Lyrics [Verse 1] Everybody needs somebody to hate someone to look down on so they can feel great some polished excuse some noble little trait everybody needs somebody to hate [Verse 2] One man wears taste like a sainted crown one man buys stories just to write you down one man gets loud when his soul feels late every smiling expert needs somebody to hate [Pre-Chorus] Say you're just honest say you separate say it's just standards somebody to hate [Chorus] Everybody needs somebody to hate somebody beneath them to help them feel first-rate wrap it up in class dress it up as fate everybody needs somebody to hate [Verse 3] One man says you're shallow one man says you're fake one man says you're clueless one man needs the break one man burns money just to look ornate every proud performance needs somebody to hate [Verse 4] Coolers full of proof empty laughs on ice cheap little sermons served like good advice small men love a throne even second-rate every tiny kingdom needs somebody to hate [Pre-Chorus] Say you're just honest say you separate say it's just standards somebody to hate [Chorus] Everybody needs somebody to hate somebody beneath them to help them feel first-rate wrap it up in class dress it up as fate everybody needs somebody to hate [Bridge] Bar stool prophet dashboard king dockside genius same old thing new little costume same old face everybody needs somebody to hate [Final Chorus] Everybody needs somebody to hate call it good judgment call it better taste call it common sense call it grace everybody needs somebody to hate
