Old College Try by The Mountain Goats

“I can feel it in the rotten air tonight / In the tips of my fingers / In the skin on my face / In the weak last grasp of the evening's dying light / In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place / Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell / Like the searchlights in the parking lots of Hell”

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I can feel it in the rotten air tonight / In the tips of my fingers / In the skin on my face / In the weak last grasp of the evening's dying light / In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place / Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell / Like the searchlights in the parking lots of Hell

jebreject 27 Apr 2015

One of my favourite lyrics: "Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell"

hannahwood 4 Jan 2012

things will shortly get completely out of hand - i can feel it in the rotten air tonight, in the tips of my fingers, in the skin on my face.

bloodstone 17 Nov 2014

it's getting colder out, which means i'll be listening to the mountain goats on vinyl all-day

misandrist 13 Sep 2014

Like a trash can fire in a prison cell, like the searchlights in the parking lots of Hell

housetoastonish 8 Feb 2014

This little song caught my attention this morning. I reminded me of someone I used to be.

tricksterspirit 18 Jul 2013