Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hot Chip
Performer
Roland Pemberton
Rap
Albert Goddard
Vocal Ensemble
Celia Goddard
Vocal Ensemble
Dixie Taylor
Vocal Ensemble
Edie Goddard
Vocal Ensemble
Leo Taylor
Drums
Lou Hayter
Vocal Ensemble
Marlow Mader-Martin
Vocal Ensemble
Prudence Taylor
Vocal Ensemble
Rob Smoughton
Vocal Ensemble
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alexis Taylor
Composer
Joe Goddard
Composer
Felix Martin
Composer
Alexander Doyle
Composer
Owen Clarke
Composer
Roland Pemberton
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hot Chip
Producer
Tucan
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We lost touch for a while
Now we're reconnecting
I don't know how you feel, how you feel
Things have changed my perception
[Verse 2]
It seems to me
First there needs to be
An admission of guilt
For what we did
For all we see
Atonement
[Verse 3]
Beg for forgiveness
Bear witness
Be humble
Beg for forgiveness
Bear witness
Be humble
[Verse 4]
The evil that men do
[Verse 5]
I have these ideals and dreams
Who would blame me if I don't stick to them
It's okay to let plans crumble and fall
Into the ditch we have kicked them
[Verse 6]
Beg for forgiveness
Bear witness
Be humble
Beg for forgiveness
Bear witness
Be humble
[Verse 7]
The evil that men do
[Verse 8]
As I wade slowly in the water
Through the weeds and over rocks
I try not to stumble and fall
And not give up
I lose my composure
My sense of being one
There's a place I can aim for
[Verse 9]
The evil that men do
[Verse 10]
I don't want to break this up
But I built the whole thing up
Right from the ground right up
Ground right up, ground right up
I don't want to bend the rules
But there's pressure on this fool
And it makes me tear it up, tear it up, tear it up
[Verse 11]
Do not ask for permission, beg for forgiveness
Then get down to business, do it with the quickness
Move fast and break things, don't ask and take things
The powers that be make cash and hate things
Lately, it's been smoke rings on everything
World on fire, been hoping for better things
Electing the ones pandering and meddling
Pedal to the metal, then back to backpedaling
Upset, can't see the sunset, it's unsettling
Unrest at every address, here come the reckoning
Silence is deafening, press is unquestioning
Pressure is deepening, leaders are unwelcoming
Don't know the cost, then you better pay attention
Bear witness to the price of ambition
Stare at the eclipse, even though you know the risk
Lift your head, don't fall in the abyss
[Verse 12]
The evil that men do
[Verse 13]
Lift your head, raise the dead
Stop the voice that holds it down
Lift your head, raise the dead
Stop the voice that holds it down
Written by: Al Doyle, Alexander Doyle, Alexis Taylor, Felix Martin, Joe Goddard, Owen Clarke, Roland Pemberton