“Mariana Trench” is the fourth single from Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, Bright Eyes' tenth studio album released on August 21, 2020.

The song features Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Flea on bass and… Read More [Verse 1]

Well, they’d better save some space for me

In that growing cottage industry

Where selfishness is currency

People spend more than they make

[Verse 2]

So I wrapped my head in bandages

From the string of happy accidents

I guess maybe I asked for it

But who am I to say?

[Pre-Chorus 1]

The closing bell death tolls, hear the market crash

A crying trader swears he’ll get out of the game

The cowboy drinks himself to death fresh out of rehab

While they’re loading all the rifles on the range

[Chorus 1]

Look up at that Everest, look down in that Mariana Trench

Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down when the big one hits

Look out for the plainclothes, look out for what the wiretap knows

Look out on the ever-widening money trail and where it goes

[Verse 3]

It takes a lot of gall to try to please

These dehumanizing entities

I befriended all my enemies

They had my back against the wall

[Verse 4]

Oh, a coward is what a coward does

I suppose maybe I always was

But I’m sick of it, I’ve had enough

And now I’m ready for the war

[Pre-Chorus 2]

The lion bows his head down to the ringmaster

With the tightrope stretched so high above the crowd

All these faces are contortionists, it must have hurt

Because they all looked as unhappy as a clown

[Chorus 2]

Look long at that Stonehenge, look quick, is it something you missed?

Look into that smoldering building’s bombed-out fog until it finally lifts

Look up at that big wave, look down at your other brother's grave

Look hard for a harder something to sacrifice, that’s what it takes

That’s what it takes

[Bridge]

That's what it takes

Mmm

That's what it takes, ah

That's what it takes, ah

Ah, ah, ah

[Chorus 3]

Look up at that Everest, look down in that Mariana Trench

Look now as the crumbling 405 falls down when the big one hits

Look out for the plainclothes, speak soft what the wiretap knows

Look out on that ever-widening money trail and where it goes

Where does it go?