Standard Bitter Love Song #8 Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jfruh 

Cover art for Standard Bitter Love Song #8 lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

This song nicely adds an epic, over-the-top feel ("god will give him blood to drink") to a very, very high school scenario (uh oh, he saw a girl he likes holding hands with another guy at the ice rink!). Because high school is when you're most prone to see your dramas as epic and over-the-top, honestly.