You believe in a god watching over I think the world's fucked up and brutal Senseless violence with no guiding light I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die
Y'all inspired a lot of my writing with Harmlessness, and it's so refreshing to hear this masterpiece that brings me back to all those nights sitting in my car with said album on repeat
Some things I once swore were etched into my brain have disintegrated like tape decay Echoes crack through, but the sounds mix with others They were there though once Unlike the phantom bruise from the lover's punch Which I knew the next day would be tender to the touch, but wasn't In the darkened mirror on the day Toni died, finger pressed to cheek Expеcting it to collapse like the softеst part of a rotten peach I've sometimes borne the brunt of a lover's pain spilling out And some lessons I've learned past due And others unfairly bore the weight The calluses on my hands never were from praying, by the way Though my mother would cross herself when she kissed me goodnight And whisper at her mother's grave when she dropped me at the school She was buried one parking space and a fence away from the playground Where I first learned what it meant when your body is a nesting doll And somewhere inside is the end No, the calluses were from the palms split at the seams, violence made to please and harden They have made and unmade rooms, been broken open in destruction and repurposed in creation Once, they held a set of hands too small to even intertwine fingers And taught it to write their name Made ourselves into robots by putting shopping baskets on our heads And painted our lips to become mirrors She spent a summer sleeping in the bed I slept on at her age Her name for me, a pedal tone to all I do now Returning and returning Escape just requires a key Mahmoud was right Sometimes jail keepers beg for their freedom from those who they've held captive And sometimes we are dynamite I miss the one whose skin was the same as mine I miss the one who gave me my name I am guilty and repentant of so many things I am absolved and unrepentant of so many others These hands that once held theirs would like to be of use The memories of what they can do have not faded They split my palms and yours to take something precious from us That we don't have words for anymore But we try and find it anyway Exhausted, trying to shield our eyes From the glare of all the violence bouncing off more violence To try and make sense of the world, violence made for those who plan our obsolescence These hands would like to be of use with yours Somewhere, a hand split from making ends meet Somewhere, another, seams in all our bodies bursting They split my palms and yours, but when we sutured each other, we hid keys in those wounds Inside others, dynamite Inside others, thread and needle Safety found together in planned obstinance, absolved and unrepentant [Verse: David F. Bello] When we learned to grow food to eat near the end of our time Life winks and nods at us with roles to assign First, all plants and animals, excluding mankind Will be shuttled like astronauts, so just form a line Good people must hurry on Get as far as you can Make computers and alcohol Soon, we'll talk again Carpets were cleaner then to sit and relax Now there's streets and apartments and a federal tax Explosions in Sago versus trailer park labs Making homemade insulin with what little they have Treat "Killing an Arab" with SSRIs Short-selling coffins, kick sand in our eyes So just draw funny pictures of people in suits Grown men using toothpicks to poke at the truth Belief in conspiracy, illusory walls The world is disgusting, but truth in it all Hang what I say to you on the magneted fridge And cut all the curses you said in front of kids [Chorus: David F. Bello & Katie Dvorak] Come fifty years after now, with a limitless globe The terror of savagery, now you're coming back home Come off and fall so that I can pick you up Our homes are not the kinds of places you'd own Come off and fall so that I can pick you up Our homes are not the kinds of places you'd own Come off and fall so that I can pick you up The objects We're locked in, immobile and violent Just fewer like that You were afraid The objects We're locked in, immobile and violent Just fewer like that You were afraid (They rose and shook, I barely stood) (They rose and shook the blood off) The objects We're locked in, immobile and violent Just fewer like that You were afraid (They rose and shook, I barely stood) (They rose and shook the blood off) [Verse 2: David F. Bello] It seems the last forty minutes were spent leading up to this You're just a stranger in a T-shirt to me Time wore holes in my memory What have you given just to be able to get closer To being alive with nothing left, but this song and the end of it? [Bridge: Sarah Cowell] You believe in something watching over I think they have a sick sense of humor As quickly as it happens, they forget Then it happens again and again and again and again You cry at the news, I just turn it off They say there's nothing we can do and it never stops You believe in a god watching over I think the world's fucked up and brutal Senseless violence with no guiding light I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die You believe in something watching over I think they have a sick sense of humor As quickly as it happens, they forget Then it happens again and again and again and again You cry at the news, I just turn it off They say there's nothing we can do and it never stops You believe in a god watching over I think the world's fucked up and brutal Senseless violence with no guiding light I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die [Refrain: David F. Bello & Katie Dvorak] The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together If you're afraid to die, then so am I The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together If you're afraid to die, then so am I The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together If you're afraid to die, then so am I The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together If you're afraid to die, then so am I
I've listened to this many times by now, but I've never paid full attention to it partially due to its length and now that I am fully paying attention to everything I truly do realize how amazing this is.
hearing those callbacks in the lyrics without knowing they were coming was one of the most religious experiences I've ever had, 10/10
An absolute masterclass on building intensity. Those last five minutes are probably my favorite part of this fantastic album.
Can't remember the last time a closer track hit like this. What a way to end your album. Thank you all for making this music.
This is my favorite song of all time.
The monologue never fails to send shivers down my spine
You believe in a god watching over
I think the world's fucked up and brutal
Senseless violence with no guiding light
I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die
The album begins with "Afraid to die" and ends with "Fewer afraid". There is still pending an story about the "I'm no longer afraid..."
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die is Lit !!!!!! Thank you Epitaph Records ❤
This is the best album of 2021. And this song is one of the reasons why.
Y'all inspired a lot of my writing with Harmlessness, and it's so refreshing to hear this masterpiece that brings me back to all those nights sitting in my car with said album on repeat
This is incredible I love you guys so much.
Some things I once swore were etched into my brain have disintegrated like tape decay
Echoes crack through, but the sounds mix with others
They were there though once
Unlike the phantom bruise from the lover's punch
Which I knew the next day would be tender to the touch, but wasn't
In the darkened mirror on the day Toni died, finger pressed to cheek
Expеcting it to collapse like the softеst part of a rotten peach
I've sometimes borne the brunt of a lover's pain spilling out
And some lessons I've learned past due
And others unfairly bore the weight
The calluses on my hands never were from praying, by the way
Though my mother would cross herself when she kissed me goodnight
And whisper at her mother's grave when she dropped me at the school
She was buried one parking space and a fence away from the playground
Where I first learned what it meant when your body is a nesting doll
And somewhere inside is the end
No, the calluses were from the palms split at the seams, violence made to please and harden
They have made and unmade rooms, been broken open in destruction and repurposed in creation
Once, they held a set of hands too small to even intertwine fingers
And taught it to write their name
Made ourselves into robots by putting shopping baskets on our heads
And painted our lips to become mirrors
She spent a summer sleeping in the bed I slept on at her age
Her name for me, a pedal tone to all I do now
Returning and returning
Escape just requires a key
Mahmoud was right
Sometimes jail keepers beg for their freedom from those who they've held captive
And sometimes we are dynamite
I miss the one whose skin was the same as mine
I miss the one who gave me my name
I am guilty and repentant of so many things
I am absolved and unrepentant of so many others
These hands that once held theirs would like to be of use
The memories of what they can do have not faded
They split my palms and yours to take something precious from us
That we don't have words for anymore
But we try and find it anyway
Exhausted, trying to shield our eyes
From the glare of all the violence bouncing off more violence
To try and make sense of the world, violence made for those who plan our obsolescence
These hands would like to be of use with yours
Somewhere, a hand split from making ends meet
Somewhere, another, seams in all our bodies bursting
They split my palms and yours, but when we sutured each other, we hid keys in those wounds
Inside others, dynamite
Inside others, thread and needle
Safety found together in planned obstinance, absolved and unrepentant
[Verse: David F. Bello]
When we learned to grow food to eat near the end of our time
Life winks and nods at us with roles to assign
First, all plants and animals, excluding mankind
Will be shuttled like astronauts, so just form a line
Good people must hurry on
Get as far as you can
Make computers and alcohol
Soon, we'll talk again
Carpets were cleaner then to sit and relax
Now there's streets and apartments and a federal tax
Explosions in Sago versus trailer park labs
Making homemade insulin with what little they have
Treat "Killing an Arab" with SSRIs
Short-selling coffins, kick sand in our eyes
So just draw funny pictures of people in suits
Grown men using toothpicks to poke at the truth
Belief in conspiracy, illusory walls
The world is disgusting, but truth in it all
Hang what I say to you on the magneted fridge
And cut all the curses you said in front of kids
[Chorus: David F. Bello & Katie Dvorak]
Come fifty years after now, with a limitless globe
The terror of savagery, now you're coming back home
Come off and fall so that I can pick you up
Our homes are not the kinds of places you'd own
Come off and fall so that I can pick you up
Our homes are not the kinds of places you'd own
Come off and fall so that I can pick you up
The objects
We're locked in, immobile and violent
Just fewer like that
You were afraid
The objects
We're locked in, immobile and violent
Just fewer like that
You were afraid
(They rose and shook, I barely stood)
(They rose and shook the blood off)
The objects
We're locked in, immobile and violent
Just fewer like that
You were afraid
(They rose and shook, I barely stood)
(They rose and shook the blood off)
[Verse 2: David F. Bello]
It seems the last forty minutes were spent leading up to this
You're just a stranger in a T-shirt to me
Time wore holes in my memory
What have you given just to be able to get closer
To being alive with nothing left, but this song and the end of it?
[Bridge: Sarah Cowell]
You believe in something watching over
I think they have a sick sense of humor
As quickly as it happens, they forget
Then it happens again and again and again and again
You cry at the news, I just turn it off
They say there's nothing we can do and it never stops
You believe in a god watching over
I think the world's fucked up and brutal
Senseless violence with no guiding light
I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die
You believe in something watching over
I think they have a sick sense of humor
As quickly as it happens, they forget
Then it happens again and again and again and again
You cry at the news, I just turn it off
They say there's nothing we can do and it never stops
You believe in a god watching over
I think the world's fucked up and brutal
Senseless violence with no guiding light
I can't live like this, but I'm not ready to die
[Refrain: David F. Bello & Katie Dvorak]
The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way
Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter
If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together
If you're afraid to die, then so am I
The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way
Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter
If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together
If you're afraid to die, then so am I
The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way
Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter
If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together
If you're afraid to die, then so am I
The world is a beautiful place, but we have to make it that way
Whenever you find home, we'll make it more than just a shelter
If everyone belongs there, it will hold us all together
If you're afraid to die, then so am I
I do thank you deeply for this.
However long it took lol
@@sheam861 just copy and paste for a lyric website, didn't take long at all. :)
@@CarterPSN That makes sense then lol
Thank you for putting the lyrics here.
Amazing
what a fantastic track and album in general. kudos
This is just masterful.. I can only describe listening to this album as a religious experience
Incredibly incredible!! Please host a concert in Europe (preferably in France :D ty)
This is epic.
Love you guys so much, keep it up.
Genuinely got chills down my spine at the part at 9:40
I've listened to this many times by now, but I've never paid full attention to it partially due to its length and now that I am fully paying attention to everything I truly do realize how amazing this is.
Come off, and fall, so that I can pick you up...