Exegetic Chains - The Mountain Goats

Look closely at the shadows

On the ground beneath the trees

The labors of Hercules

Wild grasses on the hills

Rippling in the wind

Cybele unchained

The songs you sing at Christmas time

The stories that you tell

Well I knew them well

Yes I knew them well

Say your prayers to whomever

You call out to in the night

Keep the chains tight

Make it through this year

If it kills you outright

The coins they toss at dancers

Whirling in the city square

Music on the air

The places where we met to share

Our secrets now and then

We will see them again

Change will come

Stay warm inside the ripple

Of the Panasonic hum

It grinds

And it roars

Headed somewhere better

If I have to crawl there on all fours

Say your prayers to whomever

You call out to in the night

Keep the chains tight

Make it through this year

If it kills us outright