Andrei Calin - Inferiority Complex

this is one of my favourite songs i've ever written. it tackles the sensitive subject of toxic masculinity while also describing the danger of converging with groups of people that morally bring you down to the point where you feel inferior to what's already below your standard. if any of you kids read 'the catcher in the rye', you might notice some similarities between holden caulfield's character and the person im describing lyrically. as always, the song's yours to keep.


inferiority complex
music and lyrics by andrei calin

bearing a reckless grin on his bitter face
he’s a towheaded hard boy
handsome but looks defeated
their punches land themselves on his pucker lips
he’s quiet with a tough look in his eyes
sixteen but looks defeated

he chuckles with his tired mouth as they kick themselves
and scream and moan like
shallow-brained hyenas
squeezing needless wheezes through their breaths and he
talks about getting out
taking the piss out of losing out
over and over on love and on faith
and they’ll laugh and they’ll hate and they’ll take him

all the way down
and nothing will pull him out
no nothing will pull him
they’ll take him all the way down
and nothing will pull him no nothing will pull him out

he looks disheveled half the time
makes a living out of hell
to get himself seen
and to fit in
with the kids he once called mean
he pulls the shades and pulls his hair
dwells on death and lives off shame
while the bad boys wind him up
acting all sly to get him
to believe their lies

and to take him all the way down
and nothing will pull him out
no nothing will pull him
they’ll take him all the way down

and what I do
time and time again
is fix myself on someone else
when all is not well
yeah we’re all the same in a way or two
can’t find a way around it
looking for something to pull us out
just something to pull

oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
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oh oh oh
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