The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
This song contrasts the idea of personal loss and losing friends with the “exhibitionist mourning” of public figures like Robin Williams (referenced in the title and the lyrics), and is almost an apology for how people seem to grieve more for celebrities than those around them.
Mike called once a week
And then he called once a month
He called once every few years
Which turned into never at all
Missing an artist
For the loss of their art
Isn’t grief, We’re heartbroken
For Robin and hate what he did
But real, true, and private loss
Is so hard to express
I miss going with Stephen
To bars that serve chicken
Working with Caleb
Getting drunk on the clock
And to all the junkies:
Can you remember me anymore?
Can you remember me at all?
Can you remember me at all?
In October, I saw
How he crashed head-on
With beer for blood and no seatbelt
We kept the notebooks
He left under his bed
We collected newspaper
And met every Tuesday night
Gave Brian the sweaters
And Stephanie got the bike
He called once every few years
Which turned into never
Hearing from him again
To all the junkies:
Can you remember me anymore?
For Robin was produced by Chris Teti.
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die released For Robin on Fri Sep 29 2017.
Singer David Bello told Stereogum:
I was kinda worried about how the song “For Robin” would be taken. For me, a lot of that is about trying to care more about people in my own life rather than people in greater pop culture. I don’t want people to think it’s…you know, like the guy from Linkin Park…