Done Bleeding

Done Bleeding
Album	In League With Dragons
Released	April 26, 2019
Length	4:37
Next Track	"Younger"

Done Bleeding is the first song on In League with Dragons.

Lyrics

Recite the songs that kept me whole
On the day I hand over command control
Try to let them all flow in to this one

List alphabetically
The toxins the doctors found in me
During my time in prison

Count my fingers
Every last one
When I get done

Clean the floors well, sweep and swab
Do a thorough job
Leave the old place nicer than I found it

Wish well as the neighbors cheer and shout
Finally taking their earplugs out
Things were even worse here than they sounded

Grim faced pilots back from the bombing run
When I get done

Take a picture or two
Just to remember the view
Leave a mark on the door
As an empty warning sign
From one who's gone before
But isn't here any more

Let the crust form on my skin in the sun
When I get done

Sweep the front porch make it new
Put the broom away when I get through
No passers-by need to know of my lonely tenure

All this violent end
The shock of leaves
Wind rippling in my sleeves
Swirling against my skin as in a blender

Red thread drying behind me, hand-spun
When I get done

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "I think it's about me leaving Norwalk. Um, but when I say 'I think it's about', that's because with many of my lyrics, I'm in the same situation as a reader. I just write what I write. I don't usually say 'let me write about this.'" -- I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, season 2 episode 3

Things Referenced in this Song

• In Greek mythology, Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of red thread that she spun, which Theseus followed in order to escape the Minotaur's labyrinth.

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 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
• 2019-05-04 - Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON
• 2019-05-05 - Phoenix - Toronto, ON
• 2019-05-07 - Mr. Smalls - Millvale, PA
• 2019-05-11 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
• 2019-05-13 - Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, IN
• 2019-05-15 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
• 2019-05-17 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
• 2019-07-17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
• 2019-07-19 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
• 2019-09-13 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA

Videos of this Song

• 2019-04-26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.