Hell Is Other People
from Blue's Requiem · The Musical
[Verse 1]
Mary Lou Williams said
The devil is a woman with a red dress on
But the devil ain’t half as bad
As the friend who says they love you but don’t return your call
[Pre-Chorus]
Guess it’s my fault for thinking that it would be different this time
I must be losing my fucking mind
Like a thunderbolt coming right out of the beautiful
Isn’t it beautiful, the clear blue sky
[Chorus]
It’s not about good and evil
’Cause we know what moves the needle
And it’s lethal
It’s the illusion of freedom
It’s perpetual upheaval
If heaven is an empty room then hell is other people
Hell is other people
Decadent and deceitful
Hell is other people
Hell is other people
[Verse 2]
Well it’s night of the living dead
But it’s just another Tuesday in the valley of the dogs
So come on baby let’s break a little bread
Drink that Randy Newman Kool-Aid, start climbing up the walls
[Pre-Chorus]
Guess it’s my fault for thinking that it would be different this time
I must be losing my fucking mind
Like a thunderbolt coming right out of the beautiful
Isn’t it beautiful, the clear blue sky
[Chorus]
It’s not about good and evil
’Cause we know what moves the needle
And it’s lethal
It’s the illusion of freedom
It’s perpetual upheaval
If heaven is an empty room then hell is other people
Hell is other people
Decadent and deceitful
Hell is other people
Hell is other people
[Scat / Outro]
[scat vocalizations: shooby-doo-ba, shooby-doo-ba]
You’re gonna let me run that brand new Chevrolet
[brass flourish, final drum hit]
[Chorus]
It’s not about good and evil
’Cause we know what moves the needle
And it’s lethal
It’s the illusion of freedom
It’s perpetual upheaval
If heaven is an empty room then hell is other people
Hell is other people
Decadent and deceitful
Hell is other people
Hell is other people