The Sound of Failure/It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark?? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by crustyknickers 

Cover art for The Sound of Failure/It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark?? lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

i read that they wrote this for some friends whose father was dying of cancer. they were fed up with pretending to be optimistic, and also with having to hear fake enthusiastic pop music everywhere they went. it's about a girl whose best friend died and accepts that it's ok to fail to understand such darkness and not parade around shitting rainbows.