The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
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John Darnielle had this to say about Prana Ferox: “This is a song about alcohol, and the wondrous things it can, you know, the ways it can bring a relationship to a place that it mightn’t’ve gone before. Right? A bad place, but a place that it mightn’t’ve gone before.”
[Intro: Unknown]
You wake up in the morning feeling gloriously alive, with the firm conviction that the problems that disturbed you in the past will now disappear, disappear, disappear into the midnight of your consciousness
[Verse 1]
I went down to the basement
To check up on the sour mash
I looked down to the nonreactive ceramic tub
It was bubbling
I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down
I saw the dust devils swarming around
Incoming sun beams cut them apart
And I watched a shadow pass across my heart
You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink
Trying to cool down
Trying to cool down
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
I know you don't believe me, but I could hear you breathing
I looked into the tub and there the mixture was seething
With new life
New life all around
I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down
You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink
Trying to cool down
Trying to cool down
Yeah
Prana Ferox was written by John Darnielle.
Prana Ferox was produced by John Darnielle.
The Mountain Goats released Prana Ferox on Thu Jun 15 1995.
John Darnielle, before playing this song at Crossing Border in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 9, 1999:
You know when you were in love, and the person with whom you were in love was also in love? And then, one or both of you depending on who you ask about the subject years later was possessed...