Oh, sweet thing
Zion doesn’t love you
And babylon don’t love you
But you love everything
Oh, you saint
America don’t love you
So I could never love you
In spite of everything
In the dark of this place
There’s the glow of your face
There’s the dust on the screen
Of this broken machine
And I can’t help but feel that I made some mistake
But I let it go
(YA HEY, YA HEY, YA HEY)
CHORUS:
Through the fire and through the flames
(YA-HEY, YA-HEY)
You won’t even say your name
(YA-HEY, YA-HEY)
Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Only I am that I am
But who could ever live that way?
(YA-HEY, YA-HEY)
Oh,
The motherland don’t love you
The fatherland don’t love you
So why love anything?
Oh, good God
The faithless, they don’t love you
The zealous hearts don’t love you
And that’s not gonna change
All the cameras and files
All the paranoid style
All the tension and fear
Of a secret career
And I think in your heart
That you see the mistakes
But you let it go
(YA-HEY, YA-HEY, YA-HEY)
CHORUS
Outside the tents
On the festival grounds
As the air began to cool
And the sun went down
My soul swooned as I faintly heard the sound
Of you spinning “Israelites” into “19th Nervous Breakdown”
CHORUS
Music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig. Lyrics by Ezra Koenig. Mixed by Rich Costey at Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles. Mix assistant and ProTools Engineer: Chris Kasych, Assistant: Eric Islip. Produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid. Mastered by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta at The Lodge. Bass line of bridge section written by Ariel Rechtshaid published by Lion of God Publishing Co./Administered Worldwide by Kobalt Music Services America, Inc
Other versions
Ya Hey (Paranoid Styles Mix)
Worship You → Ya Hey
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Live recordings
Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival7 March 2020
La Riviera25 November 2019
Alexandra Palace13 November 2019
Teatro Metropolitan22 October 2019
Teatro Metropolitan21 October 2019
Live Out Festival19 October 2019
Festival Coordenada18 October 2019
Red Rocks Amphitheatre8 October 2019
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium1 October 2019
Life Is Beautiful22 September 2019
Piedmont Park15 September 2019
Madison Square Garden6 September 2019
Mann Center for the Performing Arts4 September 2019
Agganis Arena3 September 2019
James L. Knight Center24 August 2019
White Oak Music Hall17 August 2019
NOS Alive Festival12 July 2019
Roskilde Festival5 July 2019
Open’er Festival3 July 2019
Firefly Festival23 June 2019
Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island16 June 2019
The Sylvee11 June 2019
Webster Hall5 May 2019
Grant Park4 August 2018
Naeba Ski Resort29 July 2018
Libbey Bowl16 June 2018
Little John’s Farm22 August 2014
Great Stage Park13 June 2014
Randall’s Island Park8 June 2014
Autódromo de Interlagos6 April 2014
Hipódromo de San Isidro2 April 2014
Parque O’Higgins30 March 2014
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York10 December 2013