Going to Marrakesh

Going to Marrakesh
Album	Martial Arts Weekend
Released	2002
Artist	The Extra Glenns
Length	2:47
Previous Track	"Malevolent Seascape Y"

Going to Marrakesh is the 12th song on the album Martial Arts Weekend.

Lyrics

The fog is lifting from the water
The bells are sounding on the boats
And our love is a monster, plain and simple
Though you weight it down with stones to try to drown it
It floats
It floats

The day of reckoning is coming
Faster than anyone here realizes
And our love is like Jesus, but worse
Though you seal the cave up where you've lain its body
It rises
It rises

I keep waiting for our love to die
The machines by its bed dim and flicker but it won't stay dead
And it perks up when the nurses bring its medication by

I wish our love could go the way of all flesh
But it's not right, and it's not nice
To try and kill the same thing twice
Would you pack your things
We are going to Marrakesh

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is a song, um, I have no idea whatsoever what it's about, I was going to try and make something up but I have to be quite honest with you, this is a song from the days when I would write whatever happened to be at the very top of my head and made sure I was done with it before I could figure it out. This is called 'Going to Marrakesh'." -- 2010-10-21 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2001-04-21 - The Olde Club, Swarthmore, PA
• 2001-06-23 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2002-03-08 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 2002-04-13 - Sky Church - Experience Music Project - Seattle, WA
• 2002-12-07 - Amstel Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2003-03-14 - The Hideout - Austin, TX
• 2007-05-11 - Sound Fix - Brooklyn, NY
• 2010-10-19 - Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
• 2010-10-20 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, D.C.
• 2010-10-21 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
• 2010-10-22 - KEXP Session - Ace Hotel - New York, NY
• 2010-10-23 - Iron Horse Music Hall - Northampton, MA
• 2015-11-19 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
• 2023-09-19 - Brooklyn Made - New York, NY
• 2024-05-24 - Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland

Videos of this Song

• 2010-10-23 - Iron Horse Music Hall - Northampton, MA