| The Garden Song | |
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Released |
1992 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:14 |
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The Garden Song is the first song on the Mountain Goats' second cassette, The Hound Chronicles.
Lyrics[]
I see the flowers in your garden are in bloom I see the flags are flying high I hear you've gone and rearranged things in your room I guess you're trying to cut-off my air supply I came toward your window, real slowly I knew deep down I was about to strike oil I guess by the now the flowers in your garden know me I felt them trying to get at me through the soil My bare feet felt the cool, soft dirt Moving up my ankles, but I don't fear you The thorns began tearing at my shirt But I didn't even care when they tore clear through Your garden can't hurt me Your flowers don't threaten my life Your garden can't hurt me anymore Your flowers don't threaten my life
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "Like a lot of college singer-songwriter guys, I thought it'd be really intense if you had songs where the rejected lover is, like, totally stalking somebody. You may find this with your guys with acoustic guitars in college, is that they write these songs and they think that you will like them better if the protagonist in their song is, like, stalking his beloved. Guys are confused; they grow out of this, right? But for the moment, they really think it's super intense to have a narrator who's going to immolate himself if he doesn't get the love he wants. I went through that myself with the songs; this is on The Hound Chronicles and I feel really silly playing it. It's called 'The Garden Song'." -- 2006-12-02 - Pitzer College - Claremont, CA
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- The clip of dialog on the beginning of the recording is from a scene in the 1988 horror film 976-EVIL. This film was also mentioned by John Darnielle in his Letterboxd "Four Favorites" video.
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
Videos of this Song[]
| The Hound Chronicles |
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Side One: "The Garden Song" • "Going to Wisconsin" • "Spilling Toward Alpha" • "Alpha Negative" • "Torch Song" • "שקט (Be Quiet)" • "The Cow Song" • "(Untitled)" • "Going to Chino" |