Lyric discussion by analogue 

Cover art for Tollund Man lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

john darnielle played this at the show i saw last night. he claimed, "i took an archaeology course a long time ago. i stopped going to the class, but during my newfound idle time, i looked at the archaeology book for the class. i saw the picture of the tollund man and i knew i just had to write a song about it."