Father John Misty: Pure Comedy

>> ONCE AGAIN, FATHER JOHN MISTY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ THE COMEDY OF MAN
STARTS LIKE THIS OUR BRAINS ARE WAY TOO BIG
FOR OUR MOTHERS' HIPS ♪ ♪ AND SO NATURE
SHE DIVINES THIS ALTERNATIVE WE EMERGED HALF-FORMED AND
HOPE WHOEVER GREETS ♪ ♪ US ON THE OTHER END
IS KIND ENOUGH TO FILL US IN ♪
♪ AND, BABIES, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW
IT'S BEEN EVER SINCE ♪ ♪ COMEDY, NOW THAT'S
WHAT I CALL PURE COMEDY ♪ ♪ JUST WAITING UNTIL
THE PART WHERE THEY START TO BELIEVE ♪
♪ THEY'RE AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING
AND SOME ALL-POWERFUL BEING ENDOWED THIS HORROR SHOW ♪
♪ WITH MEANING OH, THEIR RELIGIONS
ARE THE BEST ♪ ♪ THEY WORSHIP THEMSELVES
YET THEY'RE TOTALLY OBSESSED ♪
♪ WITH RISEN ZOMBIES CELESTIAL VIRGINS
MAGIC TRICKS THESE UNBELIEVABLE OUTFITS ♪
♪ AND THEY GET TERRIBLY UPSET
WHEN YOU QUESTION THEIR SACRED TEXTS ♪
♪ WRITTEN BY WOMAN-HATING EPILEPTICS
THEIR LANGUAGES JUST SERVE TO CONFUSE THEM ♪
♪ THEIR CONFUSION SOMEHOW MAKES THEM MORE SURE
THEY BUILD FORTUNES POISONING THEIR OFFSPRING ♪
♪ AND HAND OUT PRIZES WHEN SOMEONE PATENTS THE CURE
WHERE DID THEY FIND THESE ♪ ♪ GOONS THEY ELECTED
TO RULE THEM WHAT MAKES THESE CLOWNS
THEY IDOLIZE SO REMARKABLE ♪ ♪ THESE MAMMALS ARE HELLBENT
ON FASHIONING NEW GODS SO THEY CAN GO ON
BEING GODLESS ANIMALS ♪ ♪♪♪
♪ OH COMEDY OH IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
THAT A MADMAN WOULD CONCEIVE ♪
♪ THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO MAKE THEM FEEL ALIVE
IS THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ♪ ♪ BUT THE ONLY THING
THAT THEY REQUEST IS SOMETHING TO NUMB
THE PAIN WITH ♪ ♪ UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING
HUMAN LEFT JUST RANDOM MATTER
SUSPENDED IN THE DARK ♪ ♪ I HATE TO SAY IT
BUT EACH OTHER'S ALL WE GOT ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Father John Misty: Pure Comedy - SNL

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