ASL "No Children" Mountain Goats

My cousin Lena & I sign "No Children" by The Mountain Goats. Constructive crit only please!

I hope that our few remaining friends
I WISH FEW REMAIN FRIENDS

Give up on trying to save us
GIVE-UP TRY SAVE TWO-OF-US

I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
I WISH INVENT PLAN CAN'T FAIL

to piss of the dumb few that forgave us
PISS-OFF DUMB THEM FORGIVE TWO-OF-US

I hope the fences we mended
I WISH FENCE FIX FINISHED

Fall down beneath their own weight
NOW STRESS+ BREAK

And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I WISH CONTINUE BEYOND LAST EXIT

I hope it's already too late
I WISH FINISH+ MISS

and I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
I WISH DIRTY YARD NEAR

Someday burns down
FUTURE BURNS

And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
I WISH BLACK SMOKE(up) I-GO-WITH

and I never come back to this town again
COME-BACK NEVER TOWN AGAIN

in my life I hope I lie
MY LIFE I WISH I LIE

and tell everyone you were a good wife
TELL EVERYONE YOU PAST WIFE GOOD

and I hope you die
I WISH YOU DIE

I hope we both die
I WISH TWO-OF-US BOTH DIE

I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I WISH TOMORROW SHAVE+ HURT

I hope it bleeds all day long
I WISH BLEED+ ALL-DAY

Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
THEY SAY DARK-EST BEFORE SUN-RISE

We're pretty sure they're all wrong
THEY WRONG

I hope it stays dark forever
I WISH FOREVER DARK

I hope the worst isn't over
I WISH WORST NOT FINISHED

I hope you blink before I do
I WISH STARE BLINK YOU FIRST

and I hope I never get sober
I WISH DRINK-ALCOHOL+ STOP NEVER

and I hope when you think of me years down the line
I WISH FUTURE YOU REMEMBER ME

you can't find one good thing to say
CAN'T FIND ONE NICE WORD

and I hope that if I found the strength to walk out
I WISH IF HAVE STRENGTH LEAVE

You'd stay the hell out of my way
YOU MOVE-ASIDE ALLOW

I am drowning
I DROWN

there is no sign of land
CAN'T SEE LAND

you are coming down with me
I-DRAG-YOU-ALONG

Hand in unloveable hand
HAND HAND GRASP

and I hope you die
I WISH YOU DIE

I hope we both die
I WISH TWO-OF-US BOTH DIE

Category:

Music

Tags:

• asl
• se
• american sign language
• signed english
• song
• singing
• signing
• translate
• translation
• mountain goats
• no children

[carnalcub]

i love your video! i do have a few questions though. this song impacts me emotionally and i have to wonder if the signing would convey that same emotional impact to a non hearing person. this isn't a criticism at all, just a question. also, again, just wondering if either of you are deaf? awesome video though. i find sign language to be so beautiful, but i have not really been exposed to it much. i can say "thank you" and "french fries" hahah

[ink176]

@carnalcub I have absolutely no question that a native signer could convey the same emotional impact. Neither my cousin nor I are Deaf, so we likely ended up translating a bit more like English than someone who has signed since birth and knows the grammar and intricacies of ASL.

[alphatyrone]

This is great! It would be interesting to See America Right or Going to Georgia.