Necessary Evil
Beck
Track 14 on Modern Guilt
Jul. 8, 20081 viewer
Necessary Evil Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Think I'm brain dead waiting the rain out
In this makeshift mountain home
With my arms crossed, my bare bones
Making the most of meager means
[Chorus]
Necessary evil one more time
Necessary evil
Starting to wonder what happens now?
What happens now?
[Verse 2]
If you're stranded out on a warpath
There's no scapegoat for to ride you home
When you're drifting over the landmines
You keep drifting 'til kingdom-come
[Chorus]
Necessary evil, starting to wonder
Necessary evil
Starting to wonder what happens now?
What happens now?
[Outro]
What happens now?
Think I'm brain dead waiting the rain out
In this makeshift mountain home
With my arms crossed, my bare bones
Making the most of meager means
[Chorus]
Necessary evil one more time
Necessary evil
Starting to wonder what happens now?
What happens now?
[Verse 2]
If you're stranded out on a warpath
There's no scapegoat for to ride you home
When you're drifting over the landmines
You keep drifting 'til kingdom-come
[Chorus]
Necessary evil, starting to wonder
Necessary evil
Starting to wonder what happens now?
What happens now?
[Outro]
What happens now?
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Genius Annotation
“Necessary Evil” is the fourteenth track on Beck’s 2008 album “Modern Guilt”, included in the Deluxe editions issued in the UK and Japan, but not in the North American release.
The track’s title is a play on accepting the sacrifices we make in order to achieve what we want. Typical to Beck, this slide guitar-driven blues tune draws on rustic and world-weary imagery to paint a picture of a starving artist.
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