The Mountain Goats - Tyler Lambert's Grave

In "1993 or '94", John wrote Song for Dana Plato. Dana was a TV and B-movie actress who committed suicide on Mother's Day in 1999. Her son, Tyler Lambert, killed himself on Mother's Day in 2010. John wrote this song about two weeks after Tyler's death.
John released Tyler Lambert's Grave in December 2010 to mark reaching 5000 followers on Twitter. The string arrangement is courtesy of Leanne Zacharia.
Song for Dana Plato:
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Seattle Weekly interview about song:
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steal west across the country
under moonlight soft and wet
let the dead of night hide you
from things you can't forget
spend daylight in dark tunnels
where the demons rave
one day closer everyday
to tyler lambert's grave
shoplift when you have to
keep your visor low
if your hunger shames you
never let them know
feel your sadness lifting
ride it like a wave
that sets you gently down beside
tyler lambert's grave
fall into a pattern
never get unstuck
anyone who can't relate
should thank God for his luck
young man in a yellow tie
hair gel in his hair
no context for the picture
just kind of standing there
tyler step outside your shadow
of your great catastrophe
dream all night of freedom
never wake up free
i.imgur.com/xoqOo.png

[@mewfeuille]

This song really hits. One of the best #rare Goats songs.

[@skivit]

I'm thinking the line is "Never get unstuck", since it's easy to get stuck in a pattern, and it rhymes better.
But this song. Holy Jesus, this song. I swear, JD is the only musician that can consistently make me cry while listening to his music. I can't love this enough, (Good idea putting the link to the referenced picture, by the way.)

[@risingstar4948]

It's "thank god for his luck", rhymes with stuck. Also, jesus. No one can make me hurt like this man can.

[@Wooley689]

This is sadly what drugs do, Dana had a son and he never got over her death from drugs. So very sad he was so lost because of her. Don't do this to the ones you love.

[@disbenefits]

2tru

[@disbenefits]

fixed