Flaming Lips, The - Evil Will Prevail Lyrics

The morale: Good has to win constantly, but evil only has to win ONCE.

Nope. No matter how many good things happen, the bad things will never ever ever ever stop. Ever.

So true- evil has prevailed for so long that it is become good, as truth has become lies and weakness has become strength. Tha'ts the Kali yuga, baby.

Congratulations on winning the election, Macron.

It did last night!!

fuck dude. it did.

Dont forget to vote!

+phil wertz Unless...

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Clawed hand out the void. Bombs on your fried skull Wayne. You had a good run. Time for you to pay. Oh snap bucko!

*display*poison

This song is beautiful except for the lyrical content. Last line is grounds to murder that wack bitch. Now I know this bullshit is why I returned this album ages ago. So much talent and power yet they CHOOSE to LIE to the weak and the blind as they choose to swallow the devils load and preach subtle evil empire short sighted bitch agenda. Fuck you Wayne you God Damn idiot. He ends the song saying evil will always win. Utter bullshit. Then brainwashed sheep have the sad pathetic backward inspiration to make a baseless attempt to debase words that KILL to protect love as good people are designed to do. And if you are a christian slave moron read revelations you sorry feeble disease. Lamb to Lion....kill the demon hosts if they harden against exorcism...find real foundation and stand for it or you will be excused from my planet. This dosplay is exactly how words are meant to be used sometimes. Wayne will see this somehow and sqirm in his skin and laugh nervously and play it off. Nah bro...you will wear this mark. Good luck taking it off. Reverse your poiso you fucking coward....masked in goofy space hippy false peace. Most fans are shallow slaves. THINK you fucking idiots. This bastard is making loot broadcasting the wrong information....fans need to break the spells and shut the music industry down....find actual master craftwork to blast in your stereos fools. The industry does not support true ones....shit is all lucifer...

Not the good lucifer when god is the real bad guy

Take a pill, a deep breath and gather yourself. It's just a song for fucksake.

+digitalcatking XD its cool that the song's lyrics rile you up so much. maybe you should do something in your life rather than directing your shit to Wayne (or maybe write the band a letter?).

I think Wayne is actually expressing a good amount of sadness that evil "always wins." The music and lyrical melody are heavily melancholic; I don't think he's being as absolutist as it may seem, just an expression of a feeling. I mean, the album also has a merry ditty about animals escaping a zoo.

This song is so damn beautiful. The lyrics get to me.

Evil prevails with Wayne Coyne fo sho.

dats rght.

At a time that I really needed it, This song got me to accept evil prevailing in my own life...and gave me the heart to transcend it.

An amazing tune from a band on the brink as they were back then... one of the reasons why I consider this and the Soft Bulletin masterpieces... they had fuck all and still produced such powerful work. Pitchfork's doc on the Soft Bulletin is required viewing.

Robb Stark. :'(

I love this song.
I used to wonder why he keeps talking about "evil prevailing", and I think its because the people who are truly good in this world are those who are good to others despite the fact that "evil will prevail", in the end. Does that make any sense? While, I do not agree that evil always prevails, I think it is our true test as humans to behave good to others despite what the balance of good/evil is in the rest of the world. Very deep song for me. thanks for posting

You know what, you've just made this song much better for me - while I'm very new to it, I found it incredibly sad, but now I can hear the uplifting side to it. Thanks friend

this album makes me cry. it's so beautiful. i really want to just go and love everyone. its absolutely amazing.

i've always envisioned this song at the beginning of a movie, with the shot of a bunch of doctors and nurses rushing someone in a stretcher to the OR...

beautiful

i hear they rn't fan of using compressors xD

@WhoisJacqueFresco Why?

Two people's arms are stretched so wide they can't even take a breath...

is there a live version of this song to be found anywhere?

@itsalovelydaytim You know ... you can really see in their later albums their views on why evil prevails.

@hopelesserik13 bold words

this whole album just makes my heart wiggle

I think this may be my favorite album of all time, I heard it twice today! <3

To know that evil will prevail... sounds so nice :)

@gottalovemymovies yeah now you mention it.....

@CharlieSincinatti I can kinda see what you mean.

made me think of Earthbound..i dunno why

yea. fuck evil! thats what we were thinking. shit came out of NOwhere!

Beautiful! thanks for posting this!

best lips song hands down.