Big Thief: Beautiful World (NEW, UNRELEASED)

I love this track. It’s dark and deep, moved me to tears and touched on the cruelty happening all around. The sirens from outside the venue at the beginning were eerie. Encore. Lyrics transcribed by MilesMalcom initially + edits Eastbound going 65 The desert wind is blowing My dog is sitting by my side He don't care where we're going Taking the south route this time Back from California Stopping in the old mine town Bisbee, Arizona We get in late at night Climbed the stairs up to our room The hotel is a tired old girl Still smells of perfume Of a hundred years ago She was decked out, painted new And they all wore hats and jackets And said, “How do you do?” It's a fucked up world Why must everything be conquered? But it, it's so beautiful Let's blow a hole in the center of it We wake up to the golden dawn Black coffee and a bagel I put some butter on it And follow a Winnebago Down a winding road for hours We lose signal There's no power out here Just the power of a sphere and the wild grass and my desert ass I notice something in the sky My dog and I pull over It looks like the tip of the moon, but it's definitely closer And it's not moving, It's just hovering, still up above the mountain In that desert heat I feel a chill Then come the border patrol And I ask, “What is that thing?” And he said, “That's a camera and it’s tethered to an invisible string.” It's a fucked up world why must everything be conquered but it, it's so beautiful let's build a fence in the center of it Standing there feeling tripped out And just wanting to cry and that disconnected sharpness where everything is dry I hear the ratchet of the call Two wheels turning in the dirt An old man on his bicycle, out of nowhere soaking through his shirt He gets down and comes over and he says “I'm on a long journey I'm riding my bike clear across this country and I'm 85 and my name is Bob. I'm gonna make the Guinness book.” I said, “It’s nice to meet you, Bob” and took his hand and shook It's a beautiful world Why must everything be conquered But it, It's so beautiful And I’m riding to the center of This fucked up world Why must everything be conquered But it's so beautiful And I’m riding to the center of it