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Dark in Here
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Release: 2021-06-25
Tracks & Lyrics
Parisian Enclave
Signal drawn upon the bricks of a clinic for the dispossessed Collect the brine from the rain gutters, let the devil take the rest Rats returning home to our nest Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren In the neverending shadows Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren In the neverending shadows, there I go Secret hymnal with the words in a version of the mother tongue Walls envelop all of us like a mother who protects her young Spores at play deep down in our lungs Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren In the neverending shadow Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren In the neverending shadow, there I go
The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
Stick bright reflective tape to the collar of your shirt Mind your business and you won't get hurt Be true to the things you said you'd be true to Always keep your objective in view Keep two working contacts among your effects See the tall poppies with their tender fragile necks Solomon in all his glory not arrayed like these Bending in the wind like pilgrims on their knees Those who came to learn these lessons Left no trace of their presence Always have a flashlight, just in case Show the world your true face Burn such fuel as you need to burn Learn to wait your turn Count the heads in the bunks before you turn in for the night Lace your boots up tight Secure the rope to the pole Keep a sense of wonder when you finally reach your goal Those who came to learn these lessons Left no trace of their presence Leave nothing behind Keep a positive thought in your mind If you can't find anything nice to say Drift away Retain a sense of grace when it's time to cut the cord Crack through the crust, fall to your knees, and praise the Lord Listen for the voices calling out from down below Steady as you go What will they say back home about you Who always kept your objective in view Whose effects included contacts that finally got found Inside the Arctic Circle, scattered on the ground Those who came to learn these lessons Left no trace of their presence
Mobile
Jonah went down to the docks to flee from the wrath of the Lord But the mark on his forehead was visible to everybody on board They threw him down into the water but he did not drown I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down Now the Lord told the great fish, be free of your burden And Jonah emerged from his darkness like a dancer crashing through the curtain And the plant grew but it withered and it shriveled up and turned brown I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down Lord, if you won't keep me safe and warm Then send down the storm Send down the storm Jonah was sure he heard voices, maybe just one voice but real clear And where he went, the voice followed, sometimes hardly loud enough to hear "Shall I not spare the wise with the wicked? Hold back my wrath from this town?" I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down May I address the foreman of the jury? Why do you hold back your fury? Don't hold back your fury
Dark in Here
Steal away at sundown, pick a place to hide Check for signs of ambush, hunker down inside Tired of running, tired of never standing still Hear them riding up the hill Men whose ribs are showing through their skin Bringing up the rear It's high noon somewhere It's dark in here Stack my ammunition, be ready when you come You who thirst for action, I will give you some When the smoke dies down, you can rest assured We will know who kept his word You who stood so proud once I can taste your fear You blazed like torches It's dark in here It's dark as a coal mine filling up with gas I stand ready for the blast Will you be ready when your moment comes? Will your hand be steady when you reach down for your guns? Did you leave your house in order when you came for me? Is this really where you meant to be? Just beyond your limits Find the new frontier I live in the darkness It's dark in here
Lizard Suit
Take the trouble to pronounce the street names right People like it when you show respect Look out the window at the softening asphalt The dreamy shimmer of the haze effect Wear my lizard suit to the party It's so hard to get noticed in this town Almost invisible aboard the train So many people who you just can't read Dawdle when I reach the final station Don't make a move until the crowds recede Wear my lizard suit to the party It's so hard to get noticed in this town Wait for my cue Search for one clue I have to trust that my compass stays true Let my phobias control my habits Let my habits form the shapes of days All alone up on the rooftop sometimes Among the beacons where the lightning plays Wear my lizard suit to the party It's so hard to get noticed in this town
When a Powerful Animal Comes
We move by night Cover our tracks well, and we pack light Follow the shoreline when we've run clean out of land Speak in gestures only we can understand We've made mistakes Everyone spots their own mess when the dawn breaks We get so exhausted Lost kids, just wasted Sleep in short shifts and then rise up to our feet Life is short, and life is hard, and life is sweet The treeline shakes We roll hard along some long odds when the dawn breaks See soft peaks off in the distance Those people in the mountains They will never know what hit them We shed dead weight It gets pretty hard to concentrate Practice our prayers until some small hope crystallizes Follow the shoreline till some better hope arises Behold, the beast awakes Stand trapped in his great shadow when the dawn breaks
To the Headless Horseman
Set out early, every seasoned rider knows Keep an even pace, steady as she goes Headed back to town after several nights away I rode past you on the road again today Gentle shadows in the mist among the trees Who awakes prepared to face such sights as these? God keep the bounty hunter who shows mercy to his prey I rode past you on the road again today And as you approached, I could sense the threat But a stranger's just a friend who hasn't shared their secrets yet Make camp by sundown, watchfire burning bright Songs bloom in the dark and throb down in the night I seek the gate of wisdom, the secret state of play I rode past you on the road again today Rise up restless, get ready for the waterworks Shun the hollow places where my marksman lurks One of us will tire, and one will rise and ride away I rode past you on the road again today
The New Hydra Collection
Down in the lab With the hopeful few Hell bent on doing The work that you cowards won't do Weaving the future From bright new threads Prices on their heads Someday the abomination Is going to finally make land We stay silent as a snowdrift Focused on the task at hand Dream of the day When the calm waters break And something rises from the lake Someday, all of you people will know The safe way isn't the only way to go Movement in the grid As fish leap in the air It's only a test run And still the tension's too delicious to bear All around the monitor station Big smiles, high fives According to my projections Everybody's going to run for their lives Still we wait until our time has come Down here where the engines hum Exiled priests of Rome Bringing our troubles back home Someday, all of you people will know The safe way isn't the only way to go
The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
Jumping out of my skin This tiny sector can't contain me Soon up in a flash Slipping symbols bravely brightening Go out, I'm not wanted Stand where the light hits hard Almost full-grown Drive home alone and listen to the slow parts In a new universe Tryna find the mask that fits me Shaking the curse Behaving as the beacons fit me Denim and leather Silver strapped to please the die-hards Let me dance till I die Turn the volume up high and listen to the slow parts Alien ships from ancient realms (ships from ancient realms) Ageless captains at their hands (captains at their hands) Rage from the sea Let it begin within Half-life of my toxins Difficult to calculate Stock up on gauze in case of accidents Try to keep my story straight Dozens like me Never quite free, filling out our dance courts Mark my time on the wall Answer the call and listen to the slow heart
Before I Got There
The acrid smell of burning branches The relics all in ruin Broken blades atop the altar Cheap substitutions And the tapestry above Torn down, trampled, then re-hung Now illegible forever An oracle with no tongue All of this All of this All of this before I got there And in a pit behind the altar The bodies of the fallen Heavy tracks up to the lip Just to prove that they were crawling Faces turned toward the sky That they would never see again Victims of the fallout I have failed you - sweet, young men All of this All of this All of this before I got there
Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
Just imagine a time and place Sentient objects adrift in space Trying to do the needful math Trying to find the secret path Seas gone silent in the spiral shell When you fell Blazing torches to light the way All fuel burned right up in just one day Will there be another way? That won't be for you to say You who took with you the ancient spell When you fell Hurt too hard too long and die too young Silver dollar glistening on your tongue May your passage be assured There may your foul afflictions all be cured Systems closing down on several fronts You will always have been here once Cap the west's final wildcat well When you fell
Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light
Down at the end of a bombed-out street The shell of a house where my friends and me used to meet Someday the old flesh will give way to the new Find a functioning mirror inside and slip right through And there, there I will be And who, who's coming with me? To show me my one true face When I arrive at my preordained place Chain of command maybe 10 years long I emerge in Manhattan, still young and strong Someday the hellhound will pick up the scent on the trail Zero in on my penthouse and then pierce the veil And there, there I will be And who, who's coming with me? To show me my one true face When I arrive at my preordained place Hopeless but free Lit up like a marquee shining over the freeway Where does the long trail end? Here, here with my new friend Fruits of the spirit heavy on the vine Undying hunger deep in the bloodline Dodge the hook like a steel head Swim right through the night Break the surface and rise like a geyser When my time is right And there, there I'll be And who, who among you, who's coming with me? To show me my one true face When I arrive at my preordained place When I arrive, yeah When I arrive When I arrive