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Bully

Every Tradition

Release date: 20th August 2020

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Track 2
3:26
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About This Track

'Every Tradition' by Bully is an alternative song from the album 'SUGAREGG', released in 2020. The lyrics talk in anxious, questioning terms, with the speaker weighing the idea of forgetting what has come before and confronting a kind of pressure that feels intensely personal. There is a sense of resistance and reluctance, as the singer says they do not want something they are being pushed towards, and they reflect on how hard it is to go on feeling this way. One line captures the emotional heat of it, with the plea, “Oh my God”.

"Every Tradition" is a track by Bully, from the album SUGAREGG, released 20th August 2020. The track is 3:26 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Bully.

About the Artist

Bully

Bully

Lyrics

Every Tradition

Oh my God
Shall we?

Forgetting all that comes with space
Like your hello I still retrace
And I think unknowing you
Is the hardest thing I ever had to do

It's like pressure to have a baby
When I don't want one in my body
You say my mind is gonna change one day
But I felt this way forever
Some things stay the same
I stay the same

If you're gonna shame me
Turn around, bite your tongue 'til it bleeds
Don't need you to save me
Something's off, you're wrong about the dream
I've been fucking up
Wastin' my time, second-guessing what I need
I don't know what you want
It's evocative, you're so convincing
Yeah, I hear you, but nothing's changed for me
Nothing's changed for me

You beat yourself up wondering why I won't take a vow
I don't even wanna try
And you say my mind will change one day
But right now, it feels like I'm okay

If you're gonna shame me
Turn around, bite your tongue 'til it bleeds
Don't need you to save me
Something's off, you're wrong about the dream
I've been fuckin' up
Wasting my time, second-guessing what I need
I don't know what you want
It's evocative, you're so convincing
Yeah, I hear you, but nothing's changed for me
Nothing's changed for me

I never put the blame on you
I never put the blame on you
I never put the blame on you
Not gonna battle

It's like pressure to have a baby
When I don't want one in my body
It's like disassociation with every tradition
It's like disassociation with every tradition
It's like disassociation with every tradition
It's like disassociation with every tradition

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Track details

From SUGAREGG

3:262020
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SUGAREGG
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Bully
21st August 2020
Track number
2
Release year
2020
  1. 1Add It On
    3:21
  2. 2Every Tradition
    3:26
  3. 3Where to Start
    3:01
  4. 4Prism
    5:02
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    Production & Engineering

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