@mitchellknapp5766 yep, "rejoice because you're trying your best" definitely overshadows the pessimism shown in the previous lyrics. But even so, there is a strong taste of poignancy throughout the song. In fact, "rejoice because you're trying your best" came as such a twist for me I even interpreted it as sarcasm at first. Quite an awesome song indeed, sounds depressing but gives you some sort of reassurance in the end.
[Verse 1] Rejoice, rejoice God's ears are stitches Rejoice, His eyes are big X's Rejoice, His arms are burning witches Rejoice, His hands perform hexes [Chorus] Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you Rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you Rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds Rejoice because you're trying your best [Verse 2] Rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning Rejoice, the sky's fucking falling Rejoice, the world we know is turning Rejoice, your father's been calling [Verse 3] Rejoice although this world will devastate you Rejoice although this world will penetrate you Rejoice although you will not survive Rejoice you'll never make it out alive [Verse 4] Rejoice, your hair it smells like burning hair Oh rejoice, your nails all got chewed off Rejoice, and - holy fuck! - you're bleeding there Oh rejoice, you burned your whole beard off
@@bonesfloodedwithdreams rejoice god's ear's are stanchions a stanchion is a big beam (god is deaf as a post) rejoice, his eyes are big Xs (and he's also blind)
@@sleekthegeek6669 I heard stanchions exactly like you said until I really listened to this video and looked at the stitches lyric. I think he actually is saying "exes" (used to think it was axes) and "stitches" (used to think it was stanchions). He has a thick accent but comparing them to the way he says 'witches' and 'hexes' I think OP is right. I'll still forever hear "stanchions" which are also tall cones meant for looping caution tape across, shaped like horns. There are also stanchion horns, which are elongated horns like for the hard of hearing. This does kind of contrast with the deaf idea, so I'm thinking it's stitches.
I've always loved the way "your best" is sung. The oscillation makes it come out like "your har-best," as though it were both your best and your hardest at the same time.
I can never tell what level of ironic this song is, like if I'm feeling well it's a sincere acceptance of everything you can't change, and if I'm feeling bad it's a satire of religious zeal in the face of terrible things...
the fact that i can’t even count how many times i’ve cry to this song... edit: this comment is 3 years old and i still love this song but the ‘…’ was so dramatic
This is one of my comfort songs... that probably says something about my mental health lol. It's just so harsh and real, yet hopeful. This world is brutal and broken, but we're together in this painful life. Together till our inevitable end, not to be feared but accepted. Hell, maybe even rejoiced Taking comfort in death, that this pain I feel will at some point end. Weirdly comforting to my mentally unwell ass
I struggle with depersonalization and dissociation but this song along with people remind me of the world out there. Sometimes I get stuck in my head and can’t get out, and I can’t talk about because nobody takes it seriously. I thought this is what all kids and teens went through going up, but after looking up some stuff, feeling like you’re not real and thinking of hypotheticals for if you died of different ways is normal. I don’t want a therapist and I don’t want to talk to my parents. I don’t want to burden any friends with my problems. Life sucks so much sometimes and I wish I was never born sometimes. But I’m here and my goal right now is to make it out of growing up so that at least I’ll be an adult someday. I love this song
Hi. One of those eventual adults here. Everything here is very familiar to me. Being trans in the South didn't help. If you have the resources to pursue therapy, I do suggest giving it a try, or reach out to friends here and there. The real ones will be there for you; try to offer them the same in return. Beyond additional freedoms from reaching the age of majority, and perhaps a bit more experience, being an "adult" is an arbitrary thing; It won't magic this stuff away. But doing the above is a good step forward.
@@zoomer2965 thanks man. I made this comment a while ago in a pretty dark place, and I’ve developed some better coping mechanisms for myself and cut off toxic friends. I still listen to AJJ though, haha. Thanks for the insight
@@heezyforsheezfun fact, ajj supports trans rights Maybe leave trans people alone and dont try to tell them who they are, you arent in their head Also saying that they'll eventually be hit with health problems is at best not helpful and at worst flat out harmful and disgusting Stop being like this
Man the way in which this song is so angry and nihilistic and yet still still ends on a optimistic note ("Rejoice because you are trying your best") is really cool.
This song gives me the same vibes as that Disney ad in the beginning of every Disney dvd where it uses that song that goes “as sly as a fox, as big as an ox” whatever. The cool nostalgic but not vibes
I love this song so much and it makes me cry when I'm up late at night and it just comes on at the right time, and it makes me thankful for everything i have. (only song to have ever made me cry.)
I'm back and I'm burnt out. Life has ripped me away from my favorite hobby-art. Art was the thing keeping me happy. But I'm trying to figure it out, one day at a time. I've apologized for some past stuff and I'm currently trying to get out of my mentality of demonizing myself. Instead of drowning in apathy towards everything wrong in the past, I'm trying to float out of it. Sometimes I sink but, hey. I'll rejoice because I _am_ trying my best!
@@BLANK-sm4dd I think I meant differently than how you read it, but it's because I'm very bad at communication and knowing me, I wrote my comment sleep deprived- basically I originally heard it when I was in a super rough place; When I originally heard it it felt like it was cynically reflecting on forcing positivity and saying it was futile to try and bring joy into life when it's a shitshow I don't know for sure what the original intention was, but now I take from it that sometimes refusing to let the shittiest things in life dictate how you react is the only control you still have Idk, I've just been doing what I can to accept that some things are gonna be shitty no matter what and if I can find ways to fight back against that I won't be in a worse place than I was before, so why not try I try to Rejoice if only to prove I still can Sorry to be Fake Deep or whatever, I just like the song
Used to think gods arms were made of witches that were ablaze and not the obvious, his arms are used to burn witches. I used to drink a lot. I still do, but I used to too.
This song seems pretty anti God but I like to take it as no matter how shitty you day or life is God will be there in the end of it with open arms, so REJOICE
