| Porcile | |
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Album |
Esopus Number 5 |
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Released |
2005 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
3:09 |
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Previous Track |
"Plywood Superman" (Jim White) |
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Next Track |
"On Being Complicated" (Alina Simone) |
Porcile is the third song on the compilation Esopus Number 5.
Lyrics[]
When I wake up I crawl on all fours to the kitchen And I admire myself in the dish of water on the floor These summer mornings, they can't last forever, you know There's gonna come a day, come a day When no one here can stand it anymore The stench and the overwhelming noise Pull the truck up to the front Drive 'em in boys, drive 'em in boys Drive 'em in So when I hear them coming I try to stand up but I fall down, I fall down And I smash my nose against the counter as I go Blood splashes on the tiles And I wanna clean it up But there isn't time to clean it up is there Things are bad for us right now Things are gonna be bad for awhile Yeah the stench and the overwhelming noise Pull the truck up to the door Drive 'em in boys, drive 'em in boys Drive 'em in
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- "For our fifth CD, Esopus invited 12 musicians to pick a work of visual art they recalled as having been significant to them at some point in their lives and then use it as inspiration for a song. The selected pieces ranged from historic masterpieces to contemporary work to anonymous folk art. Some songs hint at their source lyrically; others—including several instrumentals—echo in musical form the visual poetry of the piece they reference. Connecting particular tracks with their source is a challenge, and we didn't make it any easier: Esopus asked musicians to avoid directly referencing the artworks’ titles in their songs, because we thought readers might enjoy establishing the links on their own." -- Esopus website
- "Porcile" was inspired by a photograph by Cindy Sherman, Untitled #140.