It Froze Me

It Froze Me
Album	Nothing for Juice
Released	1996
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:07
Previous Track	"I Will Grab You by the Ears"
Next Track	"Full Flower"

It Froze Me is the ninth song on the album Nothing for Juice.

Lyrics

I saw you in the blazing light
When the lotus caught fire
In the middle of the night
It froze me
It froze me

I saw you coming closer real slow
You grabbed hold
I let go
Yeah I saw you in the blazing light
I saw you 
I saw you alright
It froze me
It froze me
It froze me
It froze me

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "I'll tell you a secret. Most of the songs I used to write were just made-up stories but... I think I wrote so many made-up stories so I could bury the real songs. Nobody would catch me. This is a real love song." -- 2006-06-13 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1996-11-11 - Schauspielhaus - Bochum, Germany
• 1996-11-13 - Dreikonigkeller - Frankfurt, Germany
• 1997-06-14 - Zoot's - Detroit, MI
• 1997-06-21 - Tokyo Rose - Charlottesville, VA
• 1997-07-16 - Capitol Theater - Olympia, WA
• 2000-10-15 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
• 2001-04-21 - The Olde Club - Swarthmore, PA
• 2002-03-07 - Independent Media Center - Urbana, IL
• 2002-03-11 - The Maintenance Shop - Ames, IA
• 2002-10-04 - Le Club Shock - Rochester, NY
• 2002-10-09 - The Cobblestone - Dublin, Ireland
• 2002-10-10 - ICA - London, England
• 2002-11-03 - The Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
• 2002-11-08 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
• 2003-01-29 - Mean Fiddler - London, England
• 2003-02-01 - Briton's Protection - Manchester, England
• 2003-02-18 - Uffes Källare - Växjö - Gothenberg, Sweden
• 2003-04-04 - Macrock Festival - Court Square Theatre - Harrisonburg, VA
• 2003-04-06 - Gate City Noise - Greensboro, NC
• 2003-04-08 - Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL
• 2003-04-09 - Will's Pub - Orlando, FL
• 2003-07-02 - The Guinguette Pirate - Paris, France
• 2003-09-26 - Walter's on Washington - Houston, TX
• 2003-10-03 - Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR
• 2003-11-11 - Kimmel Center - New York University - New York, NY
• 2004-02-11 - Mills College Chapel - Oakland, CA
• 2004-02-20 - Will's Pub - Orlando, FL
• 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
• 2004-03-03 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
• 2004-05-27 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2004-10-18 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
• 2005-03-25 - Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
• 2005-06-18 - China Clipper - Olympia, WA
• 2005-06-24 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2005-07-04 - Fulton Mall Parking Garage - Brooklyn, NY
• 2005-10-12 - The Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
• 2005-10-20 - Uptown Theatre - Washington, PA
• 2006-06-13 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2006-09-26 - Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA
• 2007-03-10 - Steynberg Gallery - San Luis Obispo, CA
• 2007-12-10 - Oran Mor - Glasgow, Scotland
• 2008-03-13 - Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
• 2008-11-06 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
• 2009-11-11 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
• 2011-05-27 - Manchester Academy 3 - Manchester, England
• 2011-05-30 - The Cluny - Newcastle, England
• 2011-06-17 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, British Columbia
• 2011-06-18 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2011-06-26 - Rhino's Youth Media Center & All-Ages Club - Plan-It-X Fest - Bloomington, IN
• 2011-07-13 - 1982 Bar - Gainesville, FL
• 2011-10-29 - A Haunted Hot Tub Halloween - Littlefield - New York, NY
• 2012-02-03 - The Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC
• 2012-12-09 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
• 2012-12-10 - The Irenic - San Diego, CA
• 2012-12-12 - Masonic Lodge - Hollywood Forever Cemetery - Los Angeles, CA
• 2012-12-13 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA
• 2012-12-14 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
• 2012-12-16 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2012-12-17 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
• 2013-06-03 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
• 2013-06-08 - Port City Music Hall - Portland, ME
• 2013-06-16 - Space - Evanston, IL
• 2013-06-24 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 2013-10-18 - Teatre Conde Duque - Madrid, Spain
• 2014-06-07 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
• 2015-11-22 - Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin - Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2015-11-23 - Heliogàbal - Barcelona, Spain‎
• 2016-04-01 - Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY
• 2017-06-05 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
• 2017-09-11 - Sheldon Concert Hall - St. Louis, MO
• 2017-09-13 - Englert Theatre - Iowa City, IA
• 2018-05-28 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL
• 2019-05-03 - L'Astral - Montreal, QC
• 2019-07-17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
• 2019-09-17 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
• 2022-05-14 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
• 2022-11-10 - WUK Foyer - Vienna, Austria
• 2023-02-08 - The Ramkat - Winston-Salem, NC
• 2023-02-19 - The Radio Room - Greenville, SC
• 2023-04-17 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
• 2023-10-11 - The ELM - Bozeman, MT
• 2024-07-29 - District Music Hall - Norwalk, CT

Videos of this Song

• 2003-07-02 - The Guinguette Pirate - Paris, France
• 2011-06-17 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, British Columbia
• 2011-10-29 - A Haunted Hot Tub Halloween - Littlefield - New York, NY
• 2012-12-12 - Masonic Lodge - Hollywood Forever Cemetery - Los Angeles, CA
• 2019-07-17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD