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Bad luck comes in from Tampa
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let the good times roll on through these first few desperate hours
#image id in alt text#first few desperate hours#Tallahassee#the mountain goats#i might have already done this#tmg posting#tmg lyrics#mountain goats posting#the mountain goats fan art#tmg fan art#doodles#make bad art#Spotify
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I NEED SOMEBODY’S OPINION ON MY LYRIC INTERPRETATION
Ok so I was just thinking about first few desperate hours, and I was reminiscing on the first time I listened to Tallahassee
And then I got to that one line, “when cloven hoof-prints turn up in the garden, yeah when cloven hoof-prints turn up in the garden, we keep up the good fight, we keep our spirits light”
And I remembered my first thought the first time I ever heard that: cloven hooves?
Well you know what has cloven hooves? MOUNTAIN GOATS!
I am aware that the interpretation that most people have, that it could be referring to Satan, or maybe even deer (as they often destroy gardens so like.. metaphor?)
But to me it always seemed like it was breaking the 4th wall so to speak - the alpha couple saying oh god it’s that John bloke, mr mountain goat, back again to make our lives even more miserable
I know that my interpretation is wrong, but that’s what it will always mean in my mind
Thank you for your time!
#the mountain goats#tmg#tmg posting#poll#TMG poll#tallahassee#music poll#tmg lyrics#song lyrics#lyrics#first few desperate hours#AAAA I have always wanted to discuss this with someone#:)
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First Few Desperate Hours and Transcendental Youth!
First Few Desperate Hours: I am very fond of And the sun peeks in / Like a killer through the curtain. A classic tMG simile, taking something traditionally considered beautiful and good and making it sinister and terrible. The sun does peek in like a killer through the curtain when you're hung over, or when you have something coming up that you're dreading. It's an incongruous and surprising simile that nevertheless is instantly recognizable on an emotional level.
Transcendental Youth: There's a lot to like about this song. The horns, of course, and the excellent drum line, and the way it seems to have been a direct inspiration for the album art. I haven't listened to it in ages. I really like Sing, sing for ourselves alone / Speak into the microphone because it feels like a fourth wall break, and JD speaking directly to the audience. This one's for us, it's about us, sing it with me. The whole album is about doing whatever it takes not to kill yourself, so it seems fitting that the title track would break the fourth wall. It's like he's taking a step back in the studio and offering us the mic for a moment there. It's a good feeling.
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And we try to keep our spirits high But they flag and they wane
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Yeah, the driver drops his cargo at the curb The driver drops his cargo at the curb And the sun peeks in Like a killer through the curtain
First Few Desperate Hours / Tallahassee
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Bad luck comes in from Tampa on the back of a truck
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first few desperate hours live at old american can, july 2nd 2005
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he’s just so……
#yeah i put the one with his ass first. it’s a great ass#my gifs#lou ferrigno jr#outer banks#btw there will be more but i need sleep so desperately#because of work and downloading this season i’ve been awake almost 24 hours#so later i will spend the whole day and probably next few days giffing it 🙌
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Existing in more than one fandom space is like having more than one group of friends but both of them being so wildly different that any overlap at all would be like getting shot in the head
#like there are things that I would consider writing for House MD or Saw but not for Lord of the Rings you know#Same goes for reading#it's like how you have two personalities for your friend groups#and you make a joke that would absolutely score in friend group A#but friend group B just stares at you weird#like in LOTR or The Hobbit fandom I am so used to gentleness and care all around#Characters that love each other against the odds#but with House it's like#yeah these two men hate each other with everything they're worth#yeah they're so codependent that they would literally die for each other#yeah they have freaknasty sex on the regular#yeah i would talk for hours about their omegaverse dynamic#then saw is kind of similar to House in a few ways but fundamentally different because the love there is borne from such tragedy#or in AUs it's love at first sight#and you have these two men who are so so so different#and want desperately to take care of each other#THOSE DYNAMICS DON'T WORK FOR HOUSE OR FOR THE HOBBIT#I would never write House and Wilson lovey-dovey and caring just like I would never write Thorin and Bilbo engaging in pet-play#Anyway. anyway.#hilson#house md#thilbo#the hobbit#Saw#sawposting#chainshipping#fandom
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tomi
#FIRST TOMMY OF THE YEAR?????#oh wait i actually have another sketch of him#FIRST COLORED TOMMY OF THE YEAR????#tommyinnit#dsmp#dream smp#tommyinit fanart#my art#doodle#it’s 6am i haven’t slept#i have another chomy but it’s not finished and i’m tired so i’m gonma post tomorrow#or. in a few hours.#im going to sleep bc my pen ran out of batter and i can’t use it while it’s charging bc my cable sucks#i would’ve just skipped through the night otherwise#i should sleep anyways bc my brain would not be able to work and i still have to finish my project for college#update my classmates are still not helping even though i’ve told them over and over again what they have to do#at this point i can put in my resume i have illustrated animated coded and designed a whole game myself#a short game but still#i drew this out of desperation
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and the sun peaks in
like a killer through the curtain
#first few desperate hours#Tallahassee#the mountain goats#tmg posting#tmg lyrics#mountain goats posting#the mountain goats fan art#tmg fan art#doodles#artists on tumblr#make bad art#id in alt text#tmg#Spotify
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i think growing up is just life repeatedly sucker punching you and saying bitch you thought things were gonna better lmao no you're so naive and stupid for having hope in 20 years the world will be flaming bag of garbage and no matter how hard you work you'll get eliminated at some point
#and then you just have to get up and keep living anyway because what else is there to do?#but man my heart keeps feeling heavier with every blow#2024 has literally been the worst year ever god personally too#like everytime i think it can't possibly get worse than this it does#i remember literally 9th jan i had such a horrible breakdown in an auto because the first friend i ever made#after school was leaving my work and therefore my life#9 days into the year. seriously. and i was so happy on 8th because it was my birthday#i don't know im trying hard to think okay this doesn't even affect me it's fine im privileged enough that even my own countrys politics#barely affects me#but just. india is already so behind in everything. if developed nations are doing shit like this then well#it will never get better right like who do we even strive to be#i want to get more into indian politics but my god. it's so horrifying and depressing all the time#like i remember resolving to follow politics closely few years ago and the first news#i read was about some minister talking about how girls skirts lengths IN SCHOOL is the reason boys do sa and boys will be boys etc etc#i know i could just follow business news stuff like that god knows it'll help in my field but it just. doesn't resonate with me doesn't#make me feel anything at all. like i so desperately want to care about ooh stock markets and how to grow your money etc etc#but when i think about being rich enough to invest idle money all i can think is sitting in my own home peacefully#drinking a glass of cold coffee and just being able to breathe freely because me and my sister used to joke in childhood#when dad went thru a coffee v bad for health phase and he wouldn't let us drink it so we would drink it very sneakily#at night when he was asleep or went out for an hour and make absolutely no noise while mixing the sugar. we said that we know#we'll* know we have achieved true freedom and happiness in life when we can peacefully drink cold coffee in the hall and not secretly#in the dead of night in our room#i don't even know what im talking about and my period is late again and nothing is working and my lazer focus#that i had built in the past few weeks is gone because suddenly im like what is the point????#i just don't understand how the fuck humans can fight over stupid fucking things like who is kissing who and who is doing what with their#body instead of focusing on collective issues like our planet is dying so fucking fast and every summer is getting impossibler to survive#i hate that the united states control the UN fuck this world fr man i hate being born in such horrible helpless times#like call me a kid or dumb or whatever but i cannot understand how MILLIONS of people do not#have sympathy for ppl around them and who don't care about the planet at all like how????? how did you grow up????#not trying to boast but this is so natural to me!!! didn't you make save water save earth posters in school!!! didn't anyone
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how do you people study through extreme exhaustion? bc thats what always gets me during the exams & i cannot keep doing this forever
#the first time i had exams i kept going through pure desperation#bc i cared a lot more back then#but now i just dont see studying as important enough for that to work#redoing a year wont be fun but i know people the year below me & it wouldnt be bad either#anyways to pass this next exam i probably wont get any sleep#or maybe 2 hours#which i know is bad but since its only 2 exams this time im less worried about sleep & more about just getting through#so i need to know how to keep myself going#i have no available caffeine :( otherwise thatd be my first idea#but idk ive tried so many things#turning on the big light#movement breaks#short naps#sleeping a few hours & just getting up really early#music - which does help a lot but its not enough#mine#please no one ever taught me any of this i just keep guessing & hoping i get it right#like at school they do 'teach you to study' but really its just a few tips#mostly to take care of yourself & not pull all nighters#like okay. but what if i have to otherwise i will not pass? how do i manage that?#i never had to study before high school#& that combined with my horrible mental state at the time meant my grades went from really good to horrible#and yet somehow passing#but idk i dont want to be hanging on by a thread and just one mistake away from failing anymore#thats not fun#i think it was kinda good for me since i made peace with maybe failing & dont really care about that anymore? like if i fail thats okay too#but yeah anyway#im rambling so i dont have to start studying
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I didn't like Mekt much but I do hate seeing him only utilized as a villain, as if Legion Worlds didn't happen.
Where is the Mekt who admitted that he was wrong to let his loneliness and jealousy dictate how he acted? Where is the Mekt that worked to be better? Where is the Mekt who welcomed Ayla home and put himself in harms way to help her save their parents farm? Where is the Mekt that delighted at the idea of seeing Garth again and was sad to hear he wasn't really coming back?
I don't know. Maybe it's just me but Mekt works so much better as a character of redemption and reconciliation than as one who stays bitter and antagonistic. He's more interesting that way
#this is just about post zero hour mekt i dont know much about other mekts'#losh#legion of super heroes#mekt ranzz#inkytalks#AND I AM NOT EVEN SAYING YOU AHVE TO LIKE HIM#OR THAT HIS SIBLINGS *HAVE* TO FORGIVE HIM#this still works if THEY are still bitter to HIM for what he did#BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO BE#but he doesn't deserve the watered down one dimensional asshole characterization I've seen in a few fics that are ABOUT pzh#my ideal rannz sibling dynamic is ayla being bitter and hostile to mekt garth being wary and hurt and at first unable to be around mekt#while mekt himself just feels so guilty for what he did and desperate to make up but willing to give them however long they need#even if that means he doesnt get to be in their lives ever again...#and then eventually they fall into a comfortable normal that is still not fully recovered and still bitter but they can#have breakfast togther without incident#they can talk about things like the weather or town gossip#they can work together on the farm in comfortable silence#ayla slowly grows less suspicious of mekt and begins to trust him a little more#garth stops feeling like mekt is going to lash out at any given moment and can spend time around him alone#things arent great and they probably wont ever heal all the way their relationship will always be strained#but he's trying and thats all they care about#and things are kinda sorta okay
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unexpectedly cosy morning
#lily talks#so far: best day i've had in weeks#can you believe i actually managed to sleep at night#at least for a few hours#very excited that the forecast was actually correct and we got some snow#it'll probably be gone by tomorrow but it's still nice#love being toasty under my duvet while letting some really crisp air in first thing in the morning#did some stretches#if i'm very brave i'll wash my hair...#(desperately trying to speedrun the selfcare before my energy is gone again)
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