Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
“The Good That Won’t Come Out” depicts a narrator experiencing excessive unwanted thoughts about death, both in the short and long term. Discussions of climate change turn inward as the narrator considers her own fear of vulnerability and the tragedies around her.
[Verse 1]
Let's get together and talk about the modern age
All of our friends were gathered there
With their pets, just talking shit
About how we're all so upset
About the disappearing ground
As we watch it melt
[Chorus 1]
It's all of the good that won't come out of us
And how eventually our hands will just turn to dust
If we keep shaking them
Standing here on this frozen lake
[Verse 2]
I do this thing where I think I'm real sick
But I won't go to the doctor to find out about it
'Cause they make you stay real still in a real small space
As they chart up your insides and put them on display
They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it
[Chorus 2]
All of the good that won't come out of me
And all the stupid lies I hide behind
It's such a big mistake
Lying here in your warm embrace
[Bridge]
Oh, you're almost home
I've been waiting for you to come in
Dancing around in your old suits
Going crazy in your room again
I think I'll go out and embarrass myself
By getting drunk and falling down in the street
You say I choose sadness
That it never once has chosen me
Maybe you're right
[Verse 3]
Let's talk about all our friends who lost the war
And all of the novels that had yet to be written about them
[Chorus 3]
It's all of the good that won't come out of them
And all the stupid lies they hide behind
It's such a big mistake
Standing here on this frozen lake
[Chorus 4]
It's all of the good that won't come out of me
And how eventually, my mouth will just turn to dust
If I don't tell you quick
Standing here on this frozen lake
The Good That Won’t Come Out was written by Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennett.
The Good That Won’t Come Out was produced by Mike Mogis.
Rilo Kiley released The Good That Won’t Come Out on Tue Oct 01 2002.