Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution Lyrics - Father John Misty

It got too hot and so we overthrew the system 

'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here 

On this bright blue marble orbited by trash 

Man, there's no beating that 

It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had 

Oh ho oh 

My social life is now quite a bit less hectic 

The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce 

Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city 

Empty as a tomb 

Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain 

But what a perfect afternoon 

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Industry and commerce toppled to their knees 

The gears of progress halted 

The underclass set free 

The super-ego shatters with our ideologies 

The obscene injunction to enjoy life 

Disappears as in a dream 

And as we return to out native state 

To our primal scene 

The temperature, it started dropping 

The ice floes began to freeze 

From time to time we all get a bit restless 

With no one advertising to us constantly 

But the tribe at the former airport 

Some nights has meat and dancing 

If you don't mind gathering and hunting 

We're all still pretty good at eating on the run 

Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution 

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Though I'll admit some degree of resentment 

For the sudden lack of convenience around here 

But there are some visionaries among us developing some products 

To aid us in our struggle to survive 

On this godless rock that refuses to die