“Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful…” is the name of side B on the vinyl edition of GY!BE’s first full-length album, F♯ A♯ ∞.
It is divided in five segments:
- “…Nothing’s Alrite in Our Life…”
- “The Dead Flag Blues (Reprise)”
- “The Sad Mafioso…”
- “Kicking Horse on Brokenhill”
- “String Loop Manufacture...
[Part 1 (0:00-2:00): "...Nothing's Alrite in Our Life..." / "The Dead Flag Blues (Reprise)]
California
God love this country, the United States, the world
And now we in 1998
If money could buy happiness my love, then we'd have it
But praise God
It's only salvation, it's only Jesus Christ
Holy Hallelujah, holy Jesus Christ
Nah, I'm not up for this
Come give us peace, happiness, anger...
I don't believe in Jesus!
And God, help our souls
All over the world here, no matter the money
No matter the riches of the world
Yell outside, yell out loud what we want. [?]
Yell what we want and what we need is the love of Jesus Christ
Would you love us Jesus Christ?
Hallelujah, and to you and everyone in the world:
... Jesus ... [?] we are all going to die ... [?]
... all the happiness I've tried ... [?]
Were it for not Jesus Christ I'd be unhappy [?]
I don't care what ... Nothing in the world [?]
Black skin, nothing [?]
Just Imagine, a world of ... [?]
[Part 2 (2:00-7:33): "The Sad Mafioso..."]
(Instrumental)
[Part 3 (7:33-13:10): "Kicking Horse on Brokenhill"]
Deliver us from the gathering storm
Unworthy though we are
Leave us living safe and warm
And sheltered in your arms
Fallen out of grace are we
Sinless never more to be
Deliver us from the gathering storm
Unworthy though we are
Deliver us from the shadows and fear
And brighten us our night
O lift us out of the valley of sin
And leave our path in light
[Part 4 (13:10-17:36): "String Loop Manufactured During Downpour..."]
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Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful... was written by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful... was produced by Don Wilkie & Ian Ilavsky & Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor released Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful... on Thu Aug 14 1997.