I’ll Stick Around Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I thought I knew all it took to bother you
Every word I said was true, and that you'll see
How could it be I'm the only one who sees
Your rehearsed insanity, yeah
[Verse 2]
I still refused all the methods you abused
It's alright if you're confused, let me be
I've been around all the pawns you've gagged and bound
They'll come back and knock you down and I'll be free
[Pre-Chorus]
I've taken all and I've endured
One day it all will fade, I'm sure
[Chorus]
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
[Verse 3]
I had no hand in your ever desperate plan
It returns and when it lands, words are due
I should've known we were better off alone
I looked in and I was shown, you were too
I thought I knew all it took to bother you
Every word I said was true, and that you'll see
How could it be I'm the only one who sees
Your rehearsed insanity, yeah
[Verse 2]
I still refused all the methods you abused
It's alright if you're confused, let me be
I've been around all the pawns you've gagged and bound
They'll come back and knock you down and I'll be free
[Pre-Chorus]
I've taken all and I've endured
One day it all will fade, I'm sure
[Chorus]
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
[Verse 3]
I had no hand in your ever desperate plan
It returns and when it lands, words are due
I should've known we were better off alone
I looked in and I was shown, you were too
[Pre-Chorus]
I've taken all and I've endured
One day it all will fade, I'm sure
[Chorus]
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
[Outro]
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
Yeah
I've taken all and I've endured
One day it all will fade, I'm sure
[Chorus]
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
[Outro]
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
I'll stick around, I'll stick around
And learn from all that came from it
Yeah
About
Genius Annotation
One of the few songs written on the eve of recording Foo Fighters, “I’ll Stick Around” is defined by Dave Grohl as “a very negative song about feeling you were violated or deprived”. It was widely rumoured as a potshot on Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, but now Dave doesn’t even try to hide:
For the music video, Devo singer Gerald Casale was brought in to revive the weird spirit of his band’s work.
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- 3.Big Me
- 5.Good Grief
- 6.Floaty
- 8.Oh, George
- 10.X-Static
- 11.Wattershed
- 12.Exhausted
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Recorded At
Robert Lang Studios (Shoreline, Washington)
Release Date
September 4, 1995
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