Presidential Silver Lining (Live)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I just got up on stage and this is what I said I said Ev-ev-ev-ev, everything, everything is fucked I'm sorry, that's no way to start a show I apologize I started again I said Most, most, most, most things are fucked But please don't give up on me now 'Cause I'm here to get you out of this dark whole That's my job after all Craigie make them laugh, make them cry oh That's what it says in your bio Oh make 'em cry, that will be easy tonight Way too easy tonight But make 'em laugh? Almost impossible It's like a funeral out there [Chorus] Don't let the darkness break you my friends There are so many of us and only one of him [Verse 2] So I, I, I, I did my research I tried to find some silver lining But I didn't have much time and it ain't great So I hope you can appreciate my findings Here's what I found It's historically proven That when the presidents a republican We have better music Artists are better when they're bummed That's how it goes, that's how its done When times are good, musicians they get lazy And the bad music slips out and it drives us all crazy For example In 1995 a new band name Nickleback came out And in 1995 the democrats were in the white house I'm just saying Same goes for Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, MMMbop Oh I'm just saying Macarena, Justin Bieber, all the results of the democrat leaders I'm just saying The world may go to shit But we'll have better music [Chorus] Don't let the darkness break you my friends There are so many of us and only one of him [Verse 3] Now I'm not gonna get up here And tell you things gotta get worse before they get better Oh that's just not true Things could just get better, stay better, continue to get better Oh but that's not what things usually do Just ask Rosa Parks, Muhatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Every now and then there's a bunch of bullshit You gotta fight it And when we fight it We always win Oh but the pessimist in us want to scream, "Craigie shut up What about the battles that we lose?" I tell ya fool Them just the battles that we haven't won yet [Chorus] Don't let the darkness break you my friends There are so many of us and only one of him