condescend

lower oneself; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

Heard in 37 songs (130M+ combined views) — most famously in "Devil Doesn't Bargain" by Alec Benjamin.

Updated August 8, 2026

Songs Featuring “condescend

Alec Benjamin - Devil Doesn't Bargain

Time: 0:55

I'm not one to lecture, talk down to a friend

I don't mean to pressure, mean to condescend

But I just want what's best for you in the end

Alec Benjamin - Devil Doesn't Bargain

Avril Lavigne - Dumb Blonde

Time: 0:17

You put me on the bench, don't think that I can play strong

So quick to condescend, well, you think I'm empty, I'm not

You won't be so confident when I'm crushin' you from the top (Oh)

Avril Lavigne - Dumb Blonde

NF - THAT'S A JOKE

Time: 0:50

I could be bigger, maybe consider it a bit of it was helpin' you all

To comprehend, you condescend (you're gone)

Incompetent, the consequences (are)

NF - THAT'S A JOKE

Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer

Time: 0:23

What a cruel thing to pretend

What a cunning way to condescend

Once my lover and now my friend

Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer

Tems - Replay

Time: 1:46

Back then when I ain't have no friends

And yeah condescend but I really won't rest see

Even though bro, I could let you go

Tems - Replay

Slipknot - The Nameless

Time: 0:37

No toleration, invade (committed), enraged (admit it)

Don't condescend (don't even disagree)

Desire (decay), disappoint (delay)

Slipknot - The Nameless

Gangsta Boo - Love Again (Akinyele Back)

Time: 1:37

Kid gloves are not on my hands

I will never condescend, now spread yourself

She smiled a bit, gripped the outline of my shit

Gangsta Boo - Love Again (Akinyele Back)

Stone Sour - Orchids

Time: 0:35

A terminal stain on life

You condescend to my primal brain and

Twist me around like a knife

Stone Sour - Orchids

Christina Aguilera - Guy What Takes His Time

Time: 1:06

Wouldn't give any rushin' gent a smile

I would go for any singer who would condescend to linger awhile

What a lullaby would be supplied to have a guy what takes his time, oh

Christina Aguilera - Guy What Takes His Time

mewithoutYou - The Fox, The Crow and the Cookie

Time: 0:27

"When the time is right, I'll strike

And condescend to the earth below

And take whichever treat I'd like."

mewithoutYou - The Fox, The Crow and the Cookie

The Pretty Reckless - Going To Hell

Time: 3:22

For the way I condescend and never lend a hand

My arrogance is making this head buried in the sand

The Pretty Reckless - Going To Hell

Frank Turner - Four Simple Words

Time: 1:27

We're heading out to the punk rock show!

Colleagues and friends condescend with a smile

Yeah, but this is my culture, man, this is my home

Frank Turner - Four Simple Words

Kiesza - Bad Thing

Time: 2:41

I'm, dancin' with this little devil

I, condescend when usually I'm on a higher level

Sip a little Red Bull

Kiesza - Bad Thing

Alan Menken - Suddenly Seymour

Time: 1:37

Suddenly, Seymour is standing beside me

He don't give me orders, he don't condescend

Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide me

Alan Menken - Suddenly Seymour

Pearl Jam - Who You Are

Time: 0:17

Come to send, not condescend

Transcendental consequence

Pearl Jam - Who You Are

Lecrae - Divine Intervention

Time: 1:17

So hollow be my name

You're so immense but condescend to dwell inside my frame

And You restrain the waves

Lecrae - Divine Intervention

Amy Winehouse - Brother

Time: 0:41

So find your place

How do I find words that do not condescend

When she bore you before me?

Amy Winehouse - Brother

Seven Mary Three - Lame

Time: 1:48

The way I condescend without ever knowing his name

He keeps it in a box, hangs it from his ear

Seven Mary Three - Lame

The Decemberists - The Sporting Life

Time: 0:56

and all of this is clear to me

they condescend to fix on me a frown

how they love... the sporting life

The Decemberists - The Sporting Life

Fleetwood Mac - Planets Of The Universe [Demo]

Time: 1:32

It's only an overture to something that was best

And don't condescend me

Take your leave, take your leave

Fleetwood Mac - Planets Of The Universe [Demo]

King Princess - The Bend

Time: 2:19

I should make an OnlyFans, I just wanna be the man, yeah

Everybody condescends, they don't wanna understand, yeah

I just wanna feel again, I just wanna be the man, yeah

King Princess - The Bend

Del the Funky Homosapien - Preservation

Time: 1:30

Make his day, please, I chisel the missile gently

Blast when the waggin' little finger condescends me

Green Earth bum, walk a rank plank, feet first plunge

Del the Funky Homosapien - Preservation

Joni Mitchell - Borderline

Time: 3:45

So ripe and ready to diminish and deride

You're so quick to condescend, my opinionated friend

All you deface, all you defend is just a borderline

Joni Mitchell - Borderline

The Fall - English Scheme

Time: 1:04

He's the creep-creep in us all

Condescends to black men

Very nice to them

The Fall - English Scheme

Pyyramids - Do You Think You're Enough?

Time: 0:59

Such blatant trickery

So wrong to condescend

Out my head into your hands

Pyyramids - Do You Think You're Enough?

Mike + the Mechanics - Don't

Time: 0:39

I don't want to condescend.

I just want to be your friend.

Mike + the Mechanics - Don't

Gov't Mule - Your Only Friend

Time: 5:27

But on me you could always depend

So don't you dare condescend

Just say goodbye

Gov't Mule - Your Only Friend

JnR - Right Now

Time: 0:26

I've been skipping school days

Condescend to new ways

Billionaire's in my gate

JnR - Right Now

Project 86 - Molotov

Time: 2:10

There's nothing but this

Come to us and condescend

We know we won't miss emptiness

Project 86 - Molotov

Belle and Sebastian - The State I Am in

Time: 2:54

The state that I am in.

Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me?

Cause I am stupid and blind

Belle and Sebastian - The State I Am in

Sebadoh - Sister

Time: 1:35

I love you, sister

I love how you condescend

I thought so, sister

Sebadoh - Sister

Stone Temple Pilots - Cinnamon

Time: 1:25

Hear me can you hear me now?

Never condescend or harm you, my dear

Always speak the words so lovely to hear

Stone Temple Pilots - Cinnamon

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Ad-Dressing Of Cats

Time: 2:23

You bow, and taking off your hat, ad-dress him in this form "O Cat"

Before a cat will condescend

To treat you as a trusted friend

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Ad-Dressing Of Cats

Death Angel - Volcanic [Live]

Time: 2:46

So condescend and patronize my lead

Persecute the innocent again

Death Angel - Volcanic [Live]

Mr. Cräbs - Till The Lights Appear Again

Time: 1:06

You are not my friend, you don't comprehend

You don't condescend, you are not my friend

Mr. Cräbs - Till The Lights Appear Again

November Forever - One Breaks Down

Time: 0:50

You'll spit venom

And I will condescend

We go back and forth

November Forever - One Breaks Down

Norma Waterson - The Birds Will Still Be Singing

Time: 0:03

Summertime withers as the sun descends

He wants to kiss you, will you condescend?

Before you wake and find a chill within your bones

Norma Waterson - The Birds Will Still Be Singing