Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

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“Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution” by Father John Misty from the album Pure Comedy (Release Date: April 7, 2017 on @subpop)

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LYRICS

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

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

Industry and commerce toppled to their knees

The gears of progress halted

The underclass set free

The super-ego shattered 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

And 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

Though I’ll admit

Some degree of resentment

For the sudden lack of convenience around here

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

VIDEO CREDITS

Director: Chris Hopewell

Video Production House: Jacknife Films

Video Producer: Rosie Lea Brind

Editor: Tom Weller

Director of Photography:  Jon Davey 

Art Direction: Chris Hopewell

Key Animators: Roos Mattaar, Cadi Catlow, Virpi Kettu, Louis McNamara

Art Department: Holly Jo Beck, Chris Hopewell, Rosie Lea Brind, Bonnie Griffin, Jo Garland, Siobhan Raw, Rebecca Prior, Elaine Andrew, Lucy Roberts, Mary Murphy, Alison Garner, Zoe Veness, Andy Stewart and Louis McNamara

Edit/Grade: Tom Weller

Digital compositing: Jon Davey and Tom Weller at Jacknife and Bill Pollock at Bonch

Director’s Manager/Rep: Molly Bohas

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