Soft Targets
The Mountain Goats * Track #1 On Bedside Recordings Vol. 1.2
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Album Bedside Recordings Vol. 1.2
Soft Targets by The Mountain Goats
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John Darnielle describes this song as “one of those kind of depressing songs” and goes on to say “it’s one where you say oh, I’m gonna pick sides, I’m gonna decide who is the hero in this song, and the big message of I would say half of my songs is that when you attempt to pick the hero on two sides...
Soft Targets Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You cry when you get drunk
And I can't find the right things to say
Sooner or later you'll start breaking plates
And I'll do what I can to stay out of your way
[Verse 2]
There is nobody innocent here
I've got more blood on my hands than you do
It's you and it's me and the baby makes three
Yeah but we've got our love to carry us through
We've got our love to carry us through
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
I cry when I'm hungry
Something is wrong with my brain
And the ghost of our future's awake in the attic
He moans and he wails as he rattles his chain
[Verse 4]
We embrace on the floor in the kitchen
Emissaries from neighboring lands
When I hunt down the vampire that did this to us
I will rip out his heart with my hands
I will rip out his heart with my hands
Soft Targets Q&A
Who wrote Soft Targets's ?
Soft Targets was written by John Darnielle.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Soft Targets"?
“It’s a love song, after a manner of speaking. It’s called – well, here’s the thing. Uh, in the US military, uh, has this way of, uh coming up with nice ways of describing bad things. Uh, so you have hard targets, that’s buildings and military installations and streets, right, and then you have soft...