We all woke up that morning Claw marks on our little faces The dull thud from the treetops The echo in the hollow places Rose up high and lonely Wringing my hands, grinding my teeth All the triumph overhead All the disaster underneath Spat out my morning prayers Desperate pleas and vicious lies Felt the sunlight through the grating Covered up my eyes Woke up feeling awful Shook my head to drive the ghosts away This is just a flesh wound And it will clear up any day But the present I got planned for you pricks Is gonna be a little harder to fix Thank god For small favors In high doses Heard the voices through the air vents Listen to them squeal The great big world is out there The hidden one beneath my heel Called up my sister in Reseda Left a message at the tone All the points where contact fails us All of the dead spots in the zone And the acid in my throat Every time I try to talk The songs that keep me up at night Standing on that solid rock Rose up high and dry and lonely Stumbled coming out the gate This is just a paper cut And it will scab over, just you wait But the cuts that I'll shortly begin dealing out Are gonna give you something to cry about Thank god For small favors In high doses

Criminally underrated.

I like to listen to this song when I think about my enemies

ALL THE TRIUMPH OVERHEAD ALL THE DISASTER UNDERNEATH

I can't beleive I've never heard of these guys before today, I'm hooked!

The *DULL* thud from the treetops

I listen to this almost every morning for the past 3 months.....why?

I love this, just John strumming away at his guitar, no full band (I still love the full band, though!)

Thank God for Small favors in High doses.

clicked on john darnielles new song from today, youtube recommendations got my back LOL

This is such a good one

Thanks man for uploading this awesome piece of music

12,000 of these views are mine.

Still loving TMG in 2017!

i always think it's " the great big world is out there, the hidden one beneath the real ", Incandescent Ruins anyone?

No one knows how to write damaged people like my boy John

Fuck, this is good

This song still fire in 2023

:)

Chord progression??