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1984 (Infinite Jest) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
No one is safe
Closer than I wanna be, imaginary enemy
Screen in my face
Never was a part of me, this part of my lobotomy
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, while everyone's wasted the jaded today
The prettiest corpses, the real black parade
Is waiting, decay is chasing
My face compared to your face
[Chorus]
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this (Woo)
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
[Verse 2]
You keep me safe
Only way to set us free, severing the artery
Mountains of waste
Celebrated fantasy, televise the tragedy
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, while everyone's wasted the jaded today
The prettiest corpses, the real black parade
Is waiting, decay is chasing
My face compared to your face
No one is safe
Closer than I wanna be, imaginary enemy
Screen in my face
Never was a part of me, this part of my lobotomy
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, while everyone's wasted the jaded today
The prettiest corpses, the real black parade
Is waiting, decay is chasing
My face compared to your face
[Chorus]
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this (Woo)
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
[Verse 2]
You keep me safe
Only way to set us free, severing the artery
Mountains of waste
Celebrated fantasy, televise the tragedy
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, while everyone's wasted the jaded today
The prettiest corpses, the real black parade
Is waiting, decay is chasing
My face compared to your face
[Chorus]
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this (Woo)
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
[Outro]
If I open my eyes
Would I see what they planned for me?
Would I rather stay asleep and dreaming?
If I lay down and die
Have we lost the revolution? (Lost the revolution?)
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this (Woo)
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
Ignorance is this
[Outro]
If I open my eyes
Would I see what they planned for me?
Would I rather stay asleep and dreaming?
If I lay down and die
Have we lost the revolution? (Lost the revolution?)
Ignorance is this
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Genius Annotation
As you can see in this picture, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is one of Bert McCracken’s favorite books. Bert has talked about this book in many interviews, previously, and he has cited it as inspiration for The Canyon.
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- 4.Bloody Nose
- 6.My Cocoon
- 8.1984 (Infinite Jest)
- 10.Clean Cut Heals
- 11.Heartwork
- 12.The Lighthouse
- 13.Obvious Blasé
- 14.The Lottery
- 27.See You in Hell
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April 24, 2020
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