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In League With Dragons |
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April 26, 2019 |
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3:54 |
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Cadaver Sniffing Dog is the tenth song on In League with Dragons.
Lyrics[]
Hustle up the spiral stairs See if anyone’s left up there Teams on the scene from several stations Everybody, adjust your expectations Stray clumps of hair and blood and brain Fragments of bone in the drain Rookies trying to keep the airway clear But the damage is too severe Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Army crawlers down ash wet floor Ready for war Veterans on their hands and knees Nobody's ready for days like these Wait 'til you come up on the smoking wreck And even then you check Radio home all clean If there were any survivors they've fled the scene Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog Bring in the cadaver sniffing dog
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "This song it will shock you to learn is an extended metaphor about a decaying relationship. I know, I know. I didn’t come to the Mountain Goats show for that shit! What are you talking about? I come for absolutely literal stories about police dogs sniffing for corpses. I’m not looking for deeper meanings than that. Well, I’m sorry to break the news to you: but there is no dog and there are no cops. There’s just one very aggrieved partner saying something to another in the hopes that they land a punch." -- 2019-09-04 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2019-01-28 - Live from Wizards of the Coast HQ - Renton, WA
- 2019-03-14 - eTown Hall - Boulder, CO
- 2019-04-26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
- 2019-04-27 - Dogfish Head Brewery - Milton, DE
- 2019-04-28 - Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA
- 2019-04-30 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY
- 2019-05-01 - White Eagle Hall - Jersey City, NJ
- 2019-05-03 - L'Astral - Montreal, QC
- 2019-05-05 - Phoenix - Toronto, ON
- 2019-05-08 - Mr. Smalls - Millvale, PA
- 2019-05-09 - Woodward Theater - Cincinnati, OH
- 2019-05-10 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
- 2019-05-11 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
- 2019-05-13 - Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, IN
- 2019-05-14 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
- 2019-05-15 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
- 2019-05-16 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
- 2019-05-17 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
- 2019-07-17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
- 2019-07-19 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
- 2019-07-20 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
- 2019-07-22 - Asbury Lanes - Asbury Park, NJ
- 2019-07-23 - The Jefferson - Charlottesville, VA
- 2019-07-24 - Merge 30 - Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC
- 2019-08-08 - The Broadberry - Richmond, VA
- 2019-08-09 - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT
- 2019-08-10 - SummerStage - New York, NY
- 2019-08-16 - Music in the Mill - Hickory, NC
- 2019-09-04 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
- 2019-09-13 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
- 2019-09-14 - Belasco Theater - Los Angeles, CA
- 2019-09-16 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
- 2019-09-17 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
- 2019-09-18 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV
- 2019-11-09 - Slaktkyrkan - Stockholm, Sweden
- 2019-11-10 - Rockefeller - Oslo, Norway
- 2019-11-11 - Pustervik - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2019-11-14 - De Helling - Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2019-11-15 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
- 2019-11-16 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, England
- 2019-11-17 - Jumbo Records - Leeds, England
- 2019-11-17 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, England
- 2019-11-23 - Cafe Torgal - Ourense, Spain
- 2019-12-06 - The Haw River Ballroom - Graham, NC
- 2023-06-03 - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater - Austin, TX
- 2023-06-29 - Mercury Ballroom - Louisville, KY
- 2023-06-30 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL
- 2023-07-01 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL
- 2023-07-02 - SPACE - Evanston, IL
- 2023-07-04 - Codfish Hollow Barnstormers - Maquoketa, IA
- 2023-07-05 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA
- 2023-07-13 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK
- 2023-08-05 - Citizens House of Blues - Boston, MA
- 2023-08-08 - Woodland Park Zoo - Seattle, WA
- 2023-08-09 - Pioneer Courthouse Square - Portland, OR
Videos of this Song[]
- 2019-01-28 - Live from Wizards of the Coast HQ - Renton, WA
- 2019-03-14 - eTown Hall - Boulder, CO
- 2019-04-30 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY
- 2019-08-08 - The Broadberry - Richmond, VA
- 2019-11-09 - Slaktkyrkan - Stockholm, Sweden
- 2019-11-15 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
- 2019-11-17 - Jumbo Records - Leeds, England
| In League with Dragons |
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Track list: "Done Bleeding" • "Younger" • "Passaic, 1975" • "Clemency for the Wizard King" • "Possum By Night" • "In League with Dragons" • "Doc Gooden" • "Going Invisible 2" • "Waylon Jennings Live!" • "Cadaver Sniffing Dog" • "An Antidote for Strychnine" • "Sicilian Crest" |