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Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days   Comes like a comet   Suckered you but not your friends   One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow    You do it to yourself, you do   And that's what really hurts   Is that you do it to yourself Just you and no-one else   You do it to yourself   You do it to yourself    Don't get my sympathy   Hanging out the 15th floor   You've changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door   One day I'll get you   And teach you how to get to purest hell    You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself   Just you, you and no-one else   You do it to yourself   You do it to yourself    You do it to yourself, you do and that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you, you and no-one else You do it to yourself   You do it to yourself, yourself, yourself.

Here Thom tells the story of how he once had a narcissistic friend he was compelled to elude. Musically, "Just" is considered the most complex track on the Bends album, and it proves beyond a doubt that Jonny's guitar playing is original and superb. A live version of this track is available on the double-CD compilation Evening Sessions: Priority Tunes; while it captures the intensity of the song live, the original remains the best. The video to the song is one of the most frustrating ever written - but nobody knows what the man says at the end, and there is no use asking as the band have said that they are never going to reveal the answer. Jamie Thraves, the producer had said "to tell you would deaden the impact, and would probably make you want to lie down in the road too". [taken from greenplastic.com]