South African duo The Amblers have always marched to their own beat…gritty and honest.
‘Designated David’ is lifted from The Amblers’ 2025 release ‘Never the Two Shall Part’.
Got a friend, always there by your side,
Thinking they’re right, no matter what they’re denied,
Blinded by, their own point of view,
Never noticing, what they put you through,
You’ve tried to reason, you’ve tried to explain,
There’s no listening, they won’t refrain,
Stubborn as a mule, set in their way’s,
They never realize the damage that they create,
Argue and fight, like they’re, always right,
They don’t know what they’re missing, they’re stuck in their own fiction,
Try to stay calm, and keep it cool,
Self-righteousness, is such a mule tool,
No budging, and always so sure,
Like a rock that you can’t nudge, they endure,
They’ll never admit they’re ever at fault,
Ego’s as big as a bank vault,
Try to persuade, but it’s no use,
Their minds are made up, their views obtuse,
Argue and fight, like they’re always right,
They don’t know what they’re missing, they’re stuck in their own fiction,
Designated David,
You can wash with the richest soap, you’ll never get the stains to go,
You never did what you said,
But you said a lot of things that you didn’t seem to mean, or did you?
Careful where you put that head,
Scenes are rarely what they seem,
But I’m glad you don’t need me to tell you,
That you never did what you said,
But you said a lot of things that you couldn’t really mean, or did you?
Talking to a wall, a dead-end street, quarrelsome like old bread, that you can’t eat,
In one ear, out the other,
Broken people, break one another,
Argue and fight, like they’re, always right,
They don’t know what they’re missing, they’re stuck in their own fiction,
Designated David,
You can wash with the richest soap, you’ll never get the stains to go,
You never did what you said,
But you said a lot of things that you didn’t seem to mean, or did you?
Careful where you put that head,
Scenes are rarely what they seem,
But I’m glad you don’t need me to tell you,
That you never did what you said,
But you said a lot of things that you couldn’t really mean, or did you?
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