Father John Misty - In Twenty Years or So

"In Twenty Years or So" from Father John Misty's 04/07/2017 release, 'Pure Comedy'

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[jakicker]

The message this song delivers is so powerfully beautiful, especially considering the context of its placement at the end of this album. Despite all the things that are wrong in this world, we can still find ourselves in moments where nothing can be more perfect than the lives we have. There's nothing to fear

[catika]

But I look at you
As our second drinks arrive
The piano player's playing "This Must Be The Place"
And it's a miracle to be alive

There is something about that verse that devastates me

[contoliananon]

In this entire album of existential dread and woe about the human condition and it ends on such a high and beautiful note.
A comedy is essentially defined in ancient Greek theater as a play which has a happy ending, no matter what they go through in the plot. Just like this album.


Has there ever been a better musical example of "They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"

[AerisVelivolus]

This one does something only a few songs can do to me.



It gives me hope.

[twilight]

listened without distractions to this today, and memories of my mother who died painfully at the age of 41 flooded my memory, and I crumbled to the floor in tears! THIS is why I absolutely love this Man's music.

[FiremanSam]

Timeless. I can hear bits of everything - that's not to diminish anything he's doing. Frankly he does everything better than the apparent influences. Best production I've heard in ages. Voice has great texture. Lyrics you want to think about. Brilliant sense of humour....

[alexmeechan]

One of the best closers in the last ten years.

[punch]

how many of you are here because of FJM's majestic songwriting and Herculean musical talents?
Thanks Josh, I cant express in how many a myriad of ways universally your music touches me, so personally.
love & Mercy

[ARW]

Well this feels relevant now... I mean, it did when it came out in 2017, but now especially.

[swatibleh]

one of the best songs I've ever heard

[graceannpierce]

can't stop listening to this beautiful

[luanaluna]

What's there to lose
For a ghost in a cheap rental suit
Clinging to a rock that is hurtling through space?

And what's to regret
For a speck on a speck on a speck
Made more ridiculous the more serious he gets?

Oh, it's easy to forget

Oh, I read somewhere
That in twenty years
More or less
This human experiment will reach its violent end
But I look at you
As our second drinks arrive
The piano player's playing "This Must Be the Place"
And it's a miracle to be alive

One more time

There's nothing to fear
There's nothing to fear
There's nothing to fear

[antoniodematos]

Very psychedelic, peaceful and magical.

[johnWayneCOOKIES]

I love the bell at the end of the song .... were all my meditators at?

[Christonia-]

Ich musste sehr weinen an dem Tag als ich das Lied x male hörte...manchmal tut weinen nicht nur gut sondern ist wie ein Ventil das man öffnet um den Druck rauszulassen...ich habe die letzte Tage auch viel geweint...ja....aber bin froh um jede Träne anschliessend die uch weinte ...weil ein Herz aus Stein ist das was einem blüht wenn die Tränen versiegen...

[ashleydelgadillo]

Father John Misty is my religion <3

[pink]

I feel most folks find FJM pretentious. Yet the thing is, as an FJM fan, I have also seen it. When I first listened to I Love You, Honeybear, it took me about five listens to understand Josh. If I were to pick a song which clearly represents Tilman to me, I think it's got to be one of his earlier songs as FJM. For example 'Hollywood Cemetary Sings' or 'I'm Writing A Novel' do not in any form show elements of a pretentious musician.

I cannot understand how this guy is just dismissed as pretentious in every remark I see. In interviews, Josh comes off as quite a loose person, who isn't quite as 'on the ball' or literate as most people would think after listening to 'Pure Comedy', but that's just the truth, he isn't. This bloke is consistent in what he does, and the songs are excellently crafted, but I think Pure Comedy did leave a lot people in the dark, and that's baffling to me. It's clear to me he's got something to say. Whether it be to people's tastes, at least he's doing something.

Like in Leaving LA,
'Nonetheless, I've been practicing my whole life
Washing dishes, playing drums, and getting by
Until I figured, if I''m here in the spotlight I may as well conceal my lack of skill here in the spotlight

Is being self-aware really that bad?

[garnetnewton-wade]

What's there to lose
For a ghost in a cheap rental suit
Clinging to a rock that is hurtling through space?
And what's to regret
For a speck on a speck on a speck
Made more ridiculous the more serious he gets?
Oh, it's easy to forget
Oh, I read somewhere
That in twenty years
More or less
This human experiment will reach its violent end
But I look at you
As our second drinks arrive
The piano player's playing "This Must Be the Place"
And it's a miracle to be alive
One more time
There's nothing to fear
There's nothing to fear
There's nothing to fear
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Joshua Michael Tillman

[CullenCochran]

Feels super fucked up for me to miss the time when this album had just dropped

[JoshuaKaluba]

Why do people hate this album again? Apart from Leaving LA I genuinely don't see why its getting so much hate