Mountain Goats, The - Foreign Object Lyrics






Whipped like a dog, down on the cards
Square in the spotlight sweating real hard
All soaked in blood like a newborn babe
Sharp thing hidden in my hand shaped like an astrolabe

Gonna stick you in the eye with a foreign object
Gonna poke you in the eye with a foreign object

March through the red mist, never get my vision clear
Learn to love this kind of atmosphere
Strike funny poses, keep my weapon hand low
Whip my head around a little, get blood on the front row

Gonna jab you in the eye with a foreign object
I personally will stab you in the eye with a foreign object
Foreign object, foreign object, foreign object

Sink my teeth into your scalp, take a nice big bite
Save nothing for the cameras, play the angles all night
One of these days my legs will both snap like twigs
If you can't beat ’em make 'em bleed like pigs

I'm gonna jab you in the eye with a foreign object
I'm gonna stab you in the eye with a foreign object

Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object
Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object
Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object





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  1. T.... H....

    These are pretty good

  2. j.... j....

    every time I hear this song I just want to throw some thumbtacks on the floor and lay in them just like Mick Foley or Terry Funk or Abdullah the Butcher just stab me in the eye with a foreign object God I love pro wrestling aew

  3. A.... V....

    Sigh... white folks trying to music.

    A.... V....

    What is that supposed to mean?

  4. K.... S....

    So far Foreign Object is my favorite followed by Chavo.

  5. M.... C....

    This whole album just makes me wanna mark out

  6. A.... ....

    They should record a WCW version called "International Object"

  7. r.... ....

    there is nothing quite like singing "I personally will stab you in the eye with a foreign object" with a couple hundred other people at a mountain goats show.

  8. T.... N....

    My friend accidentally scratched his cornea on a piece of metal sticking out when he was cleaning his floor. He just tripped and fell right onto it.

    Anyway… this is now the song I play to him on a fairly regular basis. He's currently in the room with me now.

    (PS his eye is fine now so I'm allowed to do this to him)

  9. a.... ....

    john darnielle i love you

  10. O.... ....

    If Mountain Goats did a concert on a Turner station this song would have to become "International Object".

  11. R.... P....

    BAP BADABUP BUP BUP BADUP

    R.... P....

    FOREIGN OOOOBJECT!

  12. M.... N....

    Good stuff. Kudos.

  13. S.... V....

    Okay but
    Honestly
    This song is great on the album?
    But once you've heard it in person
    it's just
    amazing
    there truly is no experience quite like 400-600 indie kids
    sorta just
    screaming
    "I PERSONALLY WILL STAB YOU IN THE EYE WITH A FOREIGN OBJECT"

    it's magical

    S.... V....

    I just got back from this exact thing happening.

    S.... V....

    When I saw him play it he introduced it with a speech like: "This song is about how you could be walking in the woods completely alone, but when you turn around I'll be there with something in my hand. Then I'll stab you in the eye."

    S.... V....

    saw it last night. that was a crowd that was very excited to endorse an eye stabbing.

    S.... V....

    I never knew that screaming to make someone bleed like pigs could feel so life-affirming

    S.... V....

    Haha, I would have loved to have seen that!

  14. A.... J....

    I first heard this song on the way back from Dominoes with my brother.

  15. d.... ....

    I really like the clarification "I personally will stab you in the eye," to make sure you heard him correctly.

    d.... ....

    drawgo this is the best line of the song 😅😄😅

    d.... ....

    At least he doe's his own stabbing. It's important to show some initiative.

    d.... ....

    Wowbagger if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself

  16. T.... g....

    LOL yeah I love that "I will jab you in the eye with a foreign object."

  17. s.... ....

    I'm stab you in the eye with a foreign object... for an object...

    s.... ....

    god damn i hope that's how he meant it!

    s.... ....

    Ha, I'm so confused. Unless they say what they mean, we may never know.

    s.... ....

    +Murad Sadik If it's impossible to actually determine he probably didn't mean it. He wants people to understand what he's saying, and if his career's any indication. he's good at it.

  18. W.... ....

    This guy has great annunciation skills.

    W.... ....

    Enunciation.

  19. c.... ....

    Giggle Giggle, girl. She poked and giggled, girl.

  20. K.... V....

    Damned if this isn't a JAM.

  21. V.... H....

    Can someone tell me the best place to start with John Darnielle and Mountain Goats? Much like GBV the sheer discography is overwhelming

    V.... H....

    @Vinny H. I think the album 'Heretic Pride' is a fantastic start to ease you into JD's style, followed by 'Tallahassee' and 'The Sunset Tree'. After those, just work your way back through time, and have a scour around the internet every now and again to find the huge number of unreleased/live/cover songs he's also done

    V.... H....

    @Vinny H. Personally I started with Sunset Tree, and then Zopilote Machine. And then I went to Heretic Pride, All Eternals Deck, Tallahassee, and just continued from there. Transcendental Youth and this one are currently the two albums I keep playing over and over.

    V.... H....

    @Vinny H. I'm gonna second The Sunset Tree and Tallahassee. Those albums are some of the best of folk music, not just JD's work. We Shall All Be Healed and All Hail West Texas are great follow ups to that, especial WSABH.

  22. Z.... S....

    my high school anthem

  23. S.... T....

    Like a dog down on the cars
    Square in the spotlight sweating real hard
    All soaked in blood like a newborn babe
    Sharp thing hidden in my hand shaped like an ashtray 

    I'm gonna stick you in the eye with a foreign object 
    Gonna poke you in the eye with a foreign object...

    March through the red mist never get my vision clear
    Learn to love this kind of atmosphere 
    Strike funny poses keep my weapon hand low 
    Whip my head around a little get blood on the front row 

    I'm gonna jab you in the eye with a foreign object 
    I personally will stab you in the eye with a foreign object 
    Foreign object, foreign object, foreign object 

    Sink my teeth into your scalp take a nice big bite 
    Save nothing for the cameras, play the angles all night 
    One of these days my legs will go snap like twigs
    If you can't beat 'em make 'em bleed like pigs

    I'm gonna jab you in the eye with a foreign object
    I'm gonna stab you in the eye with a foreign object

    Bab badada ba ba ba da foreign object (x3)

    S.... T....

    @SoYouWant ToBeAnImagineer


    *"Sharp thing hidden in my hand shaped like and astrolabe"


    *"One of these days, my legs will both snap like twigs"

    S.... T....

    @itwasmarch17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe

  24. D.... W....

    Wonderful

  25. J.... V....

    I think this is my personal favorite off the album if not for the blatantly fantastic lyrics then for the great beat.

  26. M.... ....

    heard this at Newbury comic in Nashua N.H great song

    M.... ....

    Shame I didn't live here back then cause I definitely woulda come out to see it.

  27. M.... R....

    I REALLY WANT THE LYRICSTO THIS SONG. LOVE THESE GUYS, THANK YOU SETH MEYERS!

  28. W.... 1....

    "Peter Hughes is going to stab you in the eye with a foreign object." -JD in Asheville, NC

    W.... 1....

    @19Watcher99 [Dulka] Was there too :)

    W.... 1....

    +19Watcher99 [Dulka] Got the same in Detroit, MI

  29. A.... K....

    Share your thoughts

  30. M.... B....

    yall boys did a mighty fine job on that fancy seth myers set up.  my wife and i cant stop singing about some object that is foreign...very catchy.  yall ever do any runnin around KY singin them songs u wrote down?  we'd pay to come see y'uns if so.  dont be strangers now and thank yall for sharing your talent.

    M.... B....

    @Mark Baker They are in Louisville at Headlines on April 21st! I think there are still tickets.

  31. m.... ....

    Could be loosely based on Abdullah the Butcher, though I'm not sure his fork was shaped like an astrolabe.

    m.... ....

    @mikeford
    After reading your comment I looked him up. Not only do I think you're right but that was one of the most intense wikipedia pages I have read in a while.

    m.... ....

    @mikeford
    The Sheik (Ed Farhat, the original) was another wrestler known for the use of weapons, namely a spike that he often carried in his teethe. His son would carry that on in ECW as Sabu. He was often paired with Abdullah the Butcher where they had brutal tag matches with Dory and Terry Funk. Their biggest match of theirs ended when Abdullah was stabbed with his own fork by Terry as the Sheik ground his spike into Terry's head and who in turn was being choked by Dory with a wire garrote. Tiger Jeet Singh was also a big proponent of using foreign objects, most notably his cutlass, to draw blood in his matches.

    m.... ....

    @n0m4nic Sabu is the Sheik's nephew, not his son. And the Sheik got his own song on this record in Fire Editorial, heh.

    m.... ....

    Isn't it based on the "I quit" steel cage-match from Starcade 1985 between Magnum T.A and Tully Blanchard?

    In that match Magnum stabbed Blanchard in the eye with a piece of a broken chair. It's one of the best wrestling matches ever, but very bloody and gory.

  32. B.... S....

    I will personally stab you in the eye <3