We all woke up that morning Claw marks on our little faces The dull thud from the treetops The echo in the hollow places Rose up high and lonely Wringing my hands, grinding my teeth All the triumph overhead All the disaster underneath Spat out my morning prayers Desperate pleas and vicious lies Felt the sunlight through the grating Covered up my eyes Woke up feeling awful Shook my head to drive the ghosts away This is just a flesh wound And it will clear up any day But the present I got planned for you pricks Is gonna be a little harder to fix Thank god For small favors In high doses Heard the voices through the air vents Listen to them squeal The great big world is out there The hidden one beneath my heel Called up my sister in Reseda Left a message at the tone All the points where contact fails us All of the dead spots in the zone And the acid in my throat Every time I try to talk The songs that keep me up at night Standing on that solid rock Rose up high and dry and lonely Stumbled coming out the gate This is just a paper cut And it will scab over, just you wait But the cuts that I'll shortly begin dealing out Are gonna give you something to cry about Thank god For small favors In high doses
We all woke up that morning
Claw marks on our little faces
The dull thud from the treetops
The echo in the hollow places
Rose up high and lonely
Wringing my hands, grinding my teeth
All the triumph overhead
All the disaster underneath
Spat out my morning prayers
Desperate pleas and vicious lies
Felt the sunlight through the grating
Covered up my eyes
Woke up feeling awful
Shook my head to drive the ghosts away
This is just a flesh wound
And it will clear up any day
But the present I got planned for you pricks
Is gonna be a little harder to fix
Thank god
For small favors
In high doses
Heard the voices through the air vents
Listen to them squeal
The great big world is out there
The hidden one beneath my heel
Called up my sister in Reseda
Left a message at the tone
All the points where contact fails us
All of the dead spots in the zone
And the acid in my throat
Every time I try to talk
The songs that keep me up at night
Standing on that solid rock
Rose up high and dry and lonely
Stumbled coming out the gate
This is just a paper cut
And it will scab over, just you wait
But the cuts that I'll shortly begin dealing out
Are gonna give you something to cry about
Thank god
For small favors
In high doses
I love finding new obscure MG songs wherever I turn
I like to listen to this song when I think about my enemies
ohh yeah
Criminally underrated.
I can't beleive I've never heard of these guys before today, I'm hooked!
Me too five years later.🎧
Welcome to your new life.
I listen to this almost every morning for the past 3 months.....why?
Spat out your morning prayers...
The *DULL* thud from the treetops
Thank God for Small favors in High doses.
ALL THE TRIUMPH OVERHEAD ALL THE DISASTER UNDERNEATH
I love this, just John strumming away at his guitar, no full band (I still love the full band, though!)
clicked on john darnielles new song from today, youtube recommendations got my back LOL
Thanks man for uploading this awesome piece of music
This is such a good one
Still loving TMG in 2017!
still in 2020 too
Still in 2022!!
2023!
12,000 of these views are mine.
i always think it's " the great big world is out there, the hidden one beneath the real ", Incandescent Ruins anyone?
Fuck, this is good
No one knows how to write damaged people like my boy John
:)
Is this where Anna Gnosis comes from? Am I closer or further from the source?
Chord progression??
Replaced with lyric and story progression.
This song still fire in 2023