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Holy Shit Lyrics
Holy shit
The sun is set
The moon on the parapet
Of a bungalow
Where we're drinking to our lives
Holy shit
I'm a revisionist
Flapping around like a sweet bird of youth
Those days have flown the coup
Holy shit
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
Up to this
Holy shit
It's 2 A.M.
The bars are closed, we're stuck again
With these fateful and fretful decisions
Holy shit
I'm not equipped for this
If my body's a temple, it's crumbling
And it can't be renovated
Holy shit
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
These days
There's no mystery
No majesty
No history
In the making as before
Onward
Ever yonder
We wander toward the
Holy shit
It's all just cancer and death
Holy shit
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
Just for this
The sun is set
The moon on the parapet
Of a bungalow
Where we're drinking to our lives
I'm a revisionist
Flapping around like a sweet bird of youth
Those days have flown the coup
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
Up to this
It's 2 A.M.
The bars are closed, we're stuck again
With these fateful and fretful decisions
I'm not equipped for this
If my body's a temple, it's crumbling
And it can't be renovated
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
There's no mystery
No majesty
No history
In the making as before
Onward
Ever yonder
We wander toward the
Holy shit
It's all just cancer and death
That we even exist
All our lives we stumbled, we stammered, and clamored
Just for this
Song Info
Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Sep 14, 2015
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According to Tim himself: "These lyrics were originally, “Oh my God” instead of “Holy shit,” but that had felt a bit played out, so I went with something a little… less played out? Or, more simply, I like the sentiment of crying out, “Holy shit” a lot more than “Oh my God.”
I recall this song going through a few different compositions and a lot of indecision before landing on this final version. Funny, all that hemming and hawing over a song that clocks in at 1:49."