'A Lifetime to Find' Official Music Video by Wilco

Wilco is played by Wilco:
Jeff Tweedy
John Stirratt
Glenn Kotche
Mikael Jorgensen
Nels Cline
Pat Sansone

Death: Cash Hendrix
Poker cheater: Austin Becker

Director/writer: Joe Aidonidis
Cameras: Shaun Laframboise, Joe Aidonidis
Wardrobe/Props: Mark Greenberg, Crystal Myers
Makeup: Cash Hendrix

Location: The Elks Lodge, North Adams, MA

Lyrics:
Oh death
Oh death
I was just getting dressed
The place is a mess
I was hoping you’d forget
But I can feel you in my chest
I can feel you in my chest

Oh yes
Oh yes
Death never rests
I can see you’ve done your best
The problem is just this
It’s too late for regrets
I am here to collect

It takes a lifetime to find
A life like the life
You had in mind
It takes a lifetime to find
A life like the life
You had in mind
Now you’re mine

Oh death
I confess
I should have known what to expect
But you’re so hard to accept
Last time I checked
I was neck and neck
As healthy as the next

Oh Yes
You were blessed
Blessed in the past tense
But it’s too late now
To make it make sense
It’s too late to pretend
This day won’t ever end

It takes a lifetime to find
A life like the life
You had in mind
It takes a lifetime to find
A life like the life
You had in mind
Now you’re mine

So alright
Today’s the day and
Tonight is the night
There’s no reason there’s no rhyme
It’s just time to go goodbye
But why can’t you try
To ease what’s on
my poor mind

O’ Jeff
Don’t obsess
It’s the best that I can do
To help you see the light
And help the light to see you
It’s true there was a truth
That was you and only you ever knew

It takes a lifetime to find
The life like the life you had in mind
It takes a lifetime to find
The life like the life you had in mind
It takes a lifetime to find
The life like the life you had in mind
Now you’re mine

[dust]

I just got out of the hospital after undergoing two cardiac catherizations to implant three stents into my right coronary artery after having a heart attack. This is the first video I saw and I lost it. Thank you Wilco for restarting my heart. ❤️

[mowler]

I cut lawns all summer, it's been 25 years so far and what makes me happy most days is listening to Wilco.

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"Some day a deserving young man will swell with humility to completeness.
Thanks from people he didn't know of things he hadn't been aware of in himself. He kept his head down and on task for so long that his aim was arched.
Never knowing that the targets of their hearts could ever be achieved by the kind arrows of his words. He felt them freely and often wrote them down however obscure they might have been.
The pens lined up willing to bleed themselves dry, the paper wondered what he was thinking and also stuck around. He wasn't an artist, he wasn't a poet, he was just creative, a gift from his kindness and simplicity. He wasn't pure but he was true and that seemed to please his creator. He thanked God and God thanked him back. That's love. It's not almighty but it knows better, feels better and sounds better anyways."
, dan'

[iancunningham]

My favorite working American band. My favorite band. Period.

[KevinNeil]

Poor John, 28 years in the band only to get zapped by the grim reaper :(

[dogsigh]

Love the foil scythe haha. The happiest sad song! I'm getting some slight "Touch of Grey" vibes from the video! OK bye!

[kqd]

This should be song of the year. The video makes me laugh every single time I watch it. ☠️😂👻 Bravo 👏

[TemuMuuMuu]

Jeeeesus fucking Christ, I'm at least twice his age, and he is the songwriter this fucked up world has been waiting for.
I kept thinking, the world is turning to shit, where is the great music?
IT IS ALL HERE!!!!
I love you Jesse! You are the hero we all needed!

[TheJunehog]

Death's line to Jeff in the last verse is so generous: "To help you see the light, and help the light to see you." We can only hope. But at least, the real Jeff is very generous with us.

[brandonmancuso]

Proud my lodge was used to film this video. Elks Care Elks Share.

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"You are puzzled,
unfinished, laying on the coffee table sighing at a suffocating cigarette effortlessly serving it's purpose. All you know about yourself is that you have sides, that there is a void in you that can be filled, and that if you could you would do it yourself. Your only hopes are to be completed, complete, your only fears are of being uncompleted, incomplete."
, dan'

[lostandfound]

Takes a lifetime to find. Thank you Wilco. Thank you for being the soundtrack to this Cinema I call life. God Bless.

[louiseLight]

Love this! Loved you since the day I first saw you playing at Neil Finns 7 Worlds here in Kiwiland! You guys are amazing! ✨🌎✨🕊️

[johnpierson]

You guys have been such a big part of my life, since before I was even born. Idk how many times my mom tells the story of the Wilco concert she went to 8 month pregnant. Lifelong fan

[okrajoe]

Wilco is back! I guess they were never gone.

[valentinabridi]

It's so sad and funny at the same time. I think it's poetry and magic. We love you baby ❤️

[terrencebarnes]

Have been a lifelong fan of Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo anything any of these guys have been a part of.
What a record.
What a graceful and triumphant return to being the geniuses that you are.

[joyhaley]

Cruel Country is magic for the soul. Gorgeous song from my absolute favorite band. Happy to grow old with y'all.

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"All the days that eternity will see were scattered before us to find and to free. They come and they leave but one at a time, there's enough for us all from subpar to sublime. So wake to and greet your new day how you can knowing by tomorrow it's glass turned to sand."
, dan'

[KERRYBARTRABER]

I spent summer getting stuck in airports- usually Beck or Wilco Muzak saved my sanity- I’d crawl out of my cocoon to see if I was going to get bumped out of my latest leg of a journey - music saved me🎉