“Rejoice” opens the album People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World. It introduces the album’s juxtaposition of life’s cruelty & beauty. It also is a good introduction to the fast-paced, brutally lyrical, madcap nature of the album.
[Intro]
Go
One, two, three, four!
[Verse 1]
Rejoice, rejoice, God's ears are stitches
Oh, rejoice, His eyes are big X's
Oh, rejoice, His arms are burning witches
Oh, rejoice, His hands perform hexes
[Chorus]
Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you
And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you
And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds
Rejoice because you're trying your best
[Verse 2]
And rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning
Oh, rejoice, the sky's fucking falling
Oh, rejoice, the world we know is turning
Oh, rejoice, your father's been calling
[Chorus]
Rejoice although this world will devastate you
And rejoice although this world will penetrate you
And rejoice although you will not survive
Rejoice, you'll never make it out alive
[Verse 3]
And rejoice, your hair, it smells like burning hair
Oh, rejoice, your nails all got chewed off
Oh, rejoice, and holy fuck, you're bleeding there
Oh, rejoice, you burned your whole beard off
[Chorus]
Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you
And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you
And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds
Rejoice because you're trying your best
Rejoice was written by Ben Gallaty & Sean Bonnette.
Rejoice was produced by Jalipaz Nelson.