Seeing Daylight

Seeing Daylight
Album	Beautiful Rat Sunset
Released	1994
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:20
Previous Track	"Going to Maryland"
Next Track	"Resonant Bell World"

Seeing Daylight is the seventh song on the EP Beautiful Rat Sunset.

Lyrics

Two cans clear chicken broth
Two white onions
One bulb garlic

Boil boil
Boil boil

And the screams of delight from the pool outside
The splashing sounds
The coffee heating up on the stove
The sky outside the color of pure fresh milk

Boil boil
Boil boil

And the phone ringing, and me picking it up
And watching myself do so
In the quiet room
In the June evening 
And your voice on the other end
And the impossibility of your voice on the other end
And the impossible echo inside

Boil boil
Boil boil

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "Here's a song about death." -- 2011-03-29 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1995-04-20 - Magasin 4 - Brussels, Belgium
• 1995-04-22 - Fast Forward Festival - Dooroosje Club - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• 1996-02-25 - Bremen, Germany
• 1996-03-14 - Broadway Kino - Essen, Belgium
• 1996-03-20 - The Garage - London, England
• 1996-09-02 - Tokyo Rose - Charlottesville, VA
• 2000-10-16 - Gate City Noise - Greensboro, NC
• 2002-03-07 - Independent Media Center - Urbana, IL
• 2010-07-31 - Holidays for Quince Benefit - The Pinhook - Durham, NC
• 2011-02-15 - University of Washington - Meany Hall - Seattle, WA
• 2011-03-25 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
• 2011-03-26 - Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center - York, PA
• 2011-03-28 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2011-03-29 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2011-03-30 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2011-04-03 - The Opera House - Toronto, Ontario
• 2011-04-05 - The Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
• 2011-04-10 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
• 2011-04-11 - Wexner Center - Columbus, OH
• 2011-04-12 - Mr. Smalls - Millvale, PA
• 2011-04-14 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
• 2011-05-25 - Koko - London, England
• 2011-05-27 - Manchester Academy 3 - Manchester, England
• 2011-05-28 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, England
• 2011-05-29 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - Glasgow, Scotland
• 2011-06-14 - The Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
• 2011-06-16 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
• 2011-06-20 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
• 2012-06-25 - Mission Theater - Portland, OR
• 2016-02-25 - High Dive - Gainesville, FL
• 2016-02-28 - Noise Pop 2016 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA

Videos of this Song

• 2011-04-10 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
• 2012-06-25 - Mission Theater - Portland, OR