Here's a song I've been working on:
Social Stratification (Working Title) ─ unpop (Working Name)
(V.2 - 2025)
verse 1
..................C........
cut a throat to receive one
..........................Am.......
shoot your friend for his bread bun
...............
you ain't crazy
....F..
you see
.....................G...
just condemned to be free
..........
i hate you
.........C.
you hate me
verse 2
.........................C.......
pull the trigger just to feel one
....................Am......
pull a leg and then make fun
...................
it's not the powers
.....F.
that be
............G.
it is humanity
............
it's not you
......C.
it is we
chorus
.............Am...................F..........
and the most crazy people are the undisturbed
.......C.......................G...........
it's a sadist nightmare but we make it work
...Dm............................Am.........
so close your eyes and you won't have to see
.........F........................G............
that I'm enslaving you and you're strangling me
verse 3
.......................C........
shooting shots just to shoot one
...............................Am.....
don't wrap your mouth around a shotgun
..................
it's just a friday
....F..
you see
................G.
not any speciality
.............
i'll kill you
.........C..
you will see
bridge
.............Am............
so would you dump your wife
....F...................
for one with bigger tits
..........C............
would you dump your man
.....G.................
if a better one submits
.........Dm
well for me
..................Am...............F...
I just want to forget this fucking shit
...G.........C.....
Anywa-hay anyway...
chorus
.............Am...................F..........
and the most crazy people are the undisturbed
.......C.......................G...........
it's a sadist nightmare but we make it work
...Dm............................Am.........
so close your eyes and you won't have to see
.........F........................G............
that I'm enslaving you and you're strangling me
outro
...Am....................F...............
so carry that weight you teary-eyed child
....C......................G....................
the things you believe the things that are right
.....Dm.......................Am..............
will eat your intestines will murder your wife
...C.................................Dm............
be more than a thought and you might some day agree
.........F..................
that the sun is still bright
.......G..
i love you
...........
you love me
---alternative bridge (from old version of the song)
so would you dump your wife
for one with bigger tits
would you dump your man
if a better one submits
well for me
I just want to kiss the bottom of a cliff
stop the world from turning
or just want the others to admit
that there is no truth
it is all a mask
that we cannot get rid
what is honesty
if honestly
we never did submit
what we are in life
what one decides
to be one's own conflict
what our place is
what our worth is
if we're allowed to coexist
will I die if you don't die
will i cry if you decide
will you eat dirt if I say
I say I say I say I say I-
copyright unpop 05.12.2022
To me the song is about human cruelty as an unavoidable force in the human condition with social hierarchies being inherently brutal.
I tried to convey the message that a society that judges peoples' worth through their societal standing causes people to tear each other down in order to elevate their standing, even if the person that they're tearing down is a friend.
The song was written during a depressive episode of mine, where I was focusing too much on this cruelty in everyday life.
I've noticed some of my friends being treated as inbetweeners — someone one could have a short unserious relationship with, while looking for
a "serious" partner. I think in some instances that phenomenon was caused by the inbetweeners being perceived as less valued in the social hierarchy by the Daters.
Having good personal relationships at the time myself made me think, that by being a person of relatively high value to the people around me, I was
contributing to this emotional abuse of the people considered less than.
3 years later now, I've stopped being so obsessed and just try to be
a good person that only raises people up and never the opposite, having this song to remind me. - unpop 2025
