Lyric discussion by fieldsr 

Cover art for If You See Light lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

Drums in this are amazing. Anybody have any idea what it could be about? Im thinking that it could possible be somewhat autobiographical (which is easy to assume because so much of it is) but im not so sure

None of this album is autobiographical. Otherwise that would mean JD wrote it from beyond the grave.

The album is about a fictional character who has just divorced, or possibly murdered, his wife. In this song, JD thinks the villagers are going to come after him and kill him for what he did to his wife so he's hiding from them. But the villagers either don't know or don't care what he did (that's why he's "Waiting all winter") or they got over it. The villagers were gathered at their front porches waving torches in 'New Monster Avenue," but now...