"Society" Lyrics

Oh, it's a mystery to me
We have a greed with which we have agreed
And you think you have to want more than you need
Until you have it all you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

When you want more than you have
You think you need...
And when you think more than you want
Your thoughts begin to bleed
I think I need to find a bigger place
Because when you have more than you think
You need more space

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

There's those thinking, more-or-less, less is more
But if less is more, how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make, your level drops
Kinda like you're starting from the top
You can't do that...

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

Society, have mercy on me
Hope you're not angry if I disagree...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

Beautiful song. I love Ed's vocals.

The last two choruses are so fucking emotional. I feel like Ed is about to cry...definitely feeling it.

im pretty sure i get a little misty eyed.

so beautiful.

Then right into the wolf just just mind blowingly perfect.

I've stopped listening since the record comes out next week, but I remember thinking that wolf was really striking and that I liked it more than arc

yeah me too.

and holy shit society batman. that's a great song.

I would love to hear this song from the way you guys talk about it, it must be amazing..anyone send it to me please I am dying over here!

so the way i understand it Jeff Hannan wrote this song specifically for this movie, for Eddie. if that's the case, would it even be considered a cover? since it's an original song and all.

Didn't this come up for CRAZY MARY? Jerry Hannan plays guitar and does the back-up vocals, so does that mean that it's not a cover?

People like Carole King, John Denver and Neil Diamond wrote lots of songs for other people before they became successful singers themselves. Then later sang some of those songs themselves. I don't think that those count as covers by the original artists.

If the song was written for the movie but not necessarily for Eddie, does that make it a cover? I have no idea.

well as far as i know Society has been, and only will be, released on this Soundtrack. i'd say if this is the only release, it's technically not a cover. but i feel kinda weird not calling it a cover if Eddie only contributed vocals and nothing else.

i hope the booklet will clarify this.

It's definitely not to be considered a cover; it's just not an original Ed song. I don't really see where the confusion lies.

you know me

to me, when an artist releases a song that has been written both musically and lyrically (when applied) by someone else that is not in a band with the artist, the song is a cover. but that's for another thread.

as for this song, i absolutely love it, however the 3rd verse is a bit awkward. even though it fits lyrically, the "You can't do that... " line seems out of place for some reason. Am i the only one feeling this?

You're not the only one. I can't put my finger on it, but it's not quite sitting right when I get to that part.

Are you working, too?

that lyrics reminds me of that meatloaf song

hahaha, that might just be my issue with it.

i like it for that reason (not meatloaf...but feeling awkward)
its different and i can see ed wagging his finger in a tsk tsk type way saying "you cant do that" it makes me chuckle...or perhaps its a giggle i dont know

that bit also is jarring to my ears.

I really wanted to like this song. The guitar work is lovely and Eddie vocals are very good. But I'm finding the lyrics terrible and the vocal melody not a good match for them.

It's the only song on the album that I don't like.

that line doesn't work for me either. I do like this song, and it has some nice moments, but it isn't amongst my favorites.

I think Ed's vocal delivery here is beautiful...especially the choruses at the end. I have major issues with the lyrics in the verses of this song. I like the chorus a lot, but there are some really clumsy lines in this one.

"When you want more than you have
You think you need...
And when you think more than you want
Your thoughts begin to bleed
I think I need to find a bigger place
Because when you have more than you think
You need more space"

This whole verse sucks. It's basically the same words repeated several times in a different order, and I'm not even sure it makes any sense at all.

"There's those thinking, more-or-less, less is more
But if less is more, how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make, your level drops
Kinda like you're starting from the top
You can't do that..."

This verse sucks too. I feel like the guy that wrote this (Hannan) is a pretty weak lyricist. I don't even quite understand the point he is trying to make here, and, again, he does this weird thing where he uses the same group of words and just rearranges the order.

I love the lyrics in the chorus, however. I think Ed should have kept this guy's music/chorus and just rewritten the lyrics to the verses...it would have put this song over the top for me.