Mountain Goats

So the story behind this band is that I heard their song No Children a few years ago (by a few years ago I mean like 4 years ago) and it was so depressingly up lifting that I fell had over heals for it. Unfortunately, I heard it on a burnt C.D. in my friend's car and it has haunted me ever since.

Not knowing the band name or the name of the song I was screwed so I forgot about it. Ever so often the songs chorus would pop into my head ("I hope you die I hope we both die") and other random lines.

So eventually I googled it using the lyrics I knew and since then have found out that The Mountain Goats sing the song No Children. Coincidentally, the rest of their stuff is just as bad ass. Here's some wikipedia history.


Mountain Goats embodies an experimental style of music which they mix with catchy and pithy lyrics. They have a very folky and frothy sound that radiates joy. I like to think of them as a dark comedy band because of their mix of the upbeat musicality and their sardonic lyrics.



No Children By The Mountain Goats

I hope that our few remaining friends
give up on trying to save us.
I hope we come up with a fail-safe plot
to piss off the dumb few that forgave us.
I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight.
And I hope we hang on past the last exit;
I hope its already too late.
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
someday burns down;
and I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away,
and i never come back to this town again.

in my life,
i hope i lie,
and tell everyone you were a good wife.
and i hope you die!
i hope we both die!

I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow;
I hope it bleeds all day long.
Our friends say its darkest before the sun rises,
we're pretty sure they're all wrong.
I hope it stays dark forever.
I hope the worst isn't over.
I hope you blink before I do.
I hope I never get sober.
And I hope when you think of me years down the line,
you can't find one good thing to say.
And i'd hope that if I'd found the strength to walk out,
you'd stay the hell out of my way.

i am drowning.
there is no sign of land.
you are coming down with me,
hand in unloveable hand.
and i hope you die!
i hope we both die!