Stars Around Her

Stars Around Her
Album	Songs About Fire
Released	1995
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:14
Previous Track	"Song for John Davis"

Stars Around Her is the fourth song on the single Songs About Fire. It was re-released on the compilation Ghana.

Lyrics

I saw the darkness coming down
It posed no threat to me
I let the darkness ease its way around
It was every good thing I'd expected it would be
I saw you coming
Through the twisting vines outside
I saw the new moon collide 
With the stars clustered around her

I saw the young fruit on the new lime
I felt your breath catch its rhythm
I heard your legs push away the tall dry brush
I saw the moon and the stars 
And knew the secrets within them
I heard you saying my name into my ear
No one has to tell me why you've come here
'Cause I know
I know
I know

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is another quiet song that shouldn't probably be played in a room where people are talking, but I just don't care." -- 1996-09-03 - Fletcher's - Baltimore, MD
• "This, I almost never play, and it was on a seven-inch called 'Songs About Fire', and it's called 'Stars Around Her'." -- 2005-01-26 - WELH Session - Providence, RI

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1995-04-20 - Magasin 4 - Brussels, Belgium
• 1996-02-25 - Tower Musikclub - Bremen, Germany
• 1996-09-03 - Fletcher's - Baltimore, MD
• 1997-06-22 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 1999-01-24 - Echo Lounge - Atlanta, GA
• 2004-02-18 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
• 2005-01-26 - WELH Session - Providence, RI
• 2012-06-27 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 2021-08-27 - The Athenaeum Theatre - Columbus, OH
• 2021-09-26 - Musikfest Cafe - Bethlehem, PA
• 2024-03-03 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2024-04-09 - Kalamazoo State Theatre - Kalamazoo, MI

Videos of this Song

• 2024-03-03 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR