Released one week after the 2020 US presidential election, the song is a biting critique on the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, an reporter for Axios asked Trump about the coronavirus death toll (at the time, around 150,000 Americans) and Trump famously repl...
[Verse 1]
This is the first day the flowers wilt and fold
Nothing reverses, aridity takes hold
[Chorus]
The call could've been answered
The wall would’ve been questioned
The fall should've been prevented
But it is what it is
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
This is the first day our friend is free from pain
Voyaging on while the rest of us remain
[Chorus]
The call could've been answered
The wall would’ve been questioned
The fall should've been prevented
But it is what it is
It Is What It Is was written by Michael Lerner & Peter Silberman.
It Is What It Is was produced by Peter Silberman.
The Antlers released It Is What It Is on Tue Nov 10 2020.
“It Is What It Is” is a song about hindsight. It considers what might have changed had you handled things differently back then, and the reluctant acceptance that it’s too late for all that now. It’s the inevitability of changing seasons, transitions that feel like loss in the moment, but come to re...