“A Good Idea At The Time” is essentially a response to the Rolling Stones' tune “Sympathy for the Devil”, and thus references its lyrics heavily.
It incorporates lyricist Damian Kulash’s viewpoint that Satan is not the cause of all of humanity’s woes, as is implied in “Sympathy”, and that humans ar...
True about my taste; true about my wealth
The thing about St. Petersburg: I was never there myself
So come on, yeah, come on
Anastasia might've cried all night, but I couldn't save myself
So come on, yeah, come on
I appreciate your courtesy
Your well-learned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demon's in the design:
A good idea at the time
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at time
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at time
Now how it all went down, only Pilate knows
All I ever asked of him was when the bars were closed
So come on, Yeah come on
I appreciate your courtesy
Your well-learned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demon's in the design:
A good idea at the time
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at time
Oh, seemed like a good idea at time
Hey, yeah, oh, at the time
Now what you gonna do about it?
Now it's true about my wealth; true about my taste
But you don't need no help from me
You'll lay yourself to waste
So come on
Seemed like a good idea at the time
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time
Oh, seemed like a good idea at the
Oh, alright, seemed like a good idea
Seemed like a, seemed like a
Oh, seemed like a good idea
Oh, seemed like a good idea
Seemed, seemed, seemed
Oh, seemed like a good idea
Seemed like a good idea at the time
A Good Idea At The Time was written by Damian Kulash & Tim Nordwind.
A Good Idea At The Time was produced by Tore Johansson.
OK Go released A Good Idea At The Time on Tue Aug 30 2005.