Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Confusion in the Marketplace' - Princess came to breakfast looking puffy from the Prednisone. / Someones little sister had me marching to the metronome. / The Maharaji's on the mountain with a megaphone. / Reaching for the secrets in the static on the stereo. / There's something funny about the place that all the money goes. / Coughing up the offering and in between his toes. / I knew a couple kids from when I still went to shows. / All the little hornets forming swarms around the honeycomb. / Searching for a purpose or just something we can celebrate. / People take advantage of confusion in the marketplace. / Hard to have much faith when they can't keep their story straight. / Came back from the mission and her hair was in her mouth again. / It's just another part of her don't wanna take the medicine. / She wont miss the city but she'll miss all her friends. / I said 'Vice versa for me, man. Vice versa for me.' / Searching for a purpose or just something we can celebrate. / People take advantage of confusion in the marketplace. / I'll distract the manager and you obscure the license plates. / Princess on the payphone with an angle on some Western states. / We can take advantage of confusion in the marketplace / I don't wanna dick around. I just wanna devastate. / Scoping out some dynamite and seeing if it detonates. / People take advantage of confusion in the marketplace. / You can turn the circles yeah and I can pull the parking brake. / Princess in the payphone with an angle on some Western states. / We can take advantage of confusion in the marketplace. / I don't wanna dick around. I just wanna devastate.