We Have Seen the Enemy

We Have Seen the Enemy
Album	Zopilote Machine
Released	1994
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	1:53
Previous Track	"Sinaloan Milk Snake Song"
Next Track	"Standard Bitter Love Song #7"

We Have Seen the Enemy is the sixth song on the album Zopilote Machine.

Lyrics

Everything I've told you was true
So imagine my surprise when I blink my eyes 
And realize that I've been talking to you
And I've told you everything
Even the parts I'd meant to leave out
And I shake my hair, and I look about

And the wild dogs are hungry
And the wild dogs howl
And the wild dogs in the mountains to the north of us
Come down

 

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "A lot of the early Mountain Goats songs are about the moment in which you come to recognize your position in relation to one other person. This is one such song, and it's called 'We Have Seen the Enemy'." -- 2018-04-12 - The Woodward Theater - Cincinnati, OH

Notes

• The original title of this song may have been "We Have Seen The Enemy & He Looks Delicious." [1] (Also see notes under Corkscrewed.)

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2000-10-16 - Gate City Noise - Greensboro, NC
• 2010-08-28 - Music for Fences - Durham Central Park - Durham, NC
• 2015-11-05 - Big Arts Schein Performance Hall - Sanibel Island Writer's Conference - Sanibel, FL
• 2018-04-12 - The Woodward Theater - Cincinnati, OH
• 2022-07-16 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA
• 2024-03-02 - The Neptune - Seattle, WA