So I crossed my thoughtless heart Spread my wings like a parachute I’m the albatross I swept in at the rescue The devil that you know Looks now more like an angel I’m the life you chose And all this terrible danger
And when that sky rains fire on you And you’re persona non grata I’ll tell you how I’ve been there too And that none of it matters
Someone knows what’s going on Someone knows, and someone’s gonna tell Someone’s gonna wrap us up in Styrofoam and paper And mail us flat-rate right down to Hell -Going to Maine, The Mountain Goats
You and me are in a lot of trouble And somebody’s gonna burst our bubble
I’ll open up I’m thinking everything you wish I wasn’t The call was tough But you’re better off, I’m being honest So won’t you stop Holding out for me when I don’t want it? Just brush me off ‘Cause I’m your ghost right now, your house is haunted
What if I’m not Worth the time and breath I know you’re savin’?
Called my friend in New York, three thousand miles away Halfway through her metamorphosis, nothing I could say Hoard my small resentments like rare and priceless gems Hang on to your dreams until there’s nothing left of them
-From TG&Y, The Mountain Goats
Do what you have to do, go where you have to go When the time comes to loosen up your grip, you’ll know
I found well represents a headcanon I have for Dagur the Deranged.
It’s a fact that Dagur regretted what he did to Heather, but I have lately been thinking more of that and how much it might’ve affected him, leading me to the headcanon…
“But I missed you more than I thought I would”
Perhaps for a while Dagur was fine with having set his sister adrift, but his father was already gone, and he didn’t have a mother, so he had sent his only family away, probably to die on the open ocean.
So he must’ve been relieved to see her alive. And although he was her enemy…but ever since he saw her again, that was when his behavior started to change
“Oh, and I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be. Right in front of me”
So I believe that the weight taken off of his chest at seeing his sister again, and at knowing he could fight for someone other than himself is what created his redemption arc.
“Talk some sense to me”
And I’ll use you as a warning sign That if you talk enough sense, then you’ll lose your mind And I’ll use you as a focal point So I don’t lose sight of what I want
All along,all along, your intention was to run You couldn’t be someone else You longed to be someone, All your colours running off, and you feel it giving up You couldn’t be somebody else when the miracle came undone.
You said it’s lack of life What a way to cut the air What a way to spend your night
Her clothes spread wide and mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up.But long it could not be till that her garments, heavy with their drink,pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay to muddy death.
ALT