Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra
This song focuses on the event inside the grocery, the attempted suicide, and wishing his faith could be as strong as his fathers and he could see it in the same way.
[Verse 1]
"I don't know where I'm going but I'm going anyways"
So you leave the apartment, grab the gun under the bed
[Pre-Chorus]
I want to reach above the paradox where nobody can see
Want to hold a light to paradigm and strip it to its feet
I want to feel the way my father felt, is it easier for me?
I want to know if there's a higher love oblivious to me
[Verse 2]
So you walk in the grocery and you, you unload several rounds
"Don't you dare move a muscle," cardboard cutout ads
[Pre-Chorus]
I want to reach above the paradox where nobody can see
Want to hold a light to paradigm and strip it to its feet
I want to feel the way your father felt, was it easy for belief?
I want to know if there's a higher love he saw that I can't see
Looking back, it's obvious now, you believe him or you don't
[Verse 3]
So you load up your pistol and you, you press it to your lips
And you squeeze on the trigger, all it does is clicks
[Pre-Chorus]
I want to reach above the para-blind where nobody could see
Want to hold a light to paradise and see if I could sleep
I want to feel the way our fathers felt when it swept them off their feet
I want to know about that higher love you saw that can't be seen
The only obvious equation, you believe it or you don't
[Chorus]
And I've been trying to find the right way to get out of here
I've been trying to find the right way to get out of here
This is the only way to go
This is the only way
The Grocery was written by Andy Hull.
The Grocery was produced by Catherine Marks.
Manchester Orchestra released The Grocery on Fri Jul 28 2017.
The verses are all a simple narrative about a guy that is going to that same grocery store in the fourth song and he’s made a decision to cause terror on the grocery store.
I really love the idea of trying to break the boundaries of what a songwriter is supposed to write about and what characters o...