We are highlighting some of the superb lyrics on Brass Camel (2026) all week long here at Progarchy.com, with commentary on each one of the album tracks.

Daniel Sveinson of Brass Camel (who does electric guitar and vocals) comments on the third track of the album:

I read a saying quoted to Churchill which poised:

“Never run when you can walk,

never walk when you can stand,

never stand when you can sit,

and never sit when you can lie down”.

I thought this was hilarious coming from someone who, faults aside, couldn’t be accused of being anything less than a highly-motivated individual.

I had a ear-worm of a Wurlitzer lick stuck in my head and started writing a song about absolutely doing the bare-minimum — because what is the damn point?

That became “Why Bother”.

Afterwards I got thinking “my goodness that’s a bleak tune, lyrically” and figured I should write a song with opposite sentiments.

That led to the album opener, “You’ve Got Time.”

Relevant lyrics from “Why Bother”:

“Waiting rooms

and dead tunes

playing on repeat

in your head

and the same goes

out there on the streets

when everyone you meet says “it’s no life”

you climb the hill until you reach the top

once you’re there you look around

and wish that you had stopped

to smell the roses that bloomed along the way

they’ve all wilted

their beauty has spoiled

for you had bills to pay”