“Stan Lee called me in; it would’ve been late ‘70 or early '71. […] He had a couple of sentences or so for the concept — I think it was mainly the notion of a guy working on some experimental drug or something for the government, his being accosted by spies, and getting fused with the swamp so that...
[Verse 1]
Into the source of the squall
I inevitably fall
Toward the well-spring of all agony
Shuffling endlessly
Whether or not it was always going to be this way
It only mattered yesterday
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
[Verse 2]
Up from the earth and the clay
Melting away
Never lose enough to find my form
Trudge through the storm
Wait in hope
For some as yet undiscovered isotope
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
[Bridge]
When at last
The die gets cast
Read the numbers out loud
With your head bowed
Try to find a face to focus on
But the memory’s gone
Wherever my former self went
It was an accident
Try to picture him in my mind’s eye
Say goodbye
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
Song for Ted Sallis was written by John Darnielle.
Song for Ted Sallis was produced by Brandon Eggleston.
The Mountain Goats released Song for Ted Sallis on Fri Sep 07 2018.
On the EP’s bandcamp page John Darnielle writes:
“Almost Every Door” and “Song for Ted Sallis” were written at home in North Carolina sometime during the summer and recorded by Brandon Eggleston at Electrical Audio in Chicago during our three-night stand at Old Town School of Folk Music.
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