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Track #10 from The Mountain Goats‘ fifteenth studio album Beat the Champ.
Luna is a word that means ‘moon’ in Spanish. “Luna” here refers to Luna Vachon, a deceased wrestler. This song is a moment of clarity with the wrestler seeing the ashes of her life around her after her house burned down in 20...
All gone, all gone
Watching it go up out front on the lawn
Stay on my feet somehow, I’m strong now
Stuck there, no air
Head high, head high
Tongues of fire that reach up for the sky
Rise through the smoke, the dust of the grave
I will be saved
Pause in mid-stride
Pause in mid-stride
And ride, and ride
And ride, and ride
Burn hard, burn hard
Smoldering pieces landing in the yard
Trace names in ash, big names, old friends
And dead ends
Those last few frames
Go down so fast
Rise through the flames
And end again in flames at last
Stay free, stay free
Invisible armies march by night for me
Stay on my guard, burn hard
Rage on, all gone
Pause in mid-stride
Pause in mid-stride
And ride and ride
And ride and ride
Luna was written by John Darnielle.
Luna was produced by Brandon Eggleston.
The Mountain Goats released Luna on Tue Apr 07 2015.
John Darnielle, before playing this song at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC on April 7, 2015:
“This is a song about a wrestler named Luna Vachon, who was the daughter of Butcher Vachon, and who lost track of herself.”