the Mountain Goats - Wild Sage (Jordan Lake Sessions)

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2022
  • the Mountain Goats play “Wild Sage” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on February 27 & 28, 2021.
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    LYRICS
    I leave the house as soon as it gets light outside
    Like a prisoner breaking out of jail
    And I steal down to business highway 15-501
    Like I had a bounty hunter on my tail
    Somebody stops to pick me up
    But he drops me off just down the block
    And along the highway
    Where the empty spirits breathe
    Wild sage growing in the weeds
    Walked down the soft shoulder and I, I count my steps
    Headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes
    And I lose my footing
    I skin my hands, breaking my fall
    And I laugh to myself
    And look up at the skies
    And then I think I hear angels in my ears
    Like marbles being thrown against a mirror
    And along the highway
    Where unlucky stray dogs bleed
    Wild sage growing in the weeds
    On some days I don't miss my family
    On some days I do
    On some days I think I'd feel better if I tried harder
    Most days I know that's not true
    I lay down right where I fell, cold grass in my face
    And I can hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides
    And I stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand
    Until it doesn't sting so much
    Until the blood's dried
    And when somebody asks me, "John, are you okay?"
    I don't know what to say
    And along the highway
    From cast-off, innumerable seeds
    Wild sage growing in the weeds
    Thank you
    And now I ask in ernest
    Does somebody have a cable?
    I mean, I was still feelin' it
    #theMountainGoats #WildSage #JordanLakeSessions
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Komentáře • 14

  • @chloesfieldnotes2657
    @chloesfieldnotes2657 Před 10 dny

    This song. This song. This song. I'm sorry, this song? This song right here? I have never loved anything more than this song. I want to write cathedrals of essays on this song. I want to never stop listening to this song. I want these sounds to be tattooed into my flesh so I never have to live without this song. I want to learn every instrument just so I can play this song with it. I want to learn every language just so i can sing this song in every language. When I die I want my ashes inbedded into a vinyl of just this song. There is nothing more desired in my body that become one with this song.

  • @jeffperson3765
    @jeffperson3765 Před 2 lety +17

    This was my first mountain goats song, so it means a lot to me.

  • @jamesculverhouse4657
    @jamesculverhouse4657 Před 2 lety +6

    The beauty of "and i think i hear angels in my ears, like marbles being thrown against a mirror" has the sense of "cellar door" as a phrase.
    Perfection

  • @Uberwenis
    @Uberwenis Před 2 lety +8

    This has pretty much been the theme song for my life for a while now

  • @Derek-eq9je
    @Derek-eq9je Před 2 lety +6

    I requested they play this song. What a gift to be able to see it again!

  • @majorboogie5287
    @majorboogie5287 Před rokem +2

    Get Lonely was my first MG album and it might still be my favorite. It just takes me somewhere else. It's like a place I want to exist in.

  • @BarbaraSchmidt-yw2yo
    @BarbaraSchmidt-yw2yo Před 5 měsíci

  • @ckillgore
    @ckillgore Před 2 lety +4

    I absolutely love this song, it will always hold a special place in my heart. Get Lonely might be my most listened to album. So glad to this revisted version.

  • @majorboogie5287
    @majorboogie5287 Před rokem +2

    3:14 Matt is such a genius.

  • @treckogalico6966
    @treckogalico6966 Před 2 lety +4

  • @audioish
    @audioish Před rokem +4

    Interpretation of this song varies but I always thought it was about someone who wasn’t in the right state of mind just walking.
    Have you ever done that? No mind given to your safety or needs or destination. Just walked and walked and walked and then you realize you are nowhere. But then again nowhere is where you started this journey.

    • @DDNEV
      @DDNEV Před 8 měsíci +1

      I also got that interpretation. but to me it's also kind of about finding the beauty in that? Idk the chorus "wild sage growing in the weeds" invokes such a joyous feeling in me. Especially when it's in contrast to "Where the empty spirits breathe" "where unlucky stray dogs bleed" "from cast off innumerable seeds". Just like, yeah it can seem really bleak, but even still there's something nice out there. Just my own thoughts sorry for replying to a year old comment.