Apart Together by Tim Minchin (Official Video)

(Lyrics below)

CREDITS
Track:
Piano and Vocals: Tim Minchin

Drums: Evan Mannell
Bass: James Haselwood
Guitar: Jak Housden
Backing Vocals: Sarah Belkner and Jak Housden
Trumpet Solo: Mat Jodrell
Produced by: Daniel Denholm
Mixed by: Richard Belkner
Mastered by: Steve Smart at 301

Video:
Illustrator: Nancy Liang (The Jacky Winter Group)
Animation Studio: Flutter
Creative Director: Dom Bartolo

**Apart Together** (Lyrics)

KCRW
On the way to a show
Heard the story of an elderly couple
Found dead in their mobile home
They’d been there a month they say
Seemed to be no decay
I guess the upside of freezing to death
Is that you tend to stay that way
Locked in each other’s arms
Eyes closed and faces calm
They may have lain there ‘til spring
If it weren’t for the ping of their smoke alarm
God sure works in mysterious ways
Died of power bills left unpaid
Found by a neighbour who heard the ping
Dropped around offering
Double As

I think this could last forever
Girl let’s fall apart together

I can handle the entropy
If you promise to stay with me
I give you my heart knowing things fall apart
Praying you will decay with me

Locked in each other’s arms
Eyes closed and faces calm
In the morning a new life will dawn
So maybe don’t set the alarm

Baby I think this could last forever
Girl let’s fall apart together
Girl let’s fall apart together

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[deborahmyers]

My husband and I love this song. He is dying of cancer. We sit in our motorhome and cry and think. This man is a genius! Fantastic wonderful writer!!

[zacharywinans]

My wife recently passed but she would have loved this. She loved your songs.

[raultejedor]

Imagine Tim hadn´t made it and he was now doing accounting.
I hate to imagine how many Tims we have lost to this system.

[eringeoffrion]

No one does “hauntingly beautiful” half so well as Tim Minchin!

[JustMe-vkfn]

Being elderly along with my elderly husband in today's regular world is difficult enough, but add the pandemic and it can become absolutely frightening. But, today, I am grateful to find that even when the U.S. Mail begins to fail and you hear talk of de-funding Social Security and Medicare in America, I just realized how much MORE important was the story of THIS man and THIS woman that I never even heard of until just now in Mr. Minchin's song. There's SO many important things that are being ignored because of partisan pandemic politics. Why don't we raise a statue to the two old people who died together in a frozen embrace, after a lifetime of caring for one another - all because the heating bills weren't paid. That's what we should all be caring about - each other - instead of being so divided by things that just. don't. matter. in the long run. This has to be the saddest song I've ever heard. Bar none.

[kirkklingele]

Tim Minchin is just an absolutely incredibly talented individual. He may not be Bono or Bowie, but he is so much more. To many he is an inspiration and we are so fortunate to have the opportunity to raise a glass to him.

[chosi]

After breaking up with an extraordinary woman, I've been dealing with depression for over a year. Now I'm finally healing, finally getting out of the pit. If I had heard this song a week or two ago now I would be completelly destroyed on the inside. But healing is a weird process, and now I only feel melancholic and a bit lonely when I hear it, which I think is a huge win. If any of you is going through rough times, don't give up. Even when you feel in your lowest, remember that life can be surprisingly good and you deserve to be ok again. Greetings from Spain.

[GJSolo]

"God works in mysterious ways*

Sarcasm in a love song. Perfection.

[Yumikit]

Tim Minchin is the best thing since sliced bread. I still can't get "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" out of my head.

[rebellionrob]

We saw Tim last night in Newtown. I had never heard this song before for whatever reason but I bawled like a baby in my wifes arms. It was so beautiful. Just thank you for your honest and soul breaking (affirming) words.

[chloesbakingcorner]

I heard this for the first time at a Tim Minchin concert last night, and I just collapsed into tears in my boyfriend's arms; I was ugly-crying right there at the venue. Such a beautiful sentiment.

[lookuptv]

I'm dying from heart failure and lung cancer.
Bless you for making this!
You have no idea what it means to me. ☺️❤️

[tomyaish]

This one came with a ten-minute cry for me, without even hitting close to home. I think it is immeasurably good, particularly by ways of sadness and beauty.

[CaptainSwg]

I'm a simple man. I see Tim Minchin, I press like.

[thejoycollective-liz]

"It's got a trumpet in it, I like trumpets". - Tim Minchin.

[IvoryArts]

It was impossible not to cry watching him preform this song live on stage with just his piano. It was incredibly more sad and beautiful hearing this in person. It was the most beautiful painful experience, especially sitting next to my partner. I love the way he finds beauty in life while also acknowledge the pain that can come with it. It was truly amazing. ❤ Everything he said either warmed my heart or made me laugh. He really brought everyone together that night through his music.

[MrManHippo]

I'm so glad my senior English teacher made us listen to one of Tim's songs.

[RuliManurung]

"I can handle the entropy
If you promise to stay with me
I give you my heart knowing things fall apart
Praying you will decay with me"

So beautiful. Thank you, Tim.

[JoeHuman]

Well.. Mr. Minchin sure has quietly made himself one of the best songwriters of all time.

[SeraMoria]

I am really enjoying these 'people' stories that Tim has been telling lately, even if some are a little melancholie.