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Cover of We Shall All Be Healed

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This song is for the rats
Who hurled themselves into the ocean
When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold
Were just about to blow

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  • bionicbigfoots

    This is a beautiful song.

    20 Nov 2012 Reply

  • tobacconist

    "This song is for the people Who tell their families that they're sorry For things they can't And won't feel sorry for" so this song is for me. thank you John Darnielle

    27 Jun 2012 Reply

  • iblamethegovt

    i love this song so much

    27 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Churumbela

    For someone who claims to dislike this song, you spend a lot of time on its page...

    8 Aug 2011 Reply

  • iblamethegovt

    "The sound of the instruments doesn't help much either."

    29 May 2011 Reply

  • iamnotzac

    let 'em all go

    9 May 2011 Reply

  • fairyliquidizer

    the phillips corporation will admit that they've made an awful mistake and bill gates will single handedly spearhead the heaven seventeen revival

    21 Apr 2011 Reply

  • JaktheAce

    Mountain Goats just aren't my style :-/ Allot of my friends with similar taste love them, and the lyrics are great, but the guy singing just makes the song boring. The sound of the instruments doesn't help much either. I guess it might be good to put you to sleep. All that said, I actually like this song.

    19 Apr 2011 Reply

  • infi1

    I'd mock ccrow79's taste but that stare is INTENSE, man.

    24 Mar 2011 Reply

  • iblamethegovt

    iblamethegovt tagged Cotton as hardcore p*$$y $hit, man

    20 Mar 2011 Reply

  • ccrow79

    Wow... I'm almost literally bored to death... and seriously... one of the 100 best living songwriters... I don't think so. This is some hardcore p*$$y $hit, man. Grow some testes, Darnielle.

    5 Mar 2011 Reply

  • pianistman1337

    those drums are seriously some of the best things ever when they enter the break in this song. way to go, JD.

    23 Feb 2011 Reply

  • occer

    Let them all go.

    24 Dec 2010 Reply

  • warrensid

    when the drums kick in, the songs elevated to a whole new level.

    14 Nov 2010 Reply

  • popletoo

    Drop your seeds there..let them go....love the lyrics

    8 Oct 2010 Reply

  • kaitlinmarieee

    This songs for the rats.

    12 Jul 2010 Reply

  • djskein79

    I always hate the fact The Mountain Goats didn't play this song live. It would fit in so well in the acoustic section with just John Darnielle.

    27 Jun 2010 Reply

  • ekbergmann

    "This song is for the people who tell their families that they're sorry for things they can't and won't feel sorry for". That.

    2 Jun 2010 Reply

  • zaynzaynzayn

    downLOwL understate i heard her say this was cool to like

    24 May 2010 Reply

  • radioheadism

    sad and beautiful

    22 May 2010 Reply
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