The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton - The Mountain Goats (w\ lyrics)

LYRICS:

the best ever death metal band out of denton
were a couple of guys, who'd been friends since grade school.
one was named cyrus, and the other was jeff.
and they practiced twice a week in jeff's bedroom.

the best ever death metal band out of denton
never settled on a name.
but the top three contenders, after weeks of debate,
were satan's fingers, and the killers, and the hospital bombers.

jeff and cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed
for stage lights and leer jets, and fortune and fame.
so in script that made prominent use of a pentagram,
they stenciled their drumheads and guitars with their names.

this was how cyrus got sent to the school
where they told him he'd never be famous.
and this was why jeff,
in the letters he'd write to his friend,
helped develop a plan to get even.
when you punish a person for dreaming his dream,
don't expect him to thank or forgive you.
the best ever death metal band out of denton
will in time both outpace and outlive you.
hail satan!
hail satan tonight!
hail satan!
hail hail!

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[squagglenater]

is this the jesus convention or did i take a wrong turn at the retarded giraffe video

[DeathMetalThunder]

This song isn't reall about Death Metal, or Satan, or any of that. It's about hopes and dreams, and how no one should tell you you can't reach your goals in life. "When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you." - that line could be a quote from any great rebellious leader in history.

[Ehelon]

A life, like mine, in which you have completly lost sight of your dreams and your ability to fulfill them is so fucking painful and is a suffering on a scale unimaginable. Never lose sight of those dreams.

[therealmcnulty]

don't expect them to thank or forgive you

[dwhit8]

Like Cyrus, I was sent away to a boarding school as a teen; not a normal boarding school, but one for people who aren't well, like Cyrus. I was just lucky enough to find myself in a good place, one of the best in this world. They never punished me for dreaming. Rather, they taught me how to dream again, when I was in a really dark place that I didn't know how to escape from. That school inspired me to offer what I can to others. I hope to spend my life reaching out to kids like Cyrus.

[Wasteyard]

hail satan

[blindmagi]

@Johnny3Tears4E What if it's meant ironically?

[tybaron23]

HAIL SATAN

[Jake733Metal]

@DeathMetalThunder yep, sounds like what I'd say in a song. lol

[bigg132]

This song was posted on my birthday.

[illykarbon]

@Johnny3Tears4E Y'know it's hilarious to me just how many Jesus freaks manage to play the "Holier than thou" card whilst maintaining the grammar and mastery of the English language equivalent to the monkeys they refuse to acknowledge we evolved from.