4:08
We Shall All be Healed, 2004
Written by John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats aren't the first artist to reappear here, but this song marks the first reoccurrence of an album on this blog. Continuing the tweaker theme of the album, this song finds a group of meth heads gathering at a decrepit hotel to get high. What's that title all about? A palmcorder is a brand of Panasonic camcorder ('And I dreamt of a camera / Pointing out from inside the television"). A Yajna or Yagna is a Hindu ritual done in front of a sacred fire ("If anybody comes into our room while we're asleep / I hope they incinerate everybody in it"). Grim, foreboding, strident.
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