Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution Lyrics
[Verse 1]It got too hot and so we overthrew the system'Cause there's no place for human existence like right hereOn this bright blue marble orbited by trashMan, there's no beating thatIt was no big thing to give up the way of life we had, ohMy social life is now quite a bit less hecticThe nightlife and the protests are pretty scarceNow I mostly spend the long days walking through the cityEmpty as a tombSometimes I miss the top of the food chainBut what a perfect afternoon[Verse 2]Industry and commerce toppled to their kneesThe gears of progress haltedThe underclass set freeThe super-ego shatters with our ideologiesThe obscene injunction to enjoy lifeDisappears as in a dreamAnd as we return to our native stateTo our primal sceneThe temperature, it started droppingThe ice floes began to freeze[Verse 3]From time to time we all get a bit restlessWith no one advertising to us constantlyBut the tribe at the former airportSome nights has meat and dancingIf you don't mind gathering and huntingWe're all still pretty good at eating on the runThings it would have been helpful to know before the revolutionThough I'll admit some degree of resentmentFor the sudden lack of convenience around hereBut there are some visionaries among us developing some productsTo aid us in our struggle to surviveOn this godless rock that refuses to die