Proverbs 6:27

Proverbs 6:27
Album	The Life of the World to Come
Released	2009
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:56

Proverbs 6:27 is a bonus track from the album The Life of the World to Come. It is only available for purchase from Amazon.

Bible Verse

Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? ²⁸ Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched? ^{NIV Translation}

Lyrics

Try to hide down in the darkness
Get accustomed to our shapes
Reined in 'til next week at the earliest
Go through an old box full of betamax tapes

Pull the blankets up to my neck
And the screen began to glow
I cried real tears when they beat Chuck Norris down
Wait here in the shadows 'til the shadows let me go

And treat each crushing moment like a gift
And wait for the fog to lift

Pretend I'm waiting for a notice
From someone somewhere far away
Sit here and break things while I'm waiting
As day gives way to day gives way to day gives way to day

But though I try to let the shadows mask my movements
They're never gonna hide me like they used to
I watch the Delta Force save everybody from that plane on fire
I was watching wishing I had not lost track of you

I treat each crushing moment like a gift
And wait for the fog to lift

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "Sometimes when you're playing, like, a duo show, you get an idea at about 3:30 in the afternoon and neglect to share it with your bandmate. You get to the sound check... and say "Hey, let's do that Proverbs 6:27'. As bandmates will often say with Bible albums, 'which one is that?' And then you, being me, say 'Oh, wait, it wasn't on the album.' We - 'cause there were other Bible songs, nobody ever heard the Daniel one, it was pretty good. I don't know much about it, except it was depressing. ....Anyway, it's in B. It's called 'Proverbs 6:27'." -- 2018-05-28 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2009-03-21 - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - Washington, D.C.
• 2016-11-21 - Second City - Chicago, IL
• 2018-05-28 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL

Videos of this song

• 2016-11-21 - Second City - Chicago, IL
• 2018-05-28 - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL

The Life of the World to Come
Track list: "1 Samuel 15:23" • "Psalms 40:2" • "Genesis 3:23" • "Philippians 3:20-21" • "Hebrews 11:40" • "Genesis 30:3" • "Romans 10:9 " • "1 John 4:16" • "Matthew 25:21" • "Deuteronomy 2:10" • "Isaiah 45:23" • "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace" Bonus tracks: "Enoch 18:14" • "Proverbs 6:27" The Life of the World in Flux: "Daniel 12:8 (third)" • "Matthew 11:14-19"