This entire album has a certain darkness to it- dealing with difficult themes such self-worth, loss, regret, depression, just to name a few, but it also has uplifting moments about being comfortable in your own skin and not letting the longing for what is already gone hold you back from growing.
“C...
[Verse 1]
There's no clarity in front of me
Only degrees of hating
Obscenity, there's no charity
Some don't deserve to make it
You'll blame and fight each other
For just a slice of plunder
Too down and tired to wonder
Whose foot you're crawling under
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Ah-ah, oh-oh-oh (Ah-ah, oh-oh-oh)
You're on your own
You're on your own
[Verse 2]
Read carefully, can't possibly
A threat to future earnings
Suspiciously, through editing
The facts are disappearing
With discipline and message
You'll take awkward possession
Of nothing you really wanted
Welcome, congratulations
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, you're on
You're on your own
[Verse 3]
There's no clarity in front me
Only degrees of hating
Obscenity, there's no charity
Some don't deserve to make it
You'll blame and fight each other
For just a slice of plunder
Too down and tired to wonder
Whose foot you're crawling under
[Refrain]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Ah-ah, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Ah-ah, oh-oh-oh
Ah-ah, oh-oh-oh-oh
Congratulations was written by Jim Adkins & Tom Linton & Rick Burch & Zach Lind.
Congratulations was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen & Jimmy Eat World.
Jimmy Eat World released Congratulations on Fri Oct 18 2019.
Jim Adkins comments on the choice of making “Congratulations” the closer on the album:
It just felt right. It might be a reaction to other albums we’ve done where we’ve had a more typical, expected closing song. There was definitely something in the back of our heads. It also doesn’t feel like the...