The Mountain Goats: Up the Wolves Meaning
Up the Wolves Lyrics
There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
No matter where you live
There'll always be a few things, maybe several things
That you're going to find really difficult to forgive
There's going to come a day when...
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A desperate yearning for the ways we navigate how we direct our inner drive for vengeance. Rome may allude to a established foundation of power and governance within the dysfunctional home while mother is away. In the absence of any authoritative moral support and guidance (mother) our protagonist is left searching for justice going through stages of distress; Solutions like, publicly decrying wrongdoers, running away, and becoming physically stronger are some examples mentioned. The final lines suggest that mother will return, bringing order and protect our protagonist from further violations.
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