the mountain goats lyrics

Yeah we're all here Chewing our tongues off Waiting for the fever to break

And if the clouds are gathering, it's just to point the way To an afternoon I spent with you when it rained all day

Let me dance 'til I die Turn the volume up high and listen to the slow parts

I'm gonna miss you when you're gone

When you run your fingernail along my neck And you spill some water on me You say you're as good as gone Well, don't look now, but here comes the dawn

Be your own boss for the summer Seize the moment before it's gone

A laundry list of grievances longer than my arm

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

And I start laughing like a child And I mark their faces one by one Transfiguration's gonna come for me at last And I will burn hotter than the sun

And I would never have told you that I don't love you anymore

When your gift begins to consume you Onе of us will have to be strong

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

The days it felt like all of this Was really just pretend The earlier parts of the tunnel Before you could see through to the end

It seems like everyone's cut me free And left to the tenders care Of my faceless enemy

'Cause your mouth is sweeter than wine, and has A more complicated history than the American South

Feel bad about the things we do along the way But not really that bad We inhaled the frozen air Lord, send me a mechanic if I'm not beyond repair

I don't know how stupid you all think I am But as sure as flowers grow along the western wall, some heads are going to roll

See I'm perfectly aware of where our love stands But the plain fact is that you owe me eight grand

You can't judge us you're not the judge

Goodbye young Danish women Goodbye Danish sky Goodbye cold air, I am going away Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

I knew what those figures meant And what they hoped to represent When I was younger

And as you approached I could sense the threat But a stranger's just a friend who hasn't shared their secrets yet

Yes, everybody's gonna need a witness Everybody's gonna need a little backup in case the scene gets nasty

I saw the reptile cages reflected in your blue eyes Their green bodies conspiring therein To form a separate universe where it was no sin To want what I wanted right then and there In the pet store

Well, get out the crystal Break out the good champagne We're going down In flames

This song is for the people Who tell their families that they're sorry For things they can't and won't feel sorry for

Try to see if secrets burn when you hold them up into the light I remember when we loved each other day and night

I got a goddamn one-way ticket to the goddamn history books

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

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

I drove up to Harvey Mudd and I played pinball till I didn't want to kill anyone

And you tell me the sidewalk is as far as the world really goes But that's a secret everybody knows

In the world but not of it anymore Starving to death down by the shore Prehistoric insects trapped in ice Letting the hunger claim its price

When the Hail Marys you've been saying lose their savor Just when your dungeon walls feel like they're closing in Whose are those bloody knuckles reaching down to grab you Just as the last of the light overhead is growing dim?

Placing his faith in the strength of the safety visor

We do our best vampire routines As we suck the dying hours dry

Stay free, stay free Invisible armies march by night for me Stay on my guard, burn hard Rage on, all gone

If you get there before me, will you light us a fire? And if I never show, will you watch the embers glow? Would you keep the fire burning?

The summer crawled by indetectably And then I saw you looking down to me

Every couple minutes Someone says he can't stand it anymore

Lord, if you won't keep me safe and warm Then send down the storm Send down the storm

Hauling peanut butter crank through Arizona

You can arm me to the teeth You can't make me go to war

Take the trouble to pronounce the street names right People like it when you show respect

And I start laughing like a child And I mark their faces one by one Transfiguration's gonna come for me at last And I will burn hotter than the sun

We will deal with you Me and my pagan crew

I think I'm gonna be real sick again I think it's gonna happen real soon

As the neurotransmitters go crazy inside of me You swear you're leaving town

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

Free In the total absence of vocal harmony Free Free within the majesty