Lyrics Jeff Rosenstock

Jeff Rosenstock

Festival Song

It feels completely ridiculous

That I'm a willing participant

Gazing at the purples and pinks

In the shadow of a bank-sponsored skyline

"Unite against the establishment!"™

(While drones transmit the images

To a server farm in the valley

For a culture that will eat its own insides)

Oh, they wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if it wasn't worth it

If you didn't have something they could take

Take a long look at the billboards

That smother the air 'til you can't ignore 'em

And glamorize department store crust-punk-chic

Cause Satan's trending up and it's fashion week

But this is not a movement. It's just careful entertainment

For an easy demographic in our sweatshop denim jackets

And we'll wonder, "What just happened?!"

When the world becomes Manhattan

Where the banks steal the apartments just to render them abandoned

Oh, they wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if it wasn't worth it

If you didn't have something they could take

We're not stupid people, but this financial depression

Has got everyone believing all that we can do is nothing

Cause we organize through avenues they lace with advertisements

So the ones we try to rage against are still lining their pockets

Oh, they wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something

They wouldn't be your friend if it wasn't worth it

If you didn't have something they could take