“Psalms 40:2” by The Mountain Goats
What’s this? Another Mountain Goats album? Yes, that’s right. John Darnielle is as prolific as he is good. In the past his albums have been about travelling, California, Florida, breaking up and growing up in a violently dysfunctional family. This time he tackles everyone’s favorite fiction best seller - the Bible. In fact, each of the songs on The Life of the World to Come is named for the Bible verse that it relates to. Do you need to know the Bible to enjoy the album? Definitely not. Just as you don’t need to believe in the underlying religions to learn from the Bible’s teachings, you don’t need to know the Bible verses to understand what he’s singing about or to enjoy the music.
So put the Bible back under that one short table leg and instead start tapping the toes on your short dancing leg while listening to “Psalms 40:2” by The Mountain Goats.
Each morning new.
Each day shot through.
With all the sharp small shards of shrapnel,
That seem to burst out of me and you.
