Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

The official music video for "Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution" from the Father John Misty album 'Pure Comedy' (Release Date: April 7, 2017)

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LYRICS
Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution

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 sub pop

[bct]

The last few lines always hit me (developing products), in that we wind up headed right back to what we had torn down (industry and commerce) out of either necessity or desire for comfort and convenience.

[grunkster]

Father John Misty is literally the love child of Elton John, John Lennon, and Frank Zappa. Prove me wrong. He has the orchestration of Elton, the voice of Lennon, and the attitude and satire of Frank.

[SudsMcWhiskey]

It's like the spiritual successor to the song "Revolution" by The Beatles. Just like that song was a product of it's time, optimistic and full of hope that "it's going to be alright", this song is pessimistic and downbeat that everything is going to go to shit either way. I love it.

[Neil-Aspinall]

Father John Misty is the hope of the modern singer song writer. Pure genius.

[Cristian_Haro]

The chorus is so good I wish it repeats at least once more.

[ethanritco]

If any pianists are out there, agree or disagree that this whole album has Chopin ballade progressions all over. It's beautiful

[petarmolnar]

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 our native state
To our primal scene
The temperature, it started dropping
The ice floes began to freeze

[AntacidPrune]

soty 2020 is from 2017

father john misty ages like a fine wine

[subpop]

LYRICS
Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution

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

[techno_blading]

Masterful song, full of insight about the human condition.

[SemiShweet]

Awesomely animated stop-motion video for my favorite Pure Comedy song?? FUCK yes!

[hchappy]

Those train horns get my so hyped every time

[hixfilms]

well, this hits different in 2020....

[StarChildInABubble]

I'm so grateful that I've discovered the music of this guy. His tunes heal wounds.

[foboyle]

Favourite song from that masterpiece of an album.

[mvonwalter]

I cant read the title to this song without thinking of Zizek's work on "The morning after the revolution".

i love how lyrics are the part of the video

[cinemapure.e]

I don't know why, but for some reason the way he says the opening lines and "industry and commerce toppled to their knees" is tremendously satisfying.

[gravlaxbob]

I may have already posted about this record but 6 years almost since, I am still under the spell...

[AronBourke]

Mixture of John Lennon, Jeff Lynne and Elton John. Very nice 👌🏻