When a Powerful Animal Comes

Album cover art for "When a Powerful Animal Comes" by The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats - Rock, Indie Rock

When a Powerful Animal Comes

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[Intro] One, two One, two, three [Verse 1] We move by night Cover our tracks well and we pack light Follow the shoreline 'til we've run clean out of land Speak in gestures only we can understand [Chorus] We've made mistakes Everyone spots their own mess when the dawn breaks [Verse 2] We get so exhausted Lost kids, just wasted Sleep in short shifts and then rise up to our feet Life is short, and life is hard, and life is sweet [Chorus] The treeline shakes We roll hard along some long odds when the dawn breaks [Bridge] See soft peaks off in the distance Those people in the mountains They will never know what hit them [Verse 3] We shed dead weight It gets pretty hard to concentrate Practice our prayers until some small hope crystallizes Follow the shoreline till some better hope arises [Chorus] Behold, the beast awakes Stand trapped in his great shadow when the dawn breaks

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Credits

Writers
  • John Darnielle