the mountain goats lyrics

It was like that when wе got here
It was broken to bеgin with

And the crows discuss their future in the
Branches of their Louisiana live oak

There is no deadline
There is no schedule
There is no plan we can fall back on

Our conversations are like minefields
No one's found a safe way through one yet

Well, they come and pull me from my house
And they drag my body through the streets
And the sun's so hot I think I'll catch fire and burn up
In the summer air so moist and sweet

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

When I feel my heart break
I almost swear I hear it happen, it's that clear and that hard

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

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

Stay warm inside the ripple of the Panasonic hum

Come on in
We haven't slept for weeks
Drink some of this
It'll put color in your cheeks

I want to say I'm sorry for stuff I haven't done yet

There's a lot of ways to make money in this world
But I can't recommend insurance fraud

Crows outside complaining about the
Finer points of local politics

That's not the sun up in the sky, it's a human heart

Cut a good figure just in case somebody's watching
Even if it ends up meaning nothing

See that young man who dwells inside
His body like an uninvited guest

Work like a dog all day
Born to chase cars away
Die on the road someday

I will go down punching, but I will go down

Look upon them there, and know
We will all go when we go
Look into these eyes and see
How we all will be made free

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

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

You bring something unreplaceable to each and every day
Or you used to, anyway

I hope the stars don't even come out tonight, I hope we both freeze to death

When I get off the wheel I'm going to stop
And make amends to everyone I've wounded
And when I wave my magic wand
Those few who've slipped the surly bonds
Will rise like salmon at the spawning

Who is that creature with the crazed look in his eyes?
Don't even question your senses, you can be sure that's me

When you speak it's those two who speak through you
Who'll speak for me?

And the rain came down on the windshield
I wished it would wash us both away
You had to open up your mouth, didn't you?
I knew what you were gonna say

I hide down in my corner, because I like my corner

The things that you've got coming will do things that you're afraid to
There is someone waiting out there with a mouthful of surprises