The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
Track #4 on The Mountain Goats‘ ninth studio album The Sunset Tree.
This track’s instrumentals are made up of a looping cello riff.
Before a 2006 performance of “Dilaudid,” Darnielle said of the song, “You shouldn’t mix pills that they tell you not to mix if you are sixteen and think you’re tough....
[Verse 1]
The reception's gotten fuzzy
The delicate balance has shifted
Put on your gloves and your black pumps
Let's pretend the fog has lifted
[Verse 2]
Now you see me
Now you don't
Now you say you love me
Pretty soon you won't
[Verse 3]
If we get our full three-score and ten
We won't pass this way again
So kiss me with your mouth open
Turn the tires toward the street
And stay sweet
[Verse 4]
All the chickens coming home to roost
Plump bodies blotting out the sky
You know it breaks my heart in half, in half
When I see them trying to fly
'Cause you just can't do
Things your body wasn't meant to
Hike up your fishnets
I know you
[Verse 5]
If we live to see the other side of this
I will remember your kiss
So do it with your mouth open
And take your foot off of the brake
For Christ's sake!
Dilaudid was written by John Darnielle.
Dilaudid was produced by John Vanderslice.
The Mountain Goats released Dilaudid on Mon Mar 21 2005.
“You shouldn’t mix pills that they tell you not to mix if you are sixteen and think you’re tough.” —John Darnielle; 20 September 2006; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA