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
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The title of this song is taken from the last line of an Emily Dickenson poem, “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes”:
After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs –
The stiff Heart questions ‘was it He, that bore,’
And ‘Yesterday, or Centuries before’?
The...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Down in the South Bronx
Down home
Saw you walking down the street again
Saw you looking sweet again
[Verse 2]
I saw you coming through
I turned my head away from you
Why do you come here?
Why do you come around?
Why'd you go home?
Why'd you head on home to Rockaway?
[Outro]
Then the Letting Go was written by John Darnielle.
Then the Letting Go was produced by John Darnielle.
The Mountain Goats released Then the Letting Go on Mon Aug 19 1996.