Alpha Rats Nest
The Mountain Goats * Track #14 On Tallahassee
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Alpha Rats Nest by The Mountain Goats
Release Date
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The Mountain GoatsProduced by
Tony DooganWrited by
John DarnielleAbout
Closing track #14 on The Mountain Goats‘ thirteenth full-length album Tallahassee.
The song’s narrator, apparently one of the two lovers that compose the ‘Alpha Couple’, is delivering a eulogy to his relationship, fantasizing about the end to come.
Alpha Rats Nest Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Ah the lengthening hours and the refinery
Belching fire into the sky
We do our best vampire routines
As we suck the dying hours dry
The night is lovely as a rose
If I see sunlight hit you
I am sure that we'll both decompose
[Verse 2]
Ah the fitful sleep and the fire engines
That I dream of when I dream
Some day we'll both wake up for good
I will try hard not to scream
The evening wind will shake the blinds
You're stirring from your slumber
We've got something hateful on our minds
[Verse 3]
Oh sing, sing, sing
For the dying of the day
Sing for the flames that will rip through here
And the smoke that will carry us away
Yeah sing for the damage we've done
And the worse things that we'll do
Open your mouth up and sing for me now
And I will sing for you
[Outro]
Alpha Rats Nest Q&A
Who wrote Alpha Rats Nest's ?
Alpha Rats Nest was written by John Darnielle.
Who produced Alpha Rats Nest's ?
Alpha Rats Nest was produced by Tony Doogan.
When did The Mountain Goats release Alpha Rats Nest?
The Mountain Goats released Alpha Rats Nest on Tue Nov 05 2002.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Alpha Rats Nest"?
John Darnielle has called this the end of the Alpha couple, in both his discography’s chronology as that of the characters. Their ending is explosive and violent, which John summed up in 2015 at a festival in Ames, IA:
They decided to make a great conflagration of the end of their relationship. Ins...