Ahead Of Ourselves

Album:Bad Witch

Length:3:30

Tempo:162 BPM

Versions:Ahead Of Ourselves

Live:Las Vegas Warm-Up through present

"Ahead Of Ourselves" is the second track on the 2018 LP Bad Witch. It and "Play The Goddamned Part" were made available to listen to on May 19, 2018, at special listening stations provided at "The Physical World" ticket presale for fans in attendance.

Song Credits

• N/A

Appearances

• Bad Witch

Versions

This is the only known version.

Live

"Ahead Of Ourselves" debuted live on June 16, 2018 at The Joint in Las Vegas, the only song on Bad Witch to be performed live before its official release ("God Break Down The Door" had been released as a single beforehand).

It appeared at all but one show on the Europe + Asia 2018 tour, and at a majority on the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour, usually following on from "Shit Mirror."

Trivia

The line "celebration of ignorance" from the song finds its origins all the way back to the 2005 With Teeth lyric poster, in the form of an early version of "The Warning." The line is also found in the book The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark by Carl Sagan, but it is not known if there is a legitimate connection.

Lyrics

Everything all figured out
Like it was meant to be
We’re on the precipice (I can feel it)
We’re on the precipice
Created us in his image
Better be proud of his work
That is if he existed (not so sure anymore)
That is if he existed

And we just can’t help ourselves
And we just can’t help ourselves
And we just can’t help ourselves
And we just can’t help ourselves (I don’t think that’s me)

Obsolete
Insignificant
Antiquated 
Irrelevant
Celebration of ignorance
Why try change when you know you can’t?

Did you ever get that feeling?
Man I can’t seem to shake it
Not quite as clever as we think we are
Knuckle dragging animal
When we could have done anything
We wound up building this we deserve
With illusions of enlightenment
With our snouts in the dirt
With our snouts in the dirt

Obsolete
Insignificant
Antiquated 
Irrelevant
Celebration of ignorance
Why try change when you know you can’t?

We got ahead of ourselves
We got ahead of ourselves
We got ahead of ourselves
We got ahead of ourselves

(I'm not so sure anymore)

(I'm not so sure anymore)

External Links

• "Ahead Of Ourselves" live video from the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour

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