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Album |
All Eternals Deck |
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Released |
2011 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
3:38 |
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Sourdoire Valley Song is the ninth song on the album All Eternals Deck. This song also appears as a demo on All Survivors Pack as the seventh track.
Lyrics[]
Bang the small rocks on the big ones
Til the small ones are sharp and clean
Catch something, kill something
New blade cuts real keen
And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge
Chew these roots for a toothache
Chew these ones for atmosphere
Dream the pleasant dreams
that people dream
When they grow up down here
And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge
Take care of the old man
See if he's in pain
Have somebody stay with him
Comfort him when he complains
Keep to ourselves mostly
Few friends and fewer closer friends
Lead a long life if you're lucky
Hope it never ends
And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "Neanderthal is this branch of human development that doesn't seem to fit into the story. We have some fairly linear progressions, and then you have this little hook off to the side. For years, the theory ran that neanderthal man just went extinct. Either they didn't breed with cro-magnons, or cro-magnons wiped them out. We don't know what happened to them. This is no longer the operating theory, but it was the one that inspired me." -- Pitchfork interview
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- Sourdoire Valley is the location of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints cave, site of the first-ever recognized Neanderthal burial.[1]
- Olduvai Gorge is an important paleoanthropological site in Tanzania that was occupied by various early human species.
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
| All Eternals Deck |
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Track list: "Damn These Vampires" • "Birth of Serpents" • "Estate Sale Sign" • "Age of Kings" • "The Autopsy Garland" • "Beautiful Gas Mask" • "High Hawk Season" • "Prowl Great Cain" • "Sourdoire Valley Song" • "Outer Scorpion Squadron" • "For Charles Bronson" • "Never Quite Free" • "Liza Forever Minnelli" |