Jeffrey Lewis, The Voltage - Depression! Despair! lyrics

I haven’t got the leeway to
Be falling too behind
And there's a lot of little warnings in
The corners of my mind
And there’s a lot of things that need to
Work with no margin of errors
So the only thing I see
Ahead are entropy and terror
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
And the list of your convictions
Is an old outdated loop
And you see the other angle where
Your concepts all look stupid
And you see your broken
Your broken certainties
From the oldest to the newest
And the things that are the worst are
All the things that seem the truest
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)



The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark
The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart
(The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark)
(The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart)

And relationships are worthless if it’s
Not like his and hers
And plus my body isn’t perfect and
Each day it’s getting worse
And now the culture these kids are into
Is not made for you is it
And the stuff that you loved is
Worse each time you revisit
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)

And the garbage piles higher and
The relatives are older
And the papers to be filed
Are exploding from the folder
And you thought that being shy meant
A sweet guy who needs work
But you're quiet and awkward and
You're also still a jerk
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)

The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark
The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart
(The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark)
(The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart)

And it’s been a crazy highway to
Get here from where you started
And the endings out of reach and
Then you're broke or broken hearted
Like a flower losing petals as
The challenge gets more devious
You always have to settle for
A little less than previous
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)

And the things you want to do are
Not the way you would excel
And when all factors in your favor
Have wavered straight to hell
Until the place you held to dig your
Heels in and adhere the least
Is sliding helpless to the cliff as
If the safety brake released
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)

The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark
The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart
(The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark)
(The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart)

And it even isn’t obvious to
Take it on the chin
When all the ocean is anonymously
Shaking in the wind
Into a million new directions every
Time you get a bearin'
Pulling you and your reflection
Underwater in the air
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
Horrible comparisons of history unfolded
If miraculous humanity as really
If they told it
If we are defiantly proceeding through a
Maze we feared and hated
I am just deciding on a meeting
Point in case we are separated
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)
(Depression! Despair! I’ll see you there)

The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark
The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart
(The sun is always shining on
Rocks in the dark)
(The rocks are always flying
And breaking apart)