The mountain goats sax rohmer lyrics

I love the epic scope and mood of this song. Everything is falling apart around him, and he has his mind set only on getting back home. I am probably reading too much into this but isn't that the fun with John's songs? It could be a coincidence, but both the poem and a great deal of John's songs seem to deal with lost childhood. Just a thought!

Well, assuming that each song on 'Heretic Pride' fits in with the titular notion i.

The mountain goats sax rohmer lyrics

It seems to be a kind of snapshot of his creative mind's output, with all the associated Fu Manchu stuff spies from imperial China etc. For those who don't know, Wikipedia told me that Sax Rohmer once ridiculed the suggestion that his novels were racist in tone towards Chinese people by saying something like "but all Chinese people are like that".

Hence, heretic pride Well, John said that with this song he just threw words against a wall and hoped they stuck, but I think that people could develop infinate meanings from it :. This is the first Mountain Goats song I ever heard, and I've been in love with Darnielle's work ever since :. The Mountain Goats Sax Rohmer 1. Add Yours.

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