My First Time explore the urge to escape on new single 'Paris, Texas'•
deBasement have announced their new EP 'HARDBODY' and shared teaser track 'CUT THE LINE'•
Mura Masa and Ledbyher join forces on break-driven new single 'Needja'•
Beck and Sierra Ferrell have teamed up for a new version of 'Ride Lonesome'•
Baby Queen turns the spotlight on herself with new album 'I Hope You Don't Remember Me'•
Cara Delevingne has released new single 'Need It', co-written with Fiona Apple•
Empress Of has announced her new album 'Dream House', featuring Blood Orange and Cecile Believe•
Ravyn Lenae weighs up an old flame on new single 'Saturday Night'•
Cruz Beckham has announced his debut EP 'Wear & Tear'•
Brandon Flowers has 'Plans' ahead of his solo return 'Thrasher'•
Carly Rae Jepsen has dropped her new single 'On Wires' ahead of double album 'Day and Night'•
Charli xcx has shared ‘Wink Wink’ from her upcoming album, ‘Music, Fashion, Film’•
Phoebe Bridgers heads to the Renaissance fair in her new ‘Lost Boys’ video•
SOMBR explores self-worth on his new single, ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’•
Blondshell has announced her third album 'Violins'•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
My First Time explore the urge to escape on new single 'Paris, Texas'•
deBasement have announced their new EP 'HARDBODY' and shared teaser track 'CUT THE LINE'•
Mura Masa and Ledbyher join forces on break-driven new single 'Needja'•
Beck and Sierra Ferrell have teamed up for a new version of 'Ride Lonesome'•
Baby Queen turns the spotlight on herself with new album 'I Hope You Don't Remember Me'•
Cara Delevingne has released new single 'Need It', co-written with Fiona Apple•
Empress Of has announced her new album 'Dream House', featuring Blood Orange and Cecile Believe•
Ravyn Lenae weighs up an old flame on new single 'Saturday Night'•
Cruz Beckham has announced his debut EP 'Wear & Tear'•
Brandon Flowers has 'Plans' ahead of his solo return 'Thrasher'•
Carly Rae Jepsen has dropped her new single 'On Wires' ahead of double album 'Day and Night'•
Charli xcx has shared ‘Wink Wink’ from her upcoming album, ‘Music, Fashion, Film’•
Phoebe Bridgers heads to the Renaissance fair in her new ‘Lost Boys’ video•
SOMBR explores self-worth on his new single, ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’•
Blondshell has announced her third album 'Violins'•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Dork
News
Features
Reviews
Magazine
Shop
Listings
Directory
Festivals
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS
Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Playlist Covers
Playlist Directory
Recommender
Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS
Music Video Directory
Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST
Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED
Dork Live
Dork Radio
Live
Live 24/7
Dork Radio
Dork
Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

View archive
Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

Advertise
|
Support|
About Dork|
Privacy Policy|
Genres|
Years|
Sitemap|
RSS|
Cookie settings
© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Powered by PlaywireAdvertise on this site.
  1. Tracks
  2. Cursive
  3. Get Fixed
  4. Content Conman
Content Conman by Cursive

SINGLE

Cursive

Content Conman

Release date: 10th October 2019

From Get Fixed
Track 10
2:56
Indie RockMusicAlternative
Spotify Apple Music More on Cursive

About This Track

"Content Conman" is a single by Cursive, from the album Get Fixed, released 10th October 2019. The track is 2:56 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Cursive.

About the Artist

Cursive

Cursive

Lyrics

Content Conman

When books were written to move us, not units
When films were more than just reboots for tickets
Commerce has turned a corner
Artistry's crammed in the backseat

One is content and one's commercial, I suppose
Which is content and which is commercial? I don't know
Throwing a guilty party, eating crow out on the balcony
Crying, "Listen to me!"

They killed the radio station long ago
They're killing the brick and mortar nice and slow
We're slumming in an art form
Based on the three minute earworm

One is content and one's commercial, I suppose
Which is content and which is commercial? I don't know
Stuck at this guilty party, struck by a plaque in the bathroom
It quipped, "Art is Pure Shit"

Oh god, to write with no audience in mind
Oh god, to write just because you have to write
It's a fool's errand at best
Lest you commit to your base self — art is pure shit

Content conman
Content conman

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From Get Fixed

2:562019Single
Listen
Album
Get Fixed
Get Fixed
Cursive
11th October 2019
Track number
10
Release year
2019
  1. 1Vultures
    1:17
  2. 2Barricades
    3:29
  3. 3I Am Goddamn
    2:51
  4. 4Stranded Satellite
    3:07

More from Cursive

Albums & EPs

Devourer
Devourer
2024
Tides Rush In EP
Tides Rush In EP
2020
Vitriola
Vitriola
2018
The Sun and Moon / The Cat and Mouse EP
The Sun and Moon / The Cat and Mouse EP
2012
I Am Gemini
I Am Gemini
2012
Mama, I’m Swollen
Mama, I’m Swollen
2009

Explore

More tracks by Cursive

  1. BloodbatherDevourer
    3:40
  2. Botch JobDevourer
    2:47
  3. ConsumersDevourer
    3:19
  4. Dark StarDevourer
    4:33
  5. Dead End DaysDevourer
    3:04
  6. ImposturingDevourer
    3:06
  7. RookieDevourer
    5:02
  8. The Age of ImpotenceDevourer
    3:42
  9. The Avalanche of Our DemiseDevourer
    3:01
  10. The LossDevourer
    4:38

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Cursive

The Good Life

The Good Life

Desaparecidos

Desaparecidos

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher

Thursday

Thursday

The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids

  • 5Marigolds
    3:28
  • 6Horror is a Human Being
    4:49
  • 7Black Hole Town
    4:07
  • 8Look What's Become of Us
    2:30
  • 9Get Fixed
    4:27
  • 10Content Conman
    2:56
  • 11What's Gotten into You
    5:35
  • —What’s Gotten Into You?
    • READ MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVE
    READ MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVEREAD MORE ABOUT CURSIVE
    Cursive - Devourer
    Reviews

    Cursive - Devourer

    'Devourer' is a knotty, visceral listen.

    11 Nov 2024 • 12:21 pm
    No genre, no problem: Cursive's decades-long musical defiance
    Features

    No genre, no problem: Cursive's decades-long musical defiance

    For nearly 30 years, Tim Kasher and co. have challenged genre conventions, keeping Cursive's sound fiercely unpredictable.

    11 Nov 2024 • 10:07 am
    Cursive: "When I'm wagging the finger at others, I'm also wagging the finger at myself"
    Features

    Cursive: "When I'm wagging the finger at others, I'm also wagging the finger at myself"

    Indie-rock stalwarts Cursive are back with their first album in six years. With society falling apart around us, it's a suitably vitriolic reaction to the state of the world.

    8 Oct 2018 • 10:24 am
    Cursive - Vitriola
    Reviews

    Cursive - Vitriola

    ‘Vitriola’ bubbles and boils with anger and simmers with regret and futility.

    3 Oct 2018 • 1:50 am