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Track #1 from The Mountain Goats' eleventh studio album Heretic Pride.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer
For the 2008 Mountain Goats album “Heretic Pride”, Mountain Goats songwriter John Darnielle wrote descriptions of each song on the album for Jeff to illustrate.
Transcription: “Sax Rohme...
[Verse 1]
Fog lifts from the harbor, dawn goes down to day
An agent crests the shadows of the nearby alleyway
Piles of broken bricks, sign posts on the path
Every moment points towards the aftermath
Yeah ah ah
[Verse 2]
Sailors straggle back from their nights out on the town
Hopeless urchins from the city gather around
Spies from imperial China wash in with the tide
Every battle heads toward surrender on both sides
[Chorus]
And I am coming home to you
With my own blood in my mouth
And I am coming home to you
If it’s the last thing that I do
[Verse 3]
Bells ring in the tower, wolves howl in the hills
Chalk marks show up on a few high windowsills
And a rabbit gives up somewhere, and a dozen hawks descend
Every moment leads toward its own sad end
Yeah ah ah
[Verse 4]
Ships loosed from their moorings capsize and then they’re gone
Sailors with no captains watch awhile and then move on
And an agent crests the shadows and I head in her direction
All roads lead toward the same blocked intersection
[Chorus]
I am coming home to you
With my own blood in my mouth
And I am coming home to you
If it’s the last thing that I do
Sax Rohmer #1 was written by John Darnielle.
Sax Rohmer #1 was produced by Scott Solter & John Vanderslice.
The Mountain Goats released Sax Rohmer #1 on Tue Feb 19 2008.