| The Mountain Goats – New Monster Avenue Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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John's albums are usually themed. this one is no different, and it arrived timely to my own self-destruction. IMHO, "Get Lonely" is about the dissolution of a marriage (or the modern equivalent of). at the end of the relationship, as the couple split in two you are left with someone staying behind in the house and the other is cast out in to the world as "the bad spouse". have none of you looked down at your hands "like they were mirrors"? you must realize at some point in your life, OMG what have i done? how did i end up here? that's also the same moment you realize that the whole neighbourhood thinks you're a monster. how could you treat so bad that she wanted you gone? |
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| The Mountain Goats – This Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"hurt my knuckles punching the machine, the taste of scotch rich on my tongue" i weep for those of you who missed video arcades. i know they're still there, but their time is gone. it was the place to spend hours, time wasted but wasted on being young. girls you liked would stand and watch, nobody knowing how to interact other than just standing together. the 1950's had their innocence and everyone thinks that's where it died but it just changed a little. there were still joys of being young, but they were different because the world was changing. somebody, prove me wrong and tell me how that still exists. |
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