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Big Dumb Idiot · Tom Cardy
Big Dumb Idiot
℗ 2022 tom Cardy
Released on: 2022-12-09
Main Artist: Tom Cardy
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08/15/2023 @therpderp: this is the one song that I REALLY want to have an animated music video, honestly.
08/15/2023 @peeranutpompim3276: This would be so fitting with Button’s expression
08/15/2023 @josephsalomone: Or a live action
08/15/2023 @torchrrrr: I'm hoping with it being the album's title song it'll get a big video!
08/15/2023 @lavenderwalrus9875: i would have agreed but then the ballad of smoking joe came out
08/15/2023 @ProtoMarcus: I honestly want a properly produced LIVE-ACTION Music Video with this song!
Imagine a continuous, single, long-take of Tom Cardy going on through various situations that matches the lyrics, starts with the café, goes through various stuff and ends with him doing a concert in front of thousands of people and it zooms out to see it is 'through a screen' (internet) to match with the last verse
Could even start in the vertical format but quickly widen to a widescreen format as the music video kicks off, but the entire music video needs to be a long take!
08/15/2023 @SupremeWitchGang: Omfg yes someone said it!!!!
08/15/2023 @Justlivin00: Would be good but his own music videos are always so funny. His facial expressions are great 🤣
08/15/2023 @inkz4832: I've been thinking about it
08/15/2023 @DavidToons: 😳
08/15/2023 @weirdpplhelp: i especially want to see the part within his brain
08/15/2023 @Shhiintaro: Every Tom Cardy song should be animated, they're just that good
08/15/2023 @zerogbot23: @ProtoMarcus That would be awesome
08/15/2024 @danieldutoit2187: If I had a shred of animation capability I would 100% do this
08/15/2024 @Uteoebx: Same
08/15/2024 @linhnguyenthihuyen3973: Working on it
08/15/2024 @profcommie: I just want the middle part animated. Like do the rest of the video live, and then animate the control room in his head.
08/15/2024 @stinglybinger: @peeranutpompim3276 Who... Who is buttons again?
08/15/2024 @peeranutpompim3276: @stinglybinger the mixed message and redflag protagonist
08/15/2024 @stinglybinger: @peeranutpompim3276 I thought buttons was the Scottish dude-
10/15/2024 @mmp-zh1wm: Im thinking of making one!
12/15/2024 @volteer1332: There's a Multi animator project being made of this with Wongs of Fire.
01/15/2025 @Salintskate360: Couldn't animate it but I made one 🤣
04/15/2025 @spqrrow: There's one for WoF now!!
08/15/2023 @livridley3515: I love what Tom did with this initially short song. Esp the bit from 2:47 where he gets sincere about being grateful for people watching his stuff ❤️
08/15/2024 @Kasaneisthebest: Yep
08/15/2024 @Camyu0: I cannot get over the delivery on this last "fine all alone". You can feel the emotion behind it
08/15/2023 @MochaBloke: I don't know how many takes it took to get the "JESUS" shout right at 1:46 but it's the best, stupidest sound I've ever heard Tom make and I hope he's proud of himself.
08/15/2024 @livridley3515: Huge agree. Makes me laugh every time lol
09/15/2024 @Themanwiththemachinegun: Love that noise too
06/15/2025 @corpsehandler5321: i have to rewind it a couple of times every now and then 🤣
08/15/2023 @visculas: The original version of this song was one of my favorites because of how relatable it was. This version I adore much more because it went from relatable to a truly inspirational bop. Just because you might look like an idiot, don't let that stop you and just have fun and embrace who you are. Not the person you think people want you to be.
10/15/2024 @MaskedImposter: Beautiful! ❤️
08/15/2024 @roystanton11: I've been listening to Tom's songs almost non stop since I chanced upon "Perception Check", and of them all this song is one of the most inspirational and uplifting, beyond just giving me a laugh. Tom, you have keen insight into what it's like to be a human, and I love that you share that with us in such a fantastic way. Looking forward to what you share with us next. :)
08/15/2024 @imdefinitelynotacop: Hehe I also have been listening to him non-stop since perception check dropped... I had a friend send me H.S. a few days before and I LOVED it then when perception check dropped I decided to check out the rest and I'm VERYYYY glad I did!!!!!
08/15/2024 @jennifermcbroom4046: Same! Exactly how I feel! He makes me so happy, so glad Perception Check showed up randomly on YouTube!
08/15/2024 @ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123: A lot of his songs have a hidden inspirational side, though just as many are simple fun idiocy
08/15/2024 @wotgamerz9212: I've been here from Red Flags
08/15/2024 @wotgamerz9212: But, it's really true, everything negative is somehow showing silver linings when he sings about it-
04/15/2025 @CrimsonHedgefox: It was "My Secret Shame" for me. I immediately checked out his channel a little over two years ago now.
08/15/2024 @WolfyFancyLads: Honestly, this and "Naughty or Nice" are the two songs so far that nearly made me look like a big dumb idiot in public. Between "Fuck off, Geoffroy!" and "JEZUS!", they just caught me off guard and I end up having to choke back a laugh.
I still end up grinning like a fool though.
08/15/2024 @noikloi: Hello person from outside of Australia
08/15/2023 @twennysebben: I listened to both albums the other day and the amount of care and effort Tom is putting into his songs now is noticeable and amazing. He was no slouch before but now that he's built an audience I'm loving the extra production.
08/15/2023 @dragonswyft: I don't remember the last time I felt like a song launched me out a friggin CANNON. God, this song is stratospheric. I don' t know how you do it, but it's stunning. Hats off!
08/15/2023 @midfragguh: yknow how some shows have an intro that like kind of helps you to infer what the show is about?
this song is that but for my life
(love u tom thanks for the amazing music<3)
08/15/2023 @alecdamoose: This is unironically an absolute banger of a song, and I hope it gets animated
08/15/2023 @Kaegri: the rake hitting his face bit - "the sound that I make is like DYOSIGGHGDHEYSS" had me wheezing 🤣
08/15/2023 @TacoLobster: samee. A straight banger from TC.
11/15/2024 @PlayLearnNow: @TacoLobster 😂😂😂😂😂😂
08/15/2024 @the_Cynthesizer: I work at a bakery and I do wedding cake constulations and I think of this song every time I stumble over words or accidentally say something weird/awkward...it really encapsulates the experience.
08/15/2023 @ItsSansom: 1:48 The sound of the rake hitting the face kills me every single time
08/15/2023 @pizza5965: (Copied from Genius)
"Hey guys, that's one cappuccino"
"Lovely, thank you very much"
"No worries, and one breakfast bowl"
"Wow, that looks great"
"Enjoy your meal"
"Yeah, you too"
[Verse 1]
I am fine all alone
But when I leave my house, I become a
Big dumb idiot in front of other people
A giant stupid piece of shit in front of other people
By myself, I tend to be eloquent
And then I go outside and say really dumb shit
[Bridge]
To people I don't know or will ever see again
And that's worse for one reason
'Cuz people I don't know or will ever see again
Will tell all their friends
Other people I don't know or will ever see again (Warning, malfunction)
[Verse 2]
I am fine all alone
But when I leave my house, I become a
A Big idiot
I'm Tongue Tied
The kind of guy who says hi one too many times
[Bridge]
"Hi, how are you?"
"I'm good, how are you?"
"I'm good, how are you?" (Warning, malfunction)
"I'm good, how are you?" (System dysfunction)
"I'm good, how are Good, how are Good, how are (unintelligible)"
[Spoken, Scottish Voice, American Voice, Robot Voice]
Right, it's no good, I cannae stop it
What the hell do you mean you can't stop it? You built this thing didn't you?
Of course I built it, but I cannae longer control it
What are you talking about?
It's teaching itself now
My god
That's right, one day this machine will become more stupid than we could possibly imagine
I'm good, how are Good, how are Good, how are (unintelligible)
[Verse 3]
I am fine all alone
I'm a living dichotomy
Inside, I'm a modern day Socrates
Outside, I sound like a bunch of drunk babies
When it comes to being dumb, I'm a rockstar
Under the radar like a motherfuckin' ninja
Light on my feet as I sneak into your house
Be a giant fuckin' idiot, then sneak back out
Singin'
[Verse 4]
I am fine all alone
It's what the voices in my head say
Inside, I win a Broadway Tony
Outside, I'm cut from my preschool matinee
When it comes to being dumb, I take the cake
When I go outside, I step on the end of a rake
Then the rake hits my face
While I'm trying to eat the cake
And the sound that I make
Is like "Jesus!"
[Bridge]
But the rake doesn't hurt like it should
And the cake tastes sweeter than it ever would
If I was inside, doing something smart and fancy
'Stead I'd being locked outside my house dressed in my underpanties
What's this feeling in my mind?
I can see through space and time
Like I've been charged with one thousand volts of idiocy
For the first time in my life
Every part of us aligned
We agree in unity through stupidity
Cake, face, rake
In the pouring rain
Us look fucking dumb
And we having so much fun
A new frontier
The future's finally here
Don't let in the fear (I am fine all alone)
No, no
Don't give into fear
The future's finally-
[Verse 5]
I am fine all alone
But I know I got to be a
Big dumb idiot in front of other people
A giant stupid piece of shit in front of other people
By myself, now I think of really dumb shit
I wack it in a song and stick it up the internet
To people I don't know or will ever see again
And it blows my mind
That people I don't know or will ever see again
Will show their friends
Other people I don't know or will ever see again (Big dumb idiot)
People I don't know or will ever see again (Big dumb idiot)
People I don't know or will ever see again (Big dumb idiot)
People I don't know or will ever see again (Big dumb idiot)
08/15/2023 @RunMarianne: Thank you!!
08/15/2023 @anominon: To me it sounds more like:
"'stead of being locked outside my house"
and
"like I've been charged with one thousand volts of idiocy"
08/15/2024 @johncayley7838: @anominon That's what I also thought it was, and I have been singing it that way.
08/15/2024 @pizza5965: @johncayley7838 edited :>
08/15/2024 @foundingfarther: I have hearing loss, I can't tell you how much this means. Thank you so much
10/15/2024 @dollyandsandy: I thought it was preschool nursery rather than Manatee, but I could be wrong.
Thanks for these lyrics, btw!!! Lifesaver since this vid has its Closed Captions turned off. You rock!
02/15/2025 @ToroHarfang: Definitely "preschool nursery". And I'm pretty sure it's "I smoke fuckin' dope."
08/15/2023 @rosereddened: Constantly sharing your songs with people you don't know and will never see, because i love them. Thank you for writing them!
08/15/2024 @Gregsplays: I honestly cant say i relate to a song more, and i love the structure of this song, it doesn't exactly have a chorus and the synths are funkin great. Favourite bit is that progression where he says "i am fine all alone, iswhatthevoices in my head say" i just love it. Also the JAYSUS, just perfect :>
08/15/2024 @noikloi: Hello person from outside of Australia
08/15/2024 @tomhollandgaming: 1:40 is the start to one of my favorite gags in a song ever, the sound he makes is exactly what i would think it would sound like
03/15/2025 @FluffyPrincess888: the (WARNING, MALFUNCTION) tickles my brain just right
08/15/2023 @barolli: "But the rake doesn't hurt like it should
And the cake tastes sweeter than it ever would"
thats realy GENIUS level writing. One can apply it in so many situations in life...
08/15/2024 @thehittite6982: Sometimes I'll randomly remember something embarrassing I did years ago and cringe thinking "I looked so fucking dumb" only to be answered by "but I'm having so much fun" and you know what, that helps.
08/15/2024 @noikloi: Hello person from outside of Australia
08/15/2023 @christiancarlock7570: Heya Tom! Just want to say I love what you're doing! Great song, a great version of shorter song!
Keep doing what you do! Your music makes my day!
01/15/2025 @Hyacinth99: This song is me that time i said "bye love you" to my boss
02/15/2025 @noahthenameless1341: You did ?! 😭 how did you recover?? I need to know how they reacted
08/15/2023 @CakeMaybe: Oh the full version turned out AMAZING!
08/15/2024 @insertcleverjoke8383: We're all living the Human Condition, Tom Cardy's just singing it
03/15/2025 @JordanDraws2345: 0:50 ngl I love this part
08/15/2023 @angeljesso: I love when I'm minding my own business, maybe quietly, and Tom's voice pops in nt head yelling, "and it sounds like JAAAAYZUSSS"🤣
This one and Smoking Joe just keep showing up in my brain on repeat
08/15/2023 @noikloi: same, but now i have LO-FI doin it too
01/15/2025 @bovineballpit: The "I'm good how are you" part is so relatable
11/15/2024 @TheOnlyCatana: “Enjoy your meal!”
“Yeah, you too.”
💀
11/15/2024 @PlayLearnNow: 😂😂😂😂😂 that's the thing is ...
08/15/2023 @Sakiwhat: Dude this song is my freaking life :")
Tom you are the best human being in the world ❤
08/15/2023 @ryanliedke207: Top tier album, great song too. Love the extended versiosn!
08/15/2023 @1zipperheaded1: Thank you! You've written a full version of my theme song! I wish I could join you on that last bit, but
08/15/2023 @t3nngu: Oh sweet! I loved the short version and I wanted a long version so bad
08/15/2023 @ianshaw6997: TOM IS BLESSING US
09/15/2024 @LezbionestHere: Im pretty sure I make up 20% of listens to this song. I love it, and I keep coming back to it. Its by far one of your best
08/15/2024 @sonyamckagan2770: You should go on tour, I was listening to this song and then it hit me how amazing a Tom Cardy tour would be
08/15/2024 @godlyvex5543: I found this song to be good, but one part really elevated it. The part with the rake was just amazing. I love it when metaphors are extended beyond their usual meaning.
11/15/2024 @Chilldays-vz1vq: i cant emphasize how relatable this is enough
11/15/2024 @PlayLearnNow: Imagine it's most of the people I met reality
08/15/2024 @mcdodge6679: This easily has to be my favorite Tom Cardy song of all, it's just too relatable, goofy, and perfectly written too not love!
08/15/2023 @bobert_jobert: This song speaks to me on an ethereal level
08/15/2024 @swifter46ter: The rake verse and the bridge are so beautiful, both funny lyrically and melodically satisfying.
03/15/2025 @piesebeniostudio6587: This is a theme song of ,, yeah i'm smart, yeah i'm stupid. it's called being flexible"
08/15/2023 @kade1433: This is some chase your dreams music
08/15/2024 @theSpel: Tom, can I ask, respectfully,
What are the good drugs? So many of your songs talk about seeing through space and time. I think you must be on to something. Please share your wisdom 🙏✌️
08/15/2023 @ChrisPollitt: 3:09 to end - Audiomagic!
08/15/2023 @Mojo_3.14: I'm such an idiot it took way too many times listening to this song to get the "Enjoy your meal" "yeah, you too" part.
08/15/2023 @bastian3461: YO WHAT oh lordddd
edit: AND THERES 11 OTHER SONGS IN THIS ALBUM
what an EARLY christmas present holyy
02/15/2025 @eskinwolf6217: This song is the best depiction of my mind
08/15/2023 @calebbushmanbrost6878: This is my new favourite. I love it so much, thank you Tom❤
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