JG Thirlwell + Ensemble Mortgage

Recorded live at Roulette NYC JG Thirlwell + Ensemble perform the Foetus classic. Original version is on the Foetus album GASH Originally presented and live streamed by Roulette Intermedium on December 7th 2021 Additional footage shot by Gabe Garcia JG Thirlwell vocals Simon Hanes bass Evan Allen piano Leah Asher violin Rebecca El Saleh Harp Pete Moffett drums Mortgage It s so easy to topple from this life on a thread And you say why bother When it goes either way, the hair trigger is set But it needs an extensionor a transplant Why do I bother To trouble myself My dreams overflow With heights and malt liquor Elastic forms of escape From twentyyearold threads And parasitic dread Why do I bother Why do I bother Drive me to the grave of the unknown soldier I ve been payin rent too long And the mortgage is gone Drive me to the grave of the unknown soldier I ve been payin