Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Lyrics
[Intro]At six-For some reason when I go to the app...[Verse 1]The comedy of man starts like this:Our brains are way too big for our mothers' hipsAnd so nature, she divines this alternative:We emerge half-formed and hope whoever greets us on the other endIs kind enough to fill us inAnd babies, that's pretty much how it's been ever sinceNow the miracle of birth leaves a few issues to addressLike, say, that half of us are periodically iron deficientSo somebody's gotta go kill something while I look after the kidsI'd do it myself, but what, are you gonna to get this thing it's milk?He says as soon as he gets back from the hunt, we can switchIt's hard not to fall in love with something so helplessLadies, I hope we don't end up regretting this[Chorus 1]Comedy, now that's what I call pure comedyJust waiting until the part where they start to believeThey're at the center of everythingAnd some all-powerful beingEndowed this horror show with meaning[Verse 2]Oh, their religions are the bestThey worship themselves yet they're totally obsessedWith risen zombies, celestial virgins, magic tricksThese unbelievable outfitsAnd they get terribly upsetWhen you question their sacred textsWritten by woman-hating epilepticsTheir languages just serve to confuse themTheir confusion somehow makes them more sureThey build fortunes poisoning their offspringAnd hand out prizes when someone patents the cureWhere did they find these goons they elected to rule them?What makes these clowns they idolize so remarkable?These mammals are hell-bent on fashioning new godsSo they can go on being godless animals[Interlude][Chorus 2]Oh comedy, their illusions they have no choice but to believeTheir horizons that just forever recedeAnd how's this for irony:Their idea of being free is a prison of beliefsThat they never ever have to leaveOh comedy, oh it's like something that a madman would conceive!The only thing that seems to make them feel aliveIs the struggle to surviveBut the only thing that they requestIs something to numb the pain withUntil there's nothing human left[Outro]Just random matter suspended in the darkI hate to say it, but each other's all we got
