The Mountain Goats - This Year

I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
headed north on mills avenue
and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me
and good things ahead
a girl named Cathy
wants a little of my time
six cylinders underneath the hood
crashing and kicking
aha!
listen to the engine whine

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i played video games in a drunken haze
i was seventeen years young
hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

and then Cathy showed up
and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle
all bitter and clean
locking eyes
holding hands
twin high maintenance machines

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i drove home in the California dusk
i could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
pictured the look on my stepfather's face
ready for the bad things to come
i down shifted
as i pulled into the driveway
the motor screaming out
stuck in second gear
the scene ends badly
as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear

there will be feasting and dancing
in Jerusalem next year

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

Category:

Music

Tags:

• the
• mountain
• goats
• sunset
• tree
• this
• year

[megasupersharkattack]

Hey guys, a few nights ago I got to see the Mountain Goats perform this song live. I recently uploaded it so if you guys wanna check it out or anything, it's there!

[megasupersharkattack]

Please keep all petty squabbles out of the comments. I may be unwilling to take down this video, but removing the comments won't be as difficult a decision to make.

[megasupersharkattack]

Hey guys. There is a chance that I may have to remove this video. Copyright issues and all that. It was bound to happen. I'm just surprised that it took over a year.

[theoracularpig]

great song.great username

[megasupersharkattack]

@theoracularpig B)

[RevivalOfSka]

I remember my dad showing me this song in November when he had pancreatic cancer, he died on December 28th. Rest In Peace dad.

[rawrziethezombie]

@21trofy I know that. Sometimes I just get frustrated when they think they know best for me when they don't even have their own lives figured out. I am very grateful and so thankful that I have them, but I'm just antsy to make my own decisions. And I don't think there's only hopelessness. You find your own happiness in the big pile of crazy that consists of this world. I'm going to college for creative writing; something I love. With an open mind, happiness will come.

[21trofy]

@rawrziethezombie hey buddy just letting you know you are not free when you turn 18. Unless you wanna go out get a job that will pay all your bills then you can call yourself free from your parents but then you are forever a slave to society. there is nothing but hopelessness awaiting you kid. don't be so stupid and reckless to get out so fast thank your parents for everything they have given you.

[jacksonnicholls]

@Medafets And it will hopefully get you through every year once year 12 is finished and you go into the real world.

[16mockingbirds]

@Medafets omg my sentiments exactly. Hopefully Year 13 too.

[R0WMaC]

@megasupersharkattack B) <3

[Medafets]

This song will get me through Year 12.

[drroxxo1]

love this guys voice

unique

[rawrziethezombie]

I'm 17. Playing this song on repeat really makes me feel better when my parents treat me as if I'm forever under their authority. I only have ten more months until my 18th birthday. Ten. More. Months. Feels beautiful.