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“Last Gasp At Calama” is an acoustic lo-fi song, recorded at home by John Darnielle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The song draws inspiration from page 74 of Pierre Chuvin’s A Chronicle of the Last Pagans, which describes events that took place in Calama (today Guelma in Algeria) in 408. From letter...
[Verse 1]
Out in the street
Free and young
Songs of the Great God
Wild on my tongue
Here come the new guys again
Humorless men
Let he who's without sin
Throw the first one, like you said
Let anyone else throw the second
As long as it connects with your head
[Chorus]
One summer, then all of this is gone
One more summer, then no more swan
[Verse 2]
Hand me a torch why not
Let's get some kicks in while the flame's still hot
They'll do what they were gonna do anyway
But Carthage may rise again one day
"With the measure that you used, so shall it be measured to you,"
So you say, and it's true
[Chorus]
One summer, then all of this is gone
One more summer, then no more swan
Last Gasp At Calama was written by John Darnielle.
Last Gasp At Calama was produced by John Darnielle.
The Mountain Goats released Last Gasp At Calama on Fri Apr 10 2020.