Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
“Jesus H. Macy” is the opening track of Dance Gavin Dance’s fifth studio album, Acceptance Speech. It is the third single released from the album. A live version of the song was later included on the band’s 2020 live album, Tree City Sessions 2.
[Intro: Jon Mess]
What are we to ever do? My mind is lead and you're a wall
The lion's den of I'm akin to sleeping late and eating wrong
Well if I ever got it straight, I think I'd bend at every pause
The action leaking out my face, from breathing paint to missing calls
Well I'm the sugar-coated tooth, and I have come to ruin your mood
While staring at the frozen foot, I realized I'm stupid too
Well farming isn't fun at all, and I will build a thousand malls
And eat the food court's flesh, from every single city
[Verse 1: Tilian]
Before you ask what you think you want to know
Take a look at my face and how far you think I'll go
Because I've had it up to here for the thirty-seventh time this year
And I've kept it bottled down
But not this time, not here
'Cause I'm fucking on one
[Verse 2: Jon Mess]
Shave it out, you need a break from hair
Coming out bald, I'm the eagle in the air
With the big ass braids and the folding chair
Just shave it out, you need a break from hair
[Verse 3: Tilian]
I feel the marrow in my bones
Heart is beating, heavy breathing
Can't stop me when I'm in my zone
Blood is colder, taking over
I feel the marrow in my bones
Heart is beating, heavy breathing
Can't stop me when I'm in my zone
Blood is colder, taking over
[Outro: Jon Mess, Tilian]
Set it up, cover the plans, record everyone, make demands
Positional strategy, split was disastrous, flanking the siege
You've seen me arrive, shed my disguise
I thought you wanted to, I thought you wanted to
Keep it alive, fight to survive
I thought you wanted to, I thought you wanted to
(Bit by bit, I recover from this)
You've seen me arrive, shed my disguise
(Cleanse my palette and validate my gifts)
I thought you wanted to, I thought you wanted to
(Little by little, remove myself from the middle)
Keep it alive, fight to survive
(Stick it to the man till they bones is brittle, aware?)
I thought you wanted to, I thought you wanted to
Jesus H. Macy was written by Will Swan & Matt Mingus & Tim Feerick & Jon Mess & Tilian.
Jesus H. Macy was produced by Matt Malpass.
Dance Gavin Dance released Jesus H. Macy on Mon Sep 30 2013.
Kill the Music asked guitarist Will Swan in an interview if the song’s title is about Nixon’s Watergate scandal to which Swan replied:
That’s a working title I made that we kept because it sounded cool. And William H. Macy is dope.