LYRICS: When you find the proof for the truth you made Would you use it to choose how you screw your faith Oooh, American depression When you make the mistakes that your fate’s been waiting for And try to escape but you just keep making more Oooh, American depression Jesus, please just believe us Like the way that we were told to believe in you We were dressed from our Sunday best but no tailor's got no tools for no birthday suit So the least that you could do is return the favor Our saving disgrace is that we’re the savior It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression! Ohh… American depression So when you wash your hands of where you’ve been until you flood the second floor And neatly fold your skeletons but still can’t shut the closet door Oooh, American depression And when you try to make your present past but future lasts forever Never tether to whatever makes you even bother getting better It’s just American depression Lover, why did you turn out the light When beauty’s in the eyes of those beholding Could you hold me closer We get dressed to impress, I guess, in layer after layer to get off our chests It’s cold out now, we can take it off later Better safe than sorry and we know the danger It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Tell you it gets better but I know it’s an expression It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression! Ohh… American depression Doctor, could you run another test Got a feeling that this time I may just pass it Well, if you raise the average We all sing when the bell curve rings, in lyric symptomatic of the way we think If our harmonies don’t sync we can change our voices A chorus unconditional of our diagnosis It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… It’s just good old-fashioned American depression Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression
i wanna say the second line is something along the lines of "would you view (????) to choose how you screw your faith"? no clue what that bit in the middle of it is though
Hello! I was wondering if I could have the cords to good old fashion American depression? Great job figuring them out Also I started listening to your music and I just need to say it's absolutely incredible like the way you put lyrics together and can change the pacing so fast it's just all so brilliant. It's obvious you put a lot of care into your music and I just wanna congratulate you on the work you've put into it. Red is litterally becoming one of my go to listens evrey morning after waking up. Thanks again, keep making great music! Excited to see where you go!
This sounds like a Will Wood lyric we just have to find it If you relate, grab a nickel, by the time you’re through with feeling lost You’ll have thirteen pennies stacked for each of your depressing thoughts
I don't know when this was made, but he does use several lines and melodies from future Normal Album songs, particularly Laplace's Angel and Marsha Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave
I love listening to his old songs and catching lyrics or tunes in them that are in his offically released songs. (like with marsha thankk you and laplaces angel here)
Also "Marsha, thank you for the dialectics"! The whole verse that starts from 'So doctor, could you run another test / Got a feeling that this time I might just pass it' is almost the same as the current one in that song. I like it a lot, honestly, that he's found a way to give those lyrics new life
Well, parts of the song turned into Marsha, thankk you for the dialectics and the bridge of laplaces angel But yeah, It would be awesome to have this one going official
well, 1. he's confirmed at 'the real will wood' things recently he is working on new music! he's still in the songwriting process tho and only has two songs workshopped rn 2. a demo of this song (likely just this but a lot better quality) does apparently exist somewhere
@@algorscutula there's a video circulating on tumblr from a qna session while he was at a 'the real will wood' showing thingy !! he said he has "2... wait no, 1 and a half songs" right now so expect NOTHING soon, as these songs on their own are likely demos. but yeah, its likely we will get something in 2025/2026!!!! :DDD
Wow I can't believe there's a recording of this, I know he is always developing his music and he changed lyrics but the changes and similarities in the tone and developed message in this and Marsha is crazy. It's so cool to see and this is an amazing look at how time changes things
One of the will wood archive accounts uploaded a concert which included this song, I just cut it because I wanted to have it as its own video (plus I figured out lyrics and chords and made the image with AI)
@@chincherojo7479 funny thing, me and JAMasterpiece were sceptical of uploading that lol, he wanted to, but we were skeptical if uploading "American Depression" was a good idea. We were actually gonna cut it out and JAM was gonna post the whole show and i seperate the songs and post them by themselfs. (just thought sharing this would be a funny story)
LYRICS:
When you find the proof for the truth you made
Would you use it to choose how you screw your faith
Oooh, American depression
When you make the mistakes that your fate’s been waiting for
And try to escape but you just keep making more
Oooh, American depression
Jesus, please just believe us
Like the way that we were told to believe in you
We were dressed from our Sunday best but no tailor's got no tools for no birthday suit
So the least that you could do is return the favor
Our saving disgrace is that we’re the savior
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression!
Ohh… American depression
So when you wash your hands of where you’ve been until you flood the second floor
And neatly fold your skeletons but still can’t shut the closet door
Oooh, American depression
And when you try to make your present past but future lasts forever
Never tether to whatever makes you even bother getting better
It’s just American depression
Lover, why did you turn out the light
When beauty’s in the eyes of those beholding
Could you hold me closer
We get dressed to impress, I guess, in layer after layer to get off our chests
It’s cold out now, we can take it off later
Better safe than sorry and we know the danger
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Tell you it gets better but I know it’s an expression
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression!
Ohh… American depression
Doctor, could you run another test
Got a feeling that this time I may just pass it
Well, if you raise the average
We all sing when the bell curve rings, in lyric symptomatic of the way we think
If our harmonies don’t sync we can change our voices
A chorus unconditional of our diagnosis
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Tell me it gets better but it’s only an expression
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…
It’s just good old-fashioned American depression
Ooh, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la… American depression
i wanna say the second line is something along the lines of "would you view (????) to choose how you screw your faith"? no clue what that bit in the middle of it is though
I think that part in the second line might be "Would you use it to choose"
@@Maybe_youre_quicksand thanks, I think that with that the lyrics are complete haha
Hello! I was wondering if I could
have the cords to good old fashion American depression? Great job figuring them out
Also I started listening to your music and I just need to say it's absolutely incredible like the way you put lyrics together and can change the pacing so fast it's just all so brilliant. It's obvious you put a lot of care into your music and I just wanna congratulate you on the work you've put into it. Red is litterally becoming one of my go to listens evrey morning after waking up.
Thanks again, keep making great music!
Excited to see where you go!
if i had a nickel for every time i related to a will wood song, i would have 12 nickels, which is getting concerning 💀💀
actually i cant count id have 13 nickles
i really cant count those nickels anymore
This sounds like a Will Wood lyric we just have to find it
If you relate, grab a nickel, by the time you’re through with feeling lost
You’ll have thirteen pennies stacked for each of your depressing thoughts
gumball time!!
@@An0nym0usly_Neutralunlucky number
this man cant write a bad song, like, ever
will wood just has a song for every single emotion doesn’t he
This feels so different, so calming, so sad, but still the certified Will Wood groovieness.
I don't know when this was made, but he does use several lines and melodies from future Normal Album songs, particularly Laplace's Angel and Marsha Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave
@@BreadLoeuf The ones from Marsha I noticed, but the Laplace's Angel went completely over my head.
That specific way he sings, especially towards the end. Heart-rending but unbelievably groovy.
I love listening to his old songs and catching lyrics or tunes in them that are in his offically released songs. (like with marsha thankk you and laplaces angel here)
man all the normal album references sound so good
This was from before the normal album...
@@Ziggy_Twiggy i know
The normal album!: the song
I love hearing old will wood songs and how you can tell what tunes and lyrics was used in official songs
I would kill for a studio version of this song‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
I'M SO MAKING FANART‼️‼️‼️
The melodies in this song mimick 'marsha thank you for the dialectics but I need you to leave'
Actually they mimic a few songs of his. It likely split into 3+ different songs.
Damn . It really feels like a medley of The Normal Album. Having that be called Good Old Fashioned American Depression feels very fitting at least !
I love how both lyrics from laplace angel and Thankk you spawned from this song!
Also "Marsha, thank you for the dialectics"! The whole verse that starts from 'So doctor, could you run another test / Got a feeling that this time I might just pass it' is almost the same as the current one in that song.
I like it a lot, honestly, that he's found a way to give those lyrics new life
just fyi they said 'Thankk' which is the same song as Marsha!
I would literally do anything for Will Wood to come back, do a little rewriting on this song and release it officially
Well, parts of the song turned into Marsha, thankk you for the dialectics and the bridge of laplaces angel
But yeah, It would be awesome to have this one going official
well,
1. he's confirmed at 'the real will wood' things recently he is working on new music! he's still in the songwriting process tho and only has two songs workshopped rn
2. a demo of this song (likely just this but a lot better quality) does apparently exist somewhere
no way! Did you attend an event? I’ve only heard that he’s on hiatus
@@algorscutula there's a video circulating on tumblr from a qna session while he was at a 'the real will wood' showing thingy !! he said he has "2... wait no, 1 and a half songs" right now so expect NOTHING soon, as these songs on their own are likely demos.
but yeah, its likely we will get something in 2025/2026!!!! :DDD
sick! i gotta get on the will wood side of tumblr@@ronster.
i love finding the early unreleased versions of his new songs
Woah this is cool. A mashup of Marsha and Jimmy Mushrooms with a bit of La Place's Angel
Jimmy thank you for the Laplace angel but I need you to hurt people? Hurt people!
@@chs9999giggling
It sound like this kind of turned into Marsha, Thankk you for the Dialectics, But I Need You To Leave
did u read the description
@@guywhoismoderatelywarm no I did not
Wow I can't believe there's a recording of this, I know he is always developing his music and he changed lyrics but the changes and similarities in the tone and developed message in this and Marsha is crazy. It's so cool to see and this is an amazing look at how time changes things
if i had a nickel for every time ive cried to a will wood song, i would have 2 nickels.
Two nickels is just enough 🥲😭
Let me guess, the other one is Euthanasia?
@@Sylvia_Corvidevor tomcat disposables music video
I on the other hand would be absolutely rich
if i had a nickel for every time ive cried to a will wood song, i would have no nickels. i think.
god this is so good i pray someome makes a cover someday so we can have this in better quality
i can make a cover but i'm not a good singer
its basically marcia thx for the dialectics
@ yeah, plus the laplace's angel bridge, and an unused chorus melody
Omg Marsha thank you for the dialects reference (or did this one come out before it)
This one is earlier!
@@chincherojo7479 ouuh ok thanks
*sobbing* i love it
3:23 holy shit that's the start of 222's main riff wtf
1. Wow where on earth did you find this it’s amazing tysm
2. It’s like a mix of the normal album loll :)
One of the will wood archive accounts uploaded a concert which included this song, I just cut it because I wanted to have it as its own video (plus I figured out lyrics and chords and made the image with AI)
@@chincherojo7479 funny thing, me and JAMasterpiece were sceptical of uploading that lol, he wanted to, but we were skeptical if uploading "American Depression" was a good idea. We were actually gonna cut it out and JAM was gonna post the whole show and i seperate the songs and post them by themselfs. (just thought sharing this would be a funny story)
love this so much dude.
damn thats good
Woahh this is amazing ((and sad))
You should do a cover of this song, I've been loving all your covers!
i love the song and stuff… i’m trying to figure out what the image is, i’m so confused… is it a man with no legs? I don’t know!
It's AI generated so there's no answer, but I see it as a man sitting down on top of a building, watching over the city
@@chincherojo7479 Why did you use it?
Could you link the performance this is from?
ruclips.net/video/cqfSiyQpdVM/видео.html
I didn't post the video because it felt weird having the face of the person recording