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[Verse 1]
If you really want to conjure up a ghost
Cultivate a space for the things that hurt you most
Rake the sands until they surface
Blind their tiny eyes
[Verse 2]
Stake out your position, let your armor fall
Stay put till they find you, it won't take long at all
Rake the sands until they surface
Up they come, gone translucent
[Bridge]
They're coming up no matter what
Fools rush in, and the doors slam shut
[Verse 3]
Ghosts of my childhood, stay with me if you will
Find a place where there's water, hold you under till you're still
Rake the sands until they surface
Don't let anybody call them ugly
Outer Scorpion Squadron was written by John Darnielle.
Outer Scorpion Squadron was produced by Scott Solter.
The Mountain Goats released Outer Scorpion Squadron on Tue Mar 29 2011.
John Darnielle at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on March 29, 2011:
“This is a song… by myself… for people like me… who – oh, this sentence is really starting to take a nice shape – for people like me, who have a strong indwelling evidently permanent urge to damage themselves or cut themselves...