tell everyone you were
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Many break-up songs seek glue, adhesive for all of these pieces. The Mountain Goats have a library full of them; John Darnielle knows nothing's lonelier than pockets failing hands no longer held. Nothing, that is, but the hands still crushing your throat. "No Children" lives just here, beneath the weight of what we once wanted. The song feeds on anger and terror but does not breed it. If you live with either, give yourself this gift: standing at a Mountain Goats show, singing these words with strangers will sap your strength to stay suffocated. Gathered here you'll find not rabid fans but nearly patients, addicts after the giddy high of knowing no matter how hopeless you feel, you're not alone.{Live recordings, cathartic sing-alongs in the comments}
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