Up the Wolves
The Mountain Goats * Track #7 On The Sunset Tree
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Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats
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The Mountain GoatsProduced by
John VandersliceWrited by
John DarnielleAbout
“Up the Wolves” was featured prominently in an episode of the fourth season of the AMC horror series, The Walking Dead. Both the song and the episode are about coming into one’s own as an adult, regardless of the difficulties you have faced in the past. For Darnielle, this song, much like the rest o...
Up the Wolves Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
No matter where you live
There'll always be a few things, maybe several things
That you're going to find really difficult to forgive
There's gonna come a day when you feel better
You'll rise up free and easy on that day
And float from branch to branch
Lighter than the air
Just when that day is coming, who can say? Who can say?
[Chorus]
Our mother has been absent ever since we founded Rome
But there's going to be a party when the wolf comes home
[Verse 2]
We're going to commandeer the local airwaves
To tell the neighbors what's been going on
And they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers
In all the wrong directions
And by daybreak we'll be gone
I'm going to get myself in fighting trim
Scope out every angle of unfair advantage
I'm gonna bribe the officials
I'm gonna kill all the judges
It's going to take you people years to recover from all of the damage
[Chorus]
Our mother has been absent ever since we founded Rome
But there's going to be a party when the wolf comes home
Up the Wolves Q&A
Who wrote Up the Wolves's ?
Up the Wolves was written by John Darnielle.
Who produced Up the Wolves's ?
Up the Wolves was produced by John Vanderslice.
When did The Mountain Goats release Up the Wolves?
The Mountain Goats released Up the Wolves on Tue Apr 26 2005.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Up the Wolves"?
I’m always trying to figure out what to say about this god damn song. Part of me wants to say look it’s about revenge, but as soon as I say that… no, that’s not quite it. Part of me wants to say it’s about the satisfaction of not needing revenge… and I say no, that some new age stuff. I think it’s a...