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The Mountain Goats – Luna Lyrics	9 years ago
Inspired by Luna Vachon's house fire in 2009 that destroyed her home.

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The Mountain Goats – Fire Editorial Lyrics	9 years ago
Seems to be loosely based on the mythos and career of The Sheik. He was famous for throwing fireballs into the faces of his opponents, his main territories were Detroit and Toronto, he was an innovator in what became known as hardcore wrestling, etc.

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The Mountain Goats – Stabbed To Death Outside San Juan Lyrics	9 years ago
This song is definitely about/based on Bruiser Brody being stabbed to death by Jose Gonzalez aka Invader #1 in Bayamon, PR

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Harvey Danger – Pike St./Park Slope Lyrics	10 years ago
"This song is about how people delude themselves into believe their dreams haven't died" - Sean Nelson

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The Mountain Goats – Until I Am Whole Lyrics	11 years ago
“It’s about a person you know who is struggling with the sort of depression that prevents you from taking care of yourself. And I thought well that’s something I have direct experience of.” - JD

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The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth Lyrics	11 years ago
cool link, thanks for posting that.

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The Hold Steady – Joke About Jamaica Lyrics

11 years ago

The name of the song is derived from an old joke, where two friends have the following exchange: "My wife's gone to the West Indies." "Jamaica?" (which has a similar pronunciation as "D'you make her?") "No, she went of her own accord". On 21 July 2005, Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant discussed the song during an interview with Mike Halloran, a DJ on radio station FM94.9 in San Diego. During the interview, he talked about the different interpretations and pronunciations of the name of the song.[3] The title, which appears nowhere in the lyrics, was chosen because it reflects the reggae feel of the song. Plant has said that he finds it amusing when fans completely overlook the apostrophes and naively mispronounce the title as "Dire Maker".

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The Mountain Goats – In the Shadow of the Western Hills Lyrics	11 years ago
Fairly sure its "listen for their voices in the snow" as opposed to "listen for their footfalls in the cold".

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The Mountain Goats – In Memory of Satan Lyrics	11 years ago
Upon listening to a few other recordings, I think it's actually "Cannons in the harbor dawn" but I can't figure out how to edit these so screw it.

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Noel Gallagher – The Death Of You And Me Lyrics	12 years ago
The second verse is wrong. High tide, life is getting faster, No one has the answer, I try to face the day down in a new way, The bottom of the bottle, Is every man's apostle

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The Mountain Goats – I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone (Buddy Johnson cover) Lyrics	13 years ago
Also the intro is "I, who have sat by Thebes below the wall and walked among the lowest of the dead", not thieves.

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The Mountain Goats – I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone (Buddy Johnson cover) Lyrics	13 years ago
this is actually a billie holliday song. I mean, she wrote it.

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Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love Lyrics	13 years ago
The second line is "That would make you well". Also, it's "I hate my job", not your job. And the chorus is "The city's spread below" as opposed right below. And it's definitely "I'll write about a man".

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Nada Surf – No Quick Fix Lyrics	14 years ago
the chorus is actually: "i can't stay home at night i'm drawn out like a moth to a lamplight do i speak or hold you tight? the words were voted out by a landslide"

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