this would be me

katydidnot:

well, i am into everything about this

Oh wow, John Darnielle is MEGA pissed. That’s so awesome.

(Source: whyamiwearingpants)

The Mountain Goats: “Historiography”

Album: Transmissions to Horace (1993)

There was rain
There was wind
There was spring coming in
There was a feeling of approaching doom
And I was happy to see you
It was cold in your room you were warm
And that’s all I remember
And your arms were warm
And that’s all I remember

Later on near morning
We were talking about nothing
A little rain
A little wind
Quiet cold cold air coming in
And you were warm
And that’s all I remember
And your arms were warm
And that’s all I remember
And your eyes were pretty
And that’s all I remember
And your hands were soft
And that’s all I remember
And the hall was well-lit as I walked down it
And that’s all I remember
And the rain was light and it felt soft on my face
And that’s all I remember
And the car was quiet inside
And that’s all I remember
And it was dark when the sunlight was coming
And that’s all I remember

(via dailymountaingoats)

dailymountaingoats:

The Mountain Goats: Beach House

Album: Hot Garden Stomp (1993)

I get letters telling me since I moved away 
You’ve taken to hanging out on that rock about a mile from shore 
Given what I know about that rock, mainly that it’s populated by seals, 
I strongly suggest to you that you not hang out there anymore 
‘Cause the seal is a wily and a vicious creature 
And the seal will bite you if you give him half a chance 
Yeah, the seal has a mind set on violence 
And the seal is the sworn enemy of man 

Now when I say that the seal is vicious I use the term advisedly 
According to Webster’s 9th New Collegiate, definition 4b 
Which states that “vicious” means “marked by ferocity” 
And offers as a synonym…”savage” 
‘Cause the seal is a vicious and a wily creature 
And the seal has a mind full of evil designs 
And the seal will harm you and laugh about it 
Yeah, the seal is not a creature you want to toy with 
Yeah, the seal is not a creature you want to toy with

dear power metal bands
it’s important to use real pianos

I really can’t stress this enough
we play a low-stakes game

a trillion years ago power metal might have meant
a paycheck

now it’s craft for the love of craft
which means that if you’re going to do it

you have to be willing to bleed for it
or else why bother

those of us who respond to what you do
with hearts still keen to feel wonder in this world

are offended by these digital pianos
seriously

get a studio with a big honkin’ grand
and unleash your inner Liszts

put a candle on the damn thing
and let the wax drip

do the damn thing
do the damn thing all night

but of this patchy depthless grand-piano-setting style
let us hear no more

and meanwhile
tell your vocalists who think we don’t notice little autotune fixes

that I will have words for them
in Hell

-John Darnielle

(Source: kristeljax)

The Mountain Goats - “Ethiopians”

There’s always something so beautiful about how terrible and monstrous the people in his songs are.

…we want to send postcards to the friends we used to have,
rub their noses in the ugly fact that we are still alive…

*

…I can’t think of one thing in this whole wide blessed world
that’s more dangerous or frightening than you when you get bored…

*

The bad taste in our mouths, the twinkle in your eye,
good things never last, bad things never die.

The Mountain Goats - “Going to Monaco”

…We stand on the sand and we watch the world turn,
and we stand on the sand and we watch the water burn,
and we stand on the sand, six inches from one another,
and the sand’s burning below, but neither one of us runs for cover,

and you ask me to hold you…that’s the Devil’s work.

The Mountain Goats - “The Young Thousands”

The things that you’ve got coming will consume you…

The things that you’ve got coming will do things that you’re afraid to…

The Mountain Goats - Sax Rohmer, Pt. 1 

I just had a dream where I was in the shower with a woman I loved, naked and singing this song at the top of my lungs, while she giggled the entire time…

The Mountain Goats - “You’re In Maya” (live bootleg—because as far as I know that’s the only way to hear it)

…and my window looked out upon nothing, and nothing stared right back at me!

***

I came home from work tonight and, for some reason, decided that the one thing I needed to do was listen to this song on repeat for about an hour.