Mountain Goats, The - Up The Wolves Lyrics






There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
No matter where you live
There'll always be a few things, maybe several things
That you're going to find really difficult to forgive

There's going to come a day when you feel better
You'll rise up free and easy on that day
And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air
Just when that day is coming, who can say, who can say?

Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's going to be a party
When the wolf comes home

We're going to commandeer the local airwaves
To tell the neighbors what's been going on
And they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers
In all the wrong directions, and by daybreak we'll be gone

I'm going to get myself in fighting trim
Scope out every angle of unfair advantage
I'm going to bribe the officials, I'm going to kill all the judges
It's going to take you people years to recover from all of the damage

Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's going to be a party
When the wolf comes home





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  1. P.... T....

    After all these years. This still never fail to lessen my anxiety.

  2. N.... O....

    There will always be a few things maybe several things that you're going to find diffucult to forgive

  3. R.... ....

    Is it just me or would this song be perfect for life is strange 2?.

  4. M.... D....

    Awesome song!!! Fun fact, at least fifteen of these views are mine!! :) No regrets.

    M.... D....

    You can't give any more than one view to a video. You don't give more for the more times you enter and exit the video

    M.... D....

    @Chocobomb11 fake accounts

  5. A.... G....

    “I’m gonna get myself in fighting trim”
    That’s my favorite line, makes me want to get stronger just to prove everyone wrong.

  6. D.... J....

    That's sound so much like David Rovics.

  7. D.... C....

    This sounds like David the Good.

  8. R.... W....

    Life doesn't get better. It's a scam.

    R.... W....

    U can say that again. Our parents lied

    R.... W....

    Ur gonna miss me so bad when I'm gone Daryl Dixon. Big time.

    R.... W....

    Life only gets better if you make it better.

  9. S.... A....

    You’re gonna miss me so bad when I’m gone Daryl Dixon

    S.... A....

    Rip Beth

  10. N.... B....

    Erik friedlander’s cello playing on the sunset tree is so excellent and very under-appreciated

  11. S.... M....

    How much does this song hurt?

  12. J.... F....

    The Walking Dead Cool TV Series Awesome Music

  13. C.... C....

    youtube comments on songs are so full of hyperbole but fuck it, this song is just the best.

  14. M.... P....

    "im goona bribe the officials,im gonna kill all the judges, is gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damages" man i love that part

    M.... P....

    Right, absolutely phenomenal, idk exactly what msg theyre trying to send with this, but it fits so well with my philosophy on life.

    M.... P....

    I would have said "it's gonna take you bastards years.." but thats why im not an artist

    M.... P....

    typical sigma male sneaky P U S S Y coward weakling

  15. A.... H....

    Well THAT escalated quickly.

    A.... H....

    I think I know what you mean by that.

  16. J.... D....

    I might be on some pussy shit but I tear up at the line “there’s gonna come a day when you feel better”

  17. 5.... ....

    I came here simply because I'm a Mountain Goats fan!

    5.... ....

    You, my friend, have earned yourself a thumbs up. Don't spend it all in one place.

    5.... ....

    nice to know you're a P U S S Y rock fan

  18. B.... D....

    I came here from Night Vale

  19. w.... w....

    Knew it was them

  20. A.... G....

    still love this song

  21. S.... ....

    An appropriate anthem for today. 10.06.2018

    S.... ....

    Tuesday, September 03, 2019

  22. T.... ....

    I cannot get this song out of my head. But I don't want it out either.

  23. A.... T....

    I feel a strange compulsion to make my mom listen to this song. I don't have mommy issues, I just feel like she would appreciate it.

  24. o.... m....

    @@listen to more music of The Mountain Goats>>>

    https://www.onebas.com/artist/16355/The+Mountain+Goats

  25. J.... L....

    Love the song the walking dead rip Glen , Beth

  26. T.... S....

    Yep, Thank Dino Stemapoulous...'No Children' smacked me in the face during the opening credits of Morel Orel and not only did I know I was in for a damn good episode, I discovered damn good music. I never heard a song say "...I hope you die, I hope we both die..." This song came to me almost serendipitously. wow

    T.... S....

    Its classic

  27. l.... r....

    🎒💭🦊⚖️🦋

  28. D.... ....

    Glad Walking Dead had this music, otherwise I probably would have never heard of it.

    D.... ....

    P U S S Y rock ... and TWD sucks since after season 5

    D.... ....

    I first heard them in the closing credits to an episode of Weeds ("International Small Arms Traffic Blues"), promptly forgot about them, and then remembered them when Beth and Darryl drunkenly burned down that shack. Good stuff.

    D.... ....

    Me too. I don't think I would have found this song myself but it's become one of my favorite songs EVER :))

    D.... ....

    @talldarkandcynical just finished that episode!

    D.... ....

    DonVito591 perfection!
    Exploding moonshine!

  29. C.... B....

    moral orel is how icame across the mountain goats, theni heard them on twd.

  30. T.... S....

    Did anyone honestly NOT come here from TWD?

    T.... S....

    I came here with influence from "Moral Orel"

    T.... S....

    I came here after learning about the mountain goats from Morel Orel and from a Rick and Morty Edit afterwarda I fell in love with the mountain goats and theyre one of my favorite bands I love all of their albums especially heretic pride, goths, The Sunset Tree, Tallahasse, Beat The Champ, and Zopilope Machine.

    T.... S....

    An old homeless man with a broken string on an old epiphone somewhere in Atlanta brought me here

    T.... S....

    Uhm yeah? Plenty of us are not here because of the show

  31. D.... P....

    My boy orel brought me here, Well I mean actually he didn't.. TWD did. Well I mean Orel brought me to the mountain goats which brought me BACK to this song which I'd had originally come to from TWD..

  32. Z.... K....

    Fuck yeah!

  33. R.... Z....

    nobody did this yet ok

    there's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
    no matter where you live
    there'll always be a few things, maybe several things
    that you're gonna find really difficult to forgive
    there's gonna come day when you feel better
    you'll rise up free and easy on that day
    and float from branch to branch
    lighter than the air
    just when that day is coming
    who can say, who can say
    our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome
    but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home
    we're gonna commandeer the local airwaves
    to tell the neighbors what's been going on
    and they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers in all the wrong directions
    and by daybreak we'll be gone
    i'm gonna get myself in fighting trim
    scope out every angle of unfair advantage
    i'm gonna bribe the officials, i'm gonna kill all the judges
    it's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage
    our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome
    but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home

    R.... Z....

    @rustyshack bony*

    R.... Z....

    P U S S Y rock

    R.... Z....

    @rustyshack *poney

    R.... Z....

    @Fraid Naught *poney

    R.... Z....

    Not really necessary, every word is pretty crystal clear.

  34. D.... ....

    Who's here because of john green

  35. K.... C....

    Hell yea , wolves painting by m.carnagey

  36. N.... S....

    R.I.P Glenn and Abraham.

    N.... S....

    spoilers! Asshole

    N.... S....

    Noah Sanders 🖕

    N.... S....

    Noah Sanders ya dickweed

    N.... S....

    2 years ago..... and this is still a spoiler for you? damn, get out from under your rock dude lol

    N.... S....

    *Now I don't know what kinda lying assholes you've been dealing with but I'm a man of my word. First impressions are important. I need you to know me. So...back to it*

  37. A.... D....

    dam this just makes you think for a bit

  38. p.... s....

    RIP Beth! Sorry they wasted half a season just to kill you....

    p.... s....

    Harvard Institute of Niggatry Beth dies, tyreese dies, Carl dies, Glenn diea, Abraham dies, Rick leaves the show so does Maggie, Jesus dies, it’s just carol and Daryl now from the original group season 9 comes back this Sunday your all caught up now and don’t gotta worry about spoilers, Your welcome 👎

    p.... s....

    @The Shape Feel free to go fuck yourself. Have empathy man.

    p.... s....

    Okay the season has been out for years now. If you still haven't watched it yet, then you have no room to bitch about spoilers. If you ask me, the grace period for worrying about spoilers ends after 1 week when the episode airs.

    p.... s....

    @The Shape LMFAOOOOO

    p.... s....

    Jean-Pierre Jam III well I’m watching for the first time and many people are only at the 4th season I do know everything he spoiled except that Maggie leaves I’m depressed now all of the Greene family is gone and most of the grimes family is gone it’s sad I’m sad how did this happen (bill wurtz music starts playing) .

  39. D.... ....

    My friend introduced me to them because of Morel Orel around 7 years
    back, and I have been hooked ever since. I have purchased a bunch of
    their albums and I listen to them all the time. Easily one of my top
    favorite bands now.

    D.... ....

    Great show. Great band.

    D.... ....

    Sane, moral orel brought me here

  40. f.... ....

    some of them who disliked this include The Governor, Gareth, Dwight, Negan, and of course, Dawn.

    f.... ....

    figment1988 who tf is dawn

    f.... ....

    Bro the chick that shot Beth, everyone knows that

    f.... ....

    Dipper Pines . Dawn was the police lady at Grady Memorial Hospital that shot Beth.

    f.... ....

    @rustyshack lmao actually dawn didn't shoot her, one of the cops at the exchange did, Beth killed Dawn with the scissors

  41. i.... a....

    they are folk tmbg

  42. G.... M....

    so, like, romulus and remus?

    G.... M....

    yeah pretty much

    G.... M....

    Grace McFadden yes

    G.... M....

    Grace McFadden That's really clever actually

    G.... M....

    Just Romulus really. Remus had no real reason to celebrate. ;)

    G.... M....

    Tmg has tons of classical Roman references

  43. h.... o....

    this sounds like andrew jackson jihad-i hate my brain

    h.... o....

    Penny Katz I hate my brain is the AJJ song that sounds like this.

    h.... o....

    yeah, except ajj is shit

    h.... o....

    adoublej okay not really

    h.... o....

    They're both great and I agree some songs are similar for sure!!!

    Remember sitting in my house at about 17-18, nowhere near sober, listening to them both as I tattooed their band names into my leg with a syringe.
    Still there to this day haha.
    Rock on dude!

    h.... o....

    HOLY SHIT. thank you. ive been getting way into ajj lately and dipping my toest slightly into tmg, and im sitting here listening like "what is happening? why does this sound like it's going to be right before Junkie Church?" t h a n k y o u qwq