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
“Running Away With What Freud Said” is widely considered the first Mountain Goats song, as it is the first listed on the first release. This is, evidently, an accident, as John Darnielle (the band’s sole member at the time) has claimed that the tape on which the song appears was never meant to be wi...
[Verse 1]
Big city, wide corner
New flowers, cold comfort
56 Fahrenheit early in the morning
Buses passing by, black smoke in their wake
Big surprises, a lot of big surprises
Bones ringing, running away with what Freud said
[Verse 2]
Same morning, world breathing
Far, far from home
Big ringing in the bones
Whose bones are these? God, please
Feeling the pumping, feeling the fresh blood pump inside
City's living, the city's truly living
What's the difference?
Running away with what Freud said
Running Away with What Freud Said was written by John Darnielle.
Running Away with What Freud Said was produced by John Darnielle.
Before playing this song at the Swedish-American Hall on February 2, 2016, John explained:
This is the first song on the first tape and it’s called Running Away with What Freud Said. It takes that title- I was watching a lot of TV at the time. Really a lot of TV. I would now recognize that as a sym...