The Primitives

Everybody Needs Somebody To Hate

Album: Let's Go Round Again • Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2025 [2025]
Author: Paul Court © Elefant Publishing

I thought that I was immune

That I would not slip so soon

To point the blame and take the bait

It's seized my soul now it's too late

It's in me

Seems everybody needs somebody to hate

 

You were bright and you had a chance

Could see all the signs at just a glance

But the same thing dragged you in

That's how the fear got into your skin

It's in you

Seems everybody needs somebody to hate

 

Bam, bam, bam

Bam, bam, bam

Bam, bam, bam

Uh, uh

 

Now we're hooked and there's no way back

This all consuming fire and flack

Word or bullet, stick or stone

So many ways when the spite has grown

It's in us

Seems everybody needs somebody to hate (somebody to hate)

 

Bam, bam, bam, bam