Music Video
Car Seat Headrest - "The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)" (Official Lyric Video)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Andrew Katz
Drums
Seth Dalby
Bass Guitar
Arps
French Horn
Ethan Ives
Electric Guitar
Will Toledo
Vocals
Voxxy
Spoken Word
Voxxy's Mother
Spoken Word
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Katz
Songwriter
Ethan Ives
Songwriter
Will Toledo
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John McRae
Mixing Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Will Toledo
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Signs point in every direction
Advertising a one-night heaven
Got no clue what's driving us
Blind as hell and burning up with your love
[Verse 2]
Practice my practical math and hide in the van
While I'm counting the cashbox
Beads of sweat falling one by one
At a Valero station in the California sun
[Verse 3]
Denver to Salt Lake, nine-hour drive
With a breakdown in Rawlings, stuck at the diner
Keep one eye on the time zone changes
Two weeks to go and it feels like ages
[Verse 4]
"We should start a band
Lose all touch with the real world"
"Good luck with that, man"
And that was the start of a major catastrophe
[Verse 5]
Stuck in the smallest greenroom!
No way out except through the main room
An hour to kill with the shirts on our back
Four dead phones and a cigarette packet
[Verse 6]
Hear ye, discouraged workers
You who hurt and don't deserve it
Time is short and life is rough
But you've still got the weekend to bury the pearls of your love
[Chorus]
If you think you're unworthy of life
If you're tired of just playing nice
If you're looking for one light of hope
Amidst the pile of bones
Well, you can come with us tonight
Maybe you can recognize it
As somewhere close to home
[Bridge]
Is it the sickness or you that's talking?
Is it the sickness or you that's talking?
Did it leave a stain on the upholstery?
Are you still breathing?
Can you hear my heart beat?
Is my love true?
Are you still afraid of me?
Is my love true?
Are you still afraid of me?
Can you make it work? Is this kind of dumb?
Does it put the ram in the ramalamadingdong?
[Bridge]
Is the exit soon?
Is there a problem officer?
Is the exit soon?
Is there a problem officer?
Did I do wrong? Am I stating the obvious?
Can you hear it now?
Won't you tell me what time it is?
Is the accusation from you or the sickness?
Is the accusation from you or the sickness?
Is it OPD?
Is it just your opinion?
Does it give hope to the starving millions?
[Verse 7]
Driven through the desert of irony
Driven all around and I've seen a great many
Bones, dry bones in American towns
Bones, dry bones in American towns
Kids who don't know why they bleed
Because they couldn't meet their parents' needs
They are bones, dry bones in American towns
Will you restore these parts to holiness?
This thick head, broken heart, these bones
[Verse 8]
We could be alive in the here and now
But only if you show us how
These bones, dry bones, are gonna walk around
These bones, dry bones, in American towns
These bones, dry bones, in Cincinatti, Maple Valley
San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Kansas City
[Verse 9]
Run out in any direction
One more time to reach perfection
Got no clue what's driving us
Blind as hell and burning up with your love
[Chorus]
If you think you're unworthy of life
If you're tired of just playing nice
If you're looking for one light of hope
Inside the last days of Rome
Well, you can come with us tonight
Maybe you can recognize
There's still some life inside
[Outro]
These bones, dry bones, in American towns
Bones, dry bones ,in American towns
These bones, dry bones, in American towns
Bones, dry bones, in American towns
Written by: Andrew Katz, Ethan Cossett, Seth Dalby, William Barnes
