The Residents
The Ultimate Disaster
[I: Won't You Keep Us Working?]
[Verse 1]
God of the nightfall, god of the shade
God of the deep it's you who've made
All of the evening, all of the night
All of the motion without light
[Verse 2]
God of the darkness, god of the soul
God of the deep dark friendly hole
God of the unseen, cloudy and dim;
God of the hiding, hear this hymn:
[Chorus]
Won't you keep us working
Working, working, working;
Won't you keep us working
Working down below
Working down below
Working down below
Working down below
[II: First Warning]
[Instrumental]
[III: Back to Normality?]
[Verse]
Harmony cannot be denied
Once again we are satisfied
Calm and quiet have been restored
So it is as it was before
Isn't it?
Isn't it?
Isn't it?
Is this it?
[IV: The Sky Falls!]
[Instrumental]
[V: Why Are We Crying?]
[Verse]
Shrinking from the touch of darkness, moaning in the night
Sobbing into melancholy, weeping into fright
Graciousness is not forgotten and into its place
Whispering insinuation finds a fond embrace
[Chorus]
Why are we crying
Why are we crying
Everyone's crying
Why are we crying
We must stop crying
Why are we crying
Why are we crying
We must stop crying
We must stop crying
We must stop crying
We must stop crying
[VI: The Tunnels are Filling]
[Instrumental]
[VII: It Never Stops]
[Intro]
It never stops
It never stops
It never stops
It never stops
[Chorus]
Leave
We must leave
We must leave
We must leave
[Verse 1]
There is no home where we reside
If there is nothing down deep inside
Except a serpent sitting beside
A promise of nothing except suicide
[Chorus]
Leave
We must leave
We must leave
We must leave
[Verse 2]
I have been told, deep in my dreams
That there is hope, and that it seems
All that we seek was seen by the sea; yes
Safety and comfort do dwell by the sea
[Outro]
By the sea
By the sea
By the sea