the mountain goats lyrics

Spent too much of my life now trying to play fair
Throw my better self overboard
Shoot at him when he comes up for air

Make it through this year
If it kills you outright

I know you're changing
Damn you
I know you're changing
Goddamn you for that

It's so hard to get revenge
The human element drags you down

And I would never have told you that I don't love you anymore

Yeah sing for the damage we've done
And the worse things that we'll do

Placing his faith in the strength of the safety visor

Pull your mask down through your hair
They won't see you
Not until you want them to

Any of my old friends who have no place to turn to
They know to call me anytime they come through

I'm doing this for revenge

No brakes down an endless dark incline
Most of the boys won't ever cross this line
If they all want to die dead broke that's fine, that's fine
Everybody's got their limits, nobody's found mine

Mosquitos suck the blood right out of my body
Why don't they finish the job

And you don't care, you look almost relieved down there
Like you're free, like you can breathe now
Like they've sawn off your cast
Just one more sleeper to see through

But I will walk down to the end with you
If you will come all the way down with me

Although you treat me badly, I love you madly
You really got a hold on me, you really got a hold on me

According to reliable sources
In thirty days I'm getting evicted

I wanted you
To love me like you used to do

There's only one way through
No matter what you do

Work like a dog all day
Born to chase cars away
Die on the road someday

I got a goddamn one-way ticket to the goddamn history books

I know that one of us, I'm not saying who,
Has got rocks in her head

I personally will stab you in the eye with a foreign object

Let your yes be yes and let your no come from deep in your belly

You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand

When you run your fingernail along my neck
And you spill some water on me
You say you're as good as gone
Well, don't look now, but here comes the dawn

There's a capsicum pepper plant growing
Out in the backyard

And I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam
And no emotion that's worth having could call my heart its home

Some things you will remember
Some things stay sweet forever

Goodbye young Danish women
Goodbye Danish sky
Goodbye cold air, I am going away
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Your eyes are open and it's more than I can take
My friends all told me I was making a mistake
I don't believe them