Fire Editorial
The Mountain Goats * Track #7 On Beat the Champ
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- #1Southwestern Territory
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- #2The Legend of Chavo Guerrero
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- #3Foreign Object
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- #4Animal Mask
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- #5Choked Out
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- #6Heel Turn 2
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- #7Fire Editorial
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- #8Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan
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- #9Werewolf Gimmick
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- #10Luna
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- #11Unmasked!
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- #12The Ballad of Bull Ramos
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- #13Hair Match
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Fire Editorial by The Mountain Goats
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The Mountain GoatsProduced by
Brandon EgglestonWrited by
John DarnielleAbout
Track #7 from The Mountain Goats‘ fifteenth studio album Beat the Champ.
This song, lyrically, is about Ed “The Sheik” Farhat, a legendary Detroit-area wrestler and wrestling promoter, known for innovating what is now commonly called “hardcore” wrestling. The Sheik character was famous for throwin...
Fire Editorial Lyrics
Two blinded in Detroit!
Something must be done
Jaws dropping at ringside
In the blood tide when the fireball hits
Down Indiana way
Make 'em check their guns
Real tears when it's over
Smell the sulfur when the dark vault splits
Lord of the hidden pocket knife
Tawdry dreams all come to life
Save yourselves
Save this town, save everything not nailed down
War in Ontario! Dead before the bell
Crushed hopes of the young breed
All the best bleed
All the proud boys break
Who will stand before the flood?
Who will mop up all the blood?
Who alone?
Skin, bone, steel, stone
Swim or drown
Save this town, save everything not nailed down
Fire Editorial Q&A
Who wrote Fire Editorial's ?
Fire Editorial was written by John Darnielle.
Who produced Fire Editorial's ?
Fire Editorial was produced by Brandon Eggleston.
When did The Mountain Goats release Fire Editorial?
The Mountain Goats released Fire Editorial on Tue Apr 07 2015.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Fire Editorial"?
John Darnielle, before playing this song at The Showbox in Seattle, WA on May 29, 2015:
“There was a guy in the Upper Midwest named Ed Farhat. But nobody who watched him work knew that that was his name, because he never dropped character in public, not once. He, he played a guy from Lebanon. His m...