Insignificant - Matt Gould: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Insignificant

Classical

Insignificant was released on December 12, 2025 by Masterworks as a part of the album Sad Zaddy

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Matt Gould

Performer

Megan Shung

Violin

Katt Newlon

Cello

Marybeth Kern

Flute

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Matt Gould

Composer

Keir Schmidt

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Matt Gould

Producer

Keir Schmidt

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We talked about life insurance

We're going to die

That is the one assurance

We live by

Like grains of sand in a desert

Flakes of dust in the light

Searching for treasure

Nothing in sight

[PreChorus]

We were young and bright, young and bright

Taught that we were always right

Everything that glittered was our destiny

We were living out a fantasy

We'd get a house on a hill with an oak tree

Money and everybody knows me

You're important, they told us

That's the fucking bill of goods somebody sold us

[Chorus]

Where's the house on the hill?

Was it here, was it real?

Bring it back

I don't wanna feel insignificant

Insignificant

[Verse 2]

My man says I'm fatalistic

'Cause I'm a Jew

He's a Black man in America

That can be fatal too

Or maybe we're lucky

Allows us to see

Nothing in life is promised

Freedom ain't free

[PreChorus]

But I drank it up, drank it up

The lie is something sold to us

I wanted money and fame and a fusion

I want the mirage, want the delusion

But in the end, the end, the lie gets out of hand

Close up I find I built my big old house on sand

[Chorus]

Where's the house on the hill?

Was it here, was it real?

Bring it back

I don't wanna feel insignificant

Insignificant

[Bridge]

This house gonna fall down (This house gonna fall down)

This tree gonna burn (This tree gonna burn)

Spare you the heartache (Spare you some heartache)

If you only learn (If you just learn)

So let the old house fall down (Let the old house fall down)

Let the oak tree burn (Let the oak tree burn)

Spare you the heartache (Spare you some heartache)

If you only learn (If you just learn)

[Chorus]

You're insignificant

[Instrumental]

Knowing your place gives you the space to dream

To be free, to be small, to love your life and that's all

To be here, to be kind, to not know what you'll find

To have grace, humility, vulnerability

To respect every part of the blood in your heart

To fail and to grow, to win and to know

It's a chance to expand, extend out your hand

To let the world see your magnificence

How vast and how small, that is it, that is all

That is all

Written by: Matt Gould

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