Mole

Mole
Album	We Shall All Be Healed
Released	2004
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	4:32
Previous track	"Your Belgian Things"
Next Track	"Home Again Garden Grove"

Mole is the seventh song on the album We Shall All Be Healed.

Lyrics

I came to see you up there in intensive care
They had handcuffed you to your bed
There were tubes going into you and out from you
Bright white gauze bandages at your head 

I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth
I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth

And they said "Lights out"
And it was lights out
And they gave you your medication
I know what you want and you know what I want
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I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth
I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth

Out in the desert we'll have no worries
Out in the desert just you and me
I came to see you up there in intensive care
Out in the desert we'll live carefree 

I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth
I am a mole
Sticking his head above the surface of the earth

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is a song that takes place in a funhouse mirror." -- 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
• "This is a song about how sometimes you're really afraid they're going to send you to a treatment facility." -- 2007-11-15 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2004-02-20 - Vinyl Fever - Tallahassee, FL
• 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
• 2004-03-03 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
• 2004-03-05 - T.T. the Bear's - Cambridge, MA
• 2004-03-25 - Cafe de la Danse - Paris, France
• 2004-03-29 - Mains D'Oeuvres - Paris, France
• 2004-03-31 - ICA - London, England
• 2004-04-02 - XFM Session - London, England
• 2004-04-20 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
• 2004-05-26 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2004-10-18 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
• 2005-06-19 - Neumo's - Seattle, WA
• 2005-10-13 - Open End Gallery - Chicago, IL
• 2007-10-01 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2007-10-30 - Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, WI
• 2007-11-02 - Gardner Lounge - Grinnell, IA
• 2007-11-10 - Biliken Club - St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
• 2007-11-13 - Madhatter - Covington, KY
• 2007-11-14 - The Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
• 2007-11-15 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 2009-03-21 - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - Washington, D.C.
• 2009-11-29 - Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA
• 2010-04-09 - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington, New Zealand
• 2012-06-27 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 2013-01-20 - Rock for Roe at The Pinhook - Durham, NC
• 2013-06-17 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
• 2014-04-19 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL
• 2017-12-02 - Mr. Small's - Millvale, PA
• 2017-12-03 - Mountain Stage - Culture Center Theater - Charleston, WV
• 2017-12-04 - Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount, VA
• 2017-12-05 - The National - Richmond, VA
• 2017-12-06 - Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC
• 2017-12-14 - Holocene - Portland, OR
• 2019-05-01 - White Eagle Hall - Jersey City, NJ
• 2022-12-05 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
• 2024-03-01 - Noise Pop 2024 - Grace Cathedral - San Francisco, CA

Videos of this Song

• 2010-04-09 - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington, New Zealand
• 2012-06-27 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 2014-04-19 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL