I deeply disagree of all the lyrics, but the melodie is amazing.

As of last midnight I have fallen painfully in love with this song and FJM

I was visiting Vancouver and saw that Father John was performing a week after I left. That was a sad discovery for me

From the album Fear Fun (Sub Pop / Bella Union).

Nancy From Now On

Apologies to the Queen Mary

I'll Believe in Anything

How Can You Really

Light Upon the Lake

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKrSYgirAhc

Father John Misty's album Pure Comedy is available now on Deluxe 2xLP / 2xLP / CD / DL / CS in Europe through Bella Union and the rest of the world from Sub Pop.

Buy now: http://fatherjohnmisty.store
UK / EU: https://bellaunion.greedbag.com
AUS / NZ: https://fjm.lnk.to/PureComedy
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/FJMPCITUNES
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kGBy2WHvF0VdZyqiVCkDT

Father John Misty On The Web:
http://www.fatherjohnmisty.com
http://www.facebook.com/fatherjohnmisty

LYRICS:
The comedy of man starts like this:
Our brains are way too big for our mother’s hips
So, nature, she devised this alternative:
We emerge half-formed and hope 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 gotta go kill something while I look after the kids
I’d do it myself, but what, are you gonna get this thing his 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 wait 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

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

Their languages just tend to confuse them
Their confusion somehow makes them more sure
Now they’re much too bright for the old superstitions 
But they’re yet to find a new one they won’t serve

Where did they find these clowns they elected to rule them
They recline in outrage at the 
These mammals are hell-bent on fashioning new gods
So they can go on being godless animals

Comedy
Their illusions that are all that they can see
Their horizons that just forever recede
How’s this for irony:
Their idea of being free
Is a prison of beliefs
They’ve every right to never leave

Comedy
It’s like something that a madman would conceive
The only thing that seems to makes 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
Hate to say it, but each other’s all we’ve got

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty's song "Mr. Tillman" is off of his new album, God's Favorite Customer, out now on Sub Pop and Bella Union. 

Order God's Favorite Customer:
https://fatherjohnmisty.store/
www.bellaunionstore.com (UK / EU)
http://fatherjohnmisty.merchfan.com.au (AU / NZ)

Listen to songs off of God's Favorite Customer:
Spotify: http://bit.ly/fjmGFCsp
Apple: http://smarturl.it/gfcapplemusic
Amazon: http://bit.ly/fjmGFCaz
YouTube: http://bit.ly/fjmGFCyt

Follow Father John Misty:

Website - https://fatherjohnmisty.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fatherjohnmi...
Store - http://fatherjohnmisty.store
Tour Dates - http://fatherjohnmisty.com/tour

God's Favorite Customer

Mr. Tillman

"Hangout at the Gallows" is off of Father John Misty's new album, God's Favorite Customer, out now on Sub Pop and Bella Union. 

Order God's Favorite Customer:
https://fatherjohnmisty.store/
https://www.bellaunionstore.com (UK / EU)
http://fatherjohnmisty.merchfan.com.au (AU / NZ)

Listen to songs off of God's Favorite Customer:
Spotify: http://bit.ly/fjmGFC-sp
Apple: http://smarturl.it/gfcapplemusic
Amazon: http://bit.ly/fjmGFCaz
Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/fjmGFCsc

Follow Father John Misty:
Website - https://fatherjohnmisty.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fatherjohnmisty
Store - http://fatherjohnmisty.store
Tour Dates - http://fatherjohnmisty.com/tour

LYRICS: 

Sun is rising
Black is turning blue
Look out buddy, Noah’s calling, 
“Jesus man, what did you do?” 

Psychic terrorists
In the upper room
Left foot, right foot, that’s the ticket
You’ll be back on top real soon 

Whose bright idea was it to sharpen the knives? 
Just 20 minutes before the boat capsized
If you want an answer it’s anybody’s guess
I’m treading water as I bleed to death 

What’s your politics? What’s your religion? 
What’s your intake, your reason for living? 

In your compositions
At the start of every song
Find you waking in the morning
Always there to greet the dawn 

Trouble sleeping
My alarm goes off
So you want to hangout at the gallows? 
Those guys get an early start 

Whose bright idea was it to sharpen the knives? 
Just 20 minutes before the boat capsized
If you want an answer it’s anybody’s guess
I’m treading water as I bleed to death 

What’s your politics? What’s your religion? 
What’s your intake, your reason for living?

Hangout at the Gallows

Hangout At The Gallows

Mother of My Children

Soft Stud

Dr. Dog - Shadow People

Good Bad Times

New album Chloë and The Next 20th Century out April 8th. Pre-orders available on deluxe vinyl, CD, and cassette: https://fatherjohnmisty.com

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty

Recent comments

Cheryl Lopez

Defunkt

Ali

∞

Related tracks