don't deserve yourself
You don't deserve yourself
[Bridge]
And I have seen
The darkest heart of humanity
And I truly believe
That we are capable of good as well
[Refrain]
You don't deserve yourself
You don't deserve yourself
You don't deserve yourself
And you need to love yourself
You need to love yourself
You need to love yourself
You Don’t Deserve Yourself was written by Ben Gallaty & Sean Bonnette.
You Don’t Deserve Yourself was produced by Jalipaz Nelson.
AJJ released You Don’t Deserve Yourself on Wed Sep 09 2009.