Blood Royal

Blood Royal
Album	Orange Raja, Blood Royal
Released	1995
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:04
Next Track	"The Only Thing I Know"

Blood Royal is the first song on the single Orange Raja, Blood Royal. It was re-released on the compilation Ghana.

Lyrics

I remembered you
I remembered where you'd come from
I remembered you
I remembered where you've gone

And in the shifting neon air
I saw the colors of the revolution everywhere
Blood royal

I remembered you
I remembered all the things you said
I remembered the shape of your face
I let the thought go to my head

And in the iron blue dawn
I felt power coming on
Blood royal

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is a song Alastair and I recorded while we were living sixteen thousand miles apart or so, and I recorded my parts on the tape and I sent it over to New Zealand and he did his parts. And then we became millionaires, and that's why we're dressed so foppishly." -- 1996-09-03 - Fletcher's - Baltimore, MD

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1996-09-03 - Fletcher's - Baltimore, MD
• 1998-04-12 - Brownie's - New York City, NY
• 2002-10-08 - McGarrigle's - Sligo, Ireland
• 2008-03-13 - Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
• 2017-09-13 - Englert Theatre - Iowa City, IA