One Of Several Funerals

Father John Misty “Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings”

I don’t always read up on the songs I want to write about, but I was curious about this one because the lyrics about sex and death were so evocative. I’d assumed it was all allegorical, but as it turns out it’s the true story of this dude making out with a girl (an internet-famous girl, but that’s besides the point) in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles shortly after attending a funeral service for his grandfather that left him feeling sorta disgusted and unsatisfied. He’s trying to process grief, or even decide whether or not he’s actually grieving, and the sex starts off as a distraction, but becomes a way of embracing life. I suppose in its own ultra-morbid way, this song is kinda YOLO.

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