The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle stated, “When I write an album that revolves around a theme, it usually takes two or three songs before I notice what’s going on. There’s always one song that becomes the ‘might as well dive all the way in’ song and on Bleed Out that song was ‘Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome,’ written...
[Verse 1]
Floor the pedal at the green light
Watch the traffic all drift right
Barrel forward unimpeded
Switch lanes as needed
Be flexible, be unreplaceable
In a world of heavy footprints, be untraceable
[Chorus]
Wage war, get rich, die handsome
Wage war, get rich, die handsome
Wage wars, get rich, die handsome
[Verse 2]
Live once, you get to pay twice
Keep your nose clean, keep your wheels nice
Open highway on the horizon
Queen of queens, anima rising
Stay independent, make adjustments as needed
It's losers all the way down, you stay undefeated
Stay undefeated
[Chorus]
Wage war, get rich, die handsome
Wage wars, get rich, die handsome
Wage wars, get rich, die handsome, go
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Wage wars, get rich, die handsome
Wage war, get rich, die handsome
Wage wars, get rich, die handsome, die handsome
Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome was written by John Darnielle.
Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome was produced by Alicia Bognanno.
The Mountain Goats released Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome on Mon Jul 11 2022.
John Darnielle:
When you are writing about a desire to make everybody pay for something that’s causing you pain, you’re writing about something universal anyway. But especially if everybody’s under a lot of pressure, then everybody’s feeling that. The band was super into that one.
– via Apple Musi...