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Second Fiddle

from The Ego Has Landed by Phil Nice

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This song is probably quite self-explanatory. The interesting aspect for me is a sinister element that creeps in. Am I talking about an unsung hero, already dead by drowning during the first verse and only noticed by default a week later? Or am I talking about a devious and shady manipulator? I like the idea that they're the same person, and we never really know them well enough to tell. Thanks to Ulla and Karen for great performances.

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Always in shadow
Out of the gaze
By default or design
Spinning a thread
Finding a way
The one-eyed leading the blind
Never the talk of the town
Go for a swim
Go for a drown
Your absence unnoticed
Well into next week
A vital component
Nowhere to be found

Always the bridesmaid
Never the bride
Nowhere near the bouquet
But pulling some strings
In a corner somewhere
Winning the day
Then fading away
You’ll live with a modest return
Safe on a hilltop
Watching Rome burn
Famine or flood
Rivers of blood
You’re the cat in the middle
Second fiddle

Always passed over
Never in line
Somebody else got the points
Stealing ideas
To present as his own
Mix up some poison
Throw him a bone
Don’t ask the bird in the gilded cage
The guy with the letters after his name
That sings for his supper
Does what he’s told
Go find the guy with the key to the gold

Always in shadow
Knowing your place
Keeping the project afloat
All those fragile egos
Hitting the sauce
Pour them into a taxi
As a matter of course
You’ll live with a modest return
Safe on a hilltop
Watch empires burn
Famine or flood
Rivers of blood
You’re the cat in the middle
Second fiddle

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from The Ego Has Landed, released August 6, 2017
Ulla Britt Simonsen: Lead vocal
Karen Nice: Background vocals

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