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Oh my god.
The last track of the Mountain Goats' KEXP session from May of '04 is an acoustic version of "Your Belgian Things," and I just noticed that he adds a word right near the end, in the final chorus. A name.
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Why does the addition of that one little word take the song from "poignant and sad" to "I want to cry my eyes out?"
The last track of the Mountain Goats' KEXP session from May of '04 is an acoustic version of "Your Belgian Things," and I just noticed that he adds a word right near the end, in the final chorus. A name.
Tracy, I can see you in my sleep
Playing the points for all you're worth
Walking gingerly across
The bruised Earth.
...
Why does the addition of that one little word take the song from "poignant and sad" to "I want to cry my eyes out?"