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The Devil You Don't

from Get Ye Up by The Mispronouncer

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1. Marked route out, same route coming back.
Sure thing, sure, but where’s the fun in that?
You see the same sights as before from the other way.
It’s no wonder you want to run astray.
Maybe save a little energy, effort, and time:
Bushwhack over the terrain in a straight line.
Cut through here, dip down and around.
You can see on the map that the strategy’s sound.
Listen, remember, before we vote,
On the way up, the boulder field and scree slope?
It’s worse going down but we can bypass all of it
If we just forego the main route for the alternate.
This shortcut’s so obvious we’ve got to
Break from the trail now, we’d be stupid not to.
Forget what we’ve got, let’s just blunder through
Whatever’s waiting for us behind Door Number 2.

Chorus: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t. (x2)

Where some see folly, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see error, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see madness, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.

2. For a little while, feels like the right option.
Chewing up ground unhindered by caution.
But the path’s trickier each step we travel.
The course that we charted starts to unravel.
It’s always like this, the idea seems good
‘Til our packs are getting tangled in the branches in the woods,
Or the Saint’s leg’s getting gashed in a rock slide.
Thinking how long would it take to find us if we all died?
Spreading out, everyone diverting from the new plan.
Getting pragmatic: get down as quick as you can.
But it won’t be quick enough to justify the misery.
In fact, are we taking even longer or is it me?
The shortcut’s adding time to the trip total.
Now the silent naysayers all get vocal.
Sticking to the trail that’s tried and true
Means they never have to send a helicopter to find you.

Chorus: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t. (x2)

Where some see folly, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see error, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see madness, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.

Chorus: Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t.
(Resist!) The devil you don’t. (x2)

Where some see folly, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see error, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Where some see madness, we see temptation.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee, get thee behind me, Satan.

credits

from Get Ye Up, released February 24, 2014
The Mispronouncer wrote the lyrics, performed the vocals, made the beat, and played some synths. Brent Koenigsman played most of the synths.

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