Inchman is a short song uploaded by Jack Stauber on March 16th, 2018, along with a music video. It would later be extended into a full song on April 29th, 2018 as a Patreon exclusive. It would eventually be released along with the extended version of Two Time on June 4th, 2018 under Jack Stauber's Micropop.
Lyrics
The bolded lyrics were included in the original short.
Inchman - Jack Stauber
Music Video
[Intro]
(It's never been worse)
(That's not true)
(True)
(That's not, that's not, that's not)
(Yes it is, yes it is, yes it is)
Uh
Uh (True)
[Verse 1]
I'm up and a-racing
I'm like a foreign entity (Come on, come on, come on)
If you let them embrace it (Ow)
It's a clockwork energy
[Chorus]
Inchman, Inchman, why'd you stay so long?
(Oh what, oh what the hell did I do?)
Hits me, hurts me, wants me hurting wrong
Discuss, discuss, never mercy
[Verse 2]
Well, I'm up in your Days Inn
And I'll be taking what I need
I looked over, you’re welcome, embrace it (Aw, what?)
Where's my apology? (No mercy)
[Chorus]
Inchman, Inchman, why'd you stay so long?
(Oh what, oh what the hell did I do?)
Hits me, hurts me, wants me hurting wrong
Discuss, discuss, never mercy
[Bridge]
Although the Inchman goes, everybody knows
Your heart is sleeping in the morning and a-break it down to wake it
Though the Inchman goes, everybody knows
Your mood's a-pressed into clay and a-break it down to bake it
Although the Inchman goes, everybody knows
Your heart is sleeping in the morning and a-break it down to wake it
Though the Inchman goes, everybody knows
Your mood's a-pressed into clay and a-break it down to bake it
[Bridge 2]
So while you're washing your hair like you know that you should
The second wind must have made it feel good
You gotta be lifting up flowers and saving your power
For making the leap to the next big thing, don't swing at me
You better believe I'll be singing gravy, gravy, to the grave, just swinging
Well, he hurts me, hurts me, wants me plus and swinging
Discuss, discuss, never mercy
[Chorus]
(O-oh!)
Inchman, Inchman, why'd you stay so long?
(Oh what, oh what the hell did I do?)
Hits me, hurts me, wants me hurting wrong
Discuss, discuss, never mercy
Inchman, Inchman, why'd you stay so long?
(Oh what, oh what the hell did I do?)
Hits me, hurts me, wants me hurting wrong
Discuss, discuss, never mercy
[Outro]
(Oh...)
(Stay here)
(Why'd you stay?)
(Stay here)
(Closely, trudging)
Notes
Inchman has become one of Jack Stauber's most famous songs, notably being one of Jack's biggest boosts in popularity at the time. It would be liked for its fast pacing, its catchy tone, and its retro and nostalgic sound. Its music video would become popular for its colorful visuals and for the character of Inchman, them becoming a well known and popular character in the community. Its extended version would also notably be important, with it being the first short song to ever be extended, paving the way for more short songs to be extended in the future.
Trivia
When RecordBreaker301 asked Jack about the Inchman lyrics and what they meant in his video about John & Nancy, Jack grinned and said "I'll never tell."
While the meaning of the song and lyrics will likely never be told, it is commonly theorized that the song is possibly about an abusive and toxic relationship, with the toxic abuser mainly being called the Inchman, and with the singer trying to do something about it, mainly with the singer still having a connection with them.
As stated above, Inchman would be the very first short song on Jack Stauber's YouTube channel to receive an extended version.
Inchman extended teaser
The extended version of Inchman came with a small promo when it was first released exclusively on Patreon. This would be a common trope with every following extended song until The Ballad of Hamantha, which would be the final extended song to get its own promo video.
Inchman was teased on Plopscotch on March 15th 2018, showing a behind the scenes photo of the clay mouth model used for the Inchman character in the music video.
The image used for the Tape Cadet tier on Jack Stauber's Patreon is an image of Inchman.
On Jack's merchandise website, a still frame from the Inchman character is used as the site's icon.
On the main page for his shop website, the header of the site features a photo of the bottom of a vintage television with the Inchman music video playing in black and white.
