Father John Misty

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty

Pure Comedy


The comedy of man starts like this
Our brains are way too big
for our mothers' hips
And so Nature, she divines this alternative
We emerged half-formed and hope
that whoever greets us on the other end
Is kind enough to fill us in
And, babies, that's pretty much how it's been ever since

Now the miracle of birth
leaves a few issues to address
Like, say, that half of us
are periodically iron deficient
So somebody's got to go kill something
while I look after the kids
I'd do it myself
but what, are you going to get this thing its milk?
He says as soon as he gets back from the hunt
we can switch
It's hard not to fall in love with something so helpless
Ladies, I hope we don't end up regretting this

Comedy, now that's what I call pure comedy
Just waiting until the part where they start to believe
They're at the center of everything
And some all powerful being
endowed this horror show with meaning

Oh, their religions are the best
They worship themselves yet they're totally obsessed
With risen zombies,
celestial virgins, magic tricks
these unbelievable outfits
And they get terribly upset
When you question their sacred texts
Written by woman-hating epileptics

Their languages just serve to confuse them
Their confusion somehow makes them more sure
They build fortunes poisoning their offspring
And hand out prizes when someone patents the cure
Where 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 gods
So they can go on being godless animals

Oh comedy, their illusions
they have no choice but to believe
Their horizons that just forever recede
And how's this for irony
their idea of being free is a prison of beliefs
That they never ever have to leave

Oh comedy
oh it's like something that a madman would conceive!
The only thing that seems to make them feel alive
is the struggle to survive
But the only thing that they request
is something to numb the pain with
Until there's nothing human left
Just random matter suspended in the dark
I hate to say it, but each other's all we got

Compositor: Joshua Michael Tillman (J Tillman)
ECAD: Obra #15755221 Fonograma #13493179

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