Hail St. Sebastian is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats.
Lyrics[]
It gets harder to keep trying to hold on Watch our hopes take wing Wave at them when they're gone Plunge like suicides from rooftops Break our ankles when we land And bless the arrows That strike us where we stand If it doesn't crush me It's alright If it doesn't break me It's alright All the petty demons trying to break me in two I was born stronger than any of you It's alright It's alright It's alright It gets complicated When they come in for their counterattack Everybody hates a victim Who won't stop fighting back Sprayed blood in their faces Play for keeps And bless the brave assassins Who strike us while we sleep If it doesn't crush me It's alright If it doesn't break me It's alright All the petty demons trying to break me in two I was born stronger than any of you It's alright It's alright It's alright
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "I wrote this on a tour bus, in 2009. And then I promptly put it away, even though I thought it was kinda good, but some things you have to kill, just to see if they will come crawling back up. Tonight, the song 'Hail St. Sebastian', written outside of I think the Mercy Lounge in Nashville on a tour bus with Owen Pallett, comes crawling back up from the grave." -- 2012-03-24 - Merkin Concert Hall - New York, NY