Mountain Goats, The - This Year Lyrics
I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
Headed north on Mills Avenue
And listened to the engine roar
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
Ahh, listen to the engine whine
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I played video games in a drunken haze
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands
Twin high maintenance machines
I am going to make it through this year
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I drove home in the California dusk
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
Ready for the bad things to come
I down-shifted as I pulled into the driveway
The motor screaming out, stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
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Mountain Goats, The This Year Comments
using this song to try and get me through sixth form, lord have mercy
Why does 2011 John Darnielle look like Dan Howell in his emo days?
thru 2020
This is my first time hearing this song. Honestly I'm amazed I made it thru 2019. But I know 2020 is going to be amazing. We're all gonna make it.
I have stolen my friends phone to write a positive comment on this video because she wouldn’t know what a gd song sounds like if it danced naked wearing nothing but a sock puppet called punchy, she’s a dumb emo...lol jk
This band sounds so Canadian...
Джон Грин? :)
This year love yourself.
This year accept yourself.
This year believe in yourself.
This year be strong, everything will be alright in the end.
This year distance yourself from toxic people.
This year take care of yourself.
This year be yourself.
This year will be your year.
To musi być ten rok ;-)
We all gonna make it fam. Do it for the ones who couldn't.
WERE ARE YOU
I am going to make it through this decade
If it kills me.
here we go again!!!!!!
i am gonna make it through this decade if it kills me
Happy new year, let this decade be good to us
Happy new decade, you guys. I'm glad you're here.
Happy New Year y'all. Let's do it
we back here
Happy new year let's do this!
Happy 2020 y’all, cheers to this song always being my, and many others’ new year anthem.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!
#2020
Happy 2020, y'all. Let's all make it through this year.
happy 2020! it’s a whole ass decade now and i hope it’s a good one
I'm going to make it through 2020 if it kills me
Maybe 2020 will be a bit better.
Happy New Year!!! Let's make it through this year!
Happy New Year. We'll make it through this one if it kills us.
Happy new years 2020
See y'all next decade
Made it through 2019 without offing myself. Here's to another year hopefully.
I offed myself but at least I survived to tell my abuser to"fuck off" and that they're a horrible person. <3
And another one! Just to shove it in you're enemy's face, why should they get the last laugh!? And another to prove it wasnt a fluke! Repeat until their either not your enemy anymore! That's the way I'm looking at it anyway.
Give yourself more credit than that! You made it through a whole DECADE!
It gets easier each year, friend, believe me. One day you will know that the end comes fast enough, no need to rush.
Daybreak lol s2 e2 the moments to josh willer cut this arms
happy new year everyone, we are gonna make it through 2020 if it kills us
happy 2020 :) first song i listened to this year
The only way to ring in a new decade.
Happy new year into the new decade! I hope 2020 is kind to you and all that you love! This is the first song I'm listening to this year and it's a huge motivator! Happy new years 🎉
Happy new year all! Were ganna make it!
Happy 2020. We will make it through this year.
Happy new year! We've got this.
It’s New Year’s Eve 2020, I’m seventeen (years young) with the taste of uh peach shnappes rich on my tongue. And idk how y’all are doing but I feel like shit but that’s okay I’m gonna make it through this year if it kills me
Hell yeah do it. There's good things ahead
Remember, kids! If nothing else, it's okay to keep going out of spite alone
New Years Day 2020. We are going to make it through this year. We are.
Happy new year
its that time again baybeeeeee
Happy New year!
Happy New Year
Happy New Year, everybody! And good luck!
Happy new year everyone, and here's to hoping it'll be better than the last
I like to listen to this song when the year ends. Happy new year everybody.
Happy new year brother =)
i was born on the 2 of JAN im a new year baby
Happy New Year's Y'all! 2020 came quick :/
You made it through this year and this decade. Here’s to the next one.
It's new years Eve almost 2020 a new decade, this is a great song if I have kids In this new decade, or later, I will make sure they cannot relate to this song like I have, and for the rest of you who do not have kids yet, if you do have kids, should do the same...
This is not my real name, am on family members phone
They're like the dad version of Ludo
I listened to this song a lot in not so good parts of my life. ^^
Haha yep, here I am again!
See you in March!
Substitute Teacher has a Talent Show for Himself.
Daybreak??
Sup turds
Anybody here from Desert Bus?
8 years late but this song is making me hopeful but also extremely sad at the same time and I love it
Wow. This really sucks
Daybreak brought me here.
Today I promised myself that I am going to make it, no matter how hard it gets.
This song helped me to endure the worst 4 years of my life back in 2011.
To whoever liked this post I'm Verry very thankful. I wish you have the strength to live just one more year. happy end of 2019 and I promise you we will make it through 2020
Kinda neat how the Dilaudid song intro's into this song considering the sentiments tend to play out in the same order in real life.
Who is here for Daybreak ?
I'm gonna make it through this year, you're going to make it through this year, WE'RE going to make it through this year!
i was listening to this after my girlfriend dumped me i was almost at the point of getting drunk my tears were dripping down my face i had a half burnt cigarette between my lips i also had a revolver next to me i didn’t know what to do i finished the cigarettes cried hard and crashed on my bed listening to this on repeat thinking about the times me and my girl had oh i thought she was the one i wanted to be with for the rest of my life oh well life’s a bitch sometimes, i still have that revolver maybe someday life pushes me to hard and i pull the trigger
Get rid of the gun.
Find someone you can talk to on a regular basis.
There will feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year.
Heard this song while watching Daybreak. Struck a nerve with me as these last two years have been really difficult. I was dx with stage 3 Melanoma, had to have surgery, my bf broke up with me, I had to quit my job and move in with my parents. I met someone new after I got approved for a expensive treatment but the side effects were so rough I got taken off. It's in my lymphatic system so it's just a matter of time before it metastasizes. I broke down, went into a bad depression and started suffering from OCD and anorexia. My new bf broke up with me. Now I'm on my own. Trying to pick up the broken pieces. Trying hard to just make it thru the rest of this year. @jagerfly_jss
I heard this on Daybreak too. I hope things improve for you.
I’ve gone through two years of hell and keep coming back to this song every couple of months to motivate me to keep plodding along. One day at a time, you can do it.
Daybreak anyone?
A mantra for us all.
Everything you wrote!
Im here because of the show daybreak,is it me or does this show make alot of walking dead references and even use the same band that TWD used with beth and daryl?
HOLY SHIT im so sorry i missed your music for 9 years Im in love
To all those who are recovering ❤️ you will make it 😊
An adult baby told me to listen to this
same fam
...the receptions gotten fuzzy.
Sometimes I get really depressed, to the point of suicidal... I'll throw this on repeat. And channel all my sadness into rage. And just scream the lyrics until my throat is raw. Because god damnit I'm gonna make it through this year if it kills me. Even if it's out of spite.
Wayne B. Keep at it Wayne. This old goat from Texas will keep you in my thoughts.
Happy to see you still here.
Gee, thanks John
The singer sounds super corny and annoying.
First time Ive ever heard this song. September 2019. Love it.
my mom died suddenly in 2016 and I was already going through a world of other personal shit at the time. This song helped to bring me out of all that darkness
I listen to this whenever I feel like I can't stay sober or think I'm not meant to be
How I legitimately feel at the beginning of every year.
Minding The Gap brought me here
I check back in with this song when things aren't so great.
Getting me through a divorce.
I think this is a good song. #TeachTheControversy
I always laugh a little sadly when I search mountain goats and the top video is a BBC documentary on real mountain goats
I love this song yet sadly it reminds me i'm depressed
This (Current) Year.
Thanks for helping me get through my hardest years.
This shit sucks, bad.
I disagree
Not sure why... but when I am depressed, I like to listen to The Mountain Goats... and for some reason, I feel better...
This is gay as fuck
I remember when this video had like 10k likes. I am old!!!
I had never heard this song until Spotify popped it up. I swore it was Laura Jane Grace to start. Sounds very much like what Against Me! was putting out back then. Wild. Now I need to get this discog.
studying latin with the Mountain Goats in the background is thematically perfect
Willow Williams check out song for cleomenes! As well as most of his early tapes, they’re filled with classical references and other cool Latin mentions bc John was intending to be a classics major before he became a nurse!
I was told by my Primary Care Physician that I'd be lucky to make it to 21 due to my organ failure. 50/50 chance of making it. My 21st birthday is on July 19th. A little over a month away. This song is one of the blessings that helps me push through every day. God bless everybody watching this. I can and WILL survive, so will you. Much love.