Choked Out

Choked Out
Album	Beat the Champ
Released	April 7, 2015
Length	1:42
Previous Track	"Animal Mask"
Next Track	"Heel Turn 2"

Choked Out is the fifth song on Beat the Champ. It appears as the sixth song on the 2022 live album The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volume 5.

Lyrics

Diamonds in the firmament 
All reserves completely spent 
Someone set up the oxygen tent
Everybody here's real proud to present
Choked out

Two hundred dollar take-all purse 
Half-nelson to suplex reverse
Worried look on the face of the ringside nurse
At one, for once, with the universe
Choked out
Choked out, choked out, choked out

I stretch and strain with all my might
Drift off into the velvety arms of the night
Kick and claw and scratch and bite
Fire up the grill, everybody eats tonight
Choked out

No brakes down
An endless dark incline
Most of the boys
Won't ever cross this line
If they all want to die dead broke that's fine, that's fine
Everybody's got their limits
Nobody's found mine

Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase
All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
I lift right off into space
I can see the future, it's a real dark place
Choked out, choked out, choked out
Choked out, choked out, choked out

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• “This is a song… I think everybody can relate to this song… yeah, no [audience laughs]… you know the feeling when someone’s depriving you of oxygen and uh… just before you go you think; It’s kind of nice” - 2022-05-11 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2014-07-25 - Merge 25 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2015-04-12 - City Winery - New York, NY
• 2015-04-13 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
• 2015-05-30 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
• 2022-04-28 - The Regent Theater - Los Angeles, CA
• 2022-04-30 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
• 2022-05-08 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
• 2022-05-09 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2022-05-11 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2022-05-14 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
• 2022-05-15 - Washington's - Fort Collins, CO
• 2022-05-17 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
• 2022-05-20 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
• 2022-06-25 - That Music Fest - Durham, NC
• 2022-08-25 - The Jordan Lake Sessions - Pittsboro, NC
• 2022-08-31 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
• 2022-09-03 - The Met - Pawtucket, RI
• 2022-09-09 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH
• 2022-09-10 - Bluebird Nightclub - Bloomington, IN
• 2022-09-13 - JJ's Live - Fayetteville, AR
• 2022-09-15 - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
• 2022-09-16 - Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX
• 2022-09-21 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
• 2022-09-22 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
• 2022-11-14 - De Roma - Antwerp, Belgium

Videos of this Song

• 2014-07-25 - Merge 25 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC