the mountain goats | absolute lithops effect

This fucking song

Redrew my Absolute Lithops Effect comic based on the epilogue of In Favor with Their Stars by @mxmollusca !

I AM TAKING TINY STEPS FORWARD

Absolute Lithops Effect by The Mountain Goats // Evocation of Roussel by Odilon Redon

“I feel sure that my wounds will heal, and I will bloom here in my room with a little water, and a little bit of sunlight, and a little bit of tender mercy, tender, mercy.”

Absolute Lithops Effect by The Mountain Goats

Absolute Lithops Effect by The Mountain Goats // The Roses of Heliogabalus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (detail)

but I am taking tiny steps forward

i am breaking open

Our Flag Means Death, "Wherever You Go, There You Are" // The Mountain Goats, "Absolute Lithops Effect"

Absolute lithops effect is such a crazy fucking song cause like what do you mean?? "And i will go to the house of a friend that i know"?? Are you fucking kidding me?? You are going to the house of a friend that you know?? Like, what got you into this mess in the first place?? Are going to do that all over again??? Like, seriously?? You're going to let yourself forget?? Help me??

anyone else in need of water, sunlight, and tender mercy today

My insides are pink and raw and it hurts me when I move my jaw But I am taking tiny steps forward