Spent Gladiator 2-The Mountain Goats

[ti:Spent Gladiator 2] [ar:The Mountain Goats] [al:Transcendental Youth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Spent Gladiator 2 - The Mountain Goats [00:16.00]Like a spent gladiator [00:17.25] [00:18.94]Crawling in the coliseum dust [00:20.69] [00:23.31]Who can count on his remaining limbs [00:24.87] [00:26.75]All the people he can trust [00:28.32] [00:30.38]Like the one who stands behind him [00:32.06] [00:34.06]Cheering him on [00:35.37] [00:37.56]Ecstatic when he stands defiant [00:38.87] [00:41.18]Wild with abandon when he's gone [00:42.50] [00:43.87]Just stay alive [00:44.23] [00:48.79]Keep your eyes on the pay line [00:53.17] [00:56.23]Like a village on the step [00:57.54] [00:59.23]About to get collectivized [01:00.29] [01:02.48]When the men emerge with rifles from the haystack [01:06.86]Everybody looks surprised [01:07.61] [01:09.92]Like the mice in the forgotten grain [01:11.61] [01:13.54]Way up on the top shelf [01:16.30]Like someone who's found a small town to escape to [01:18.86] [01:19.86]Keeps one eye on his abandoned former self [01:22.23] [01:23.36]Stay in the game [01:24.23] [01:28.11]Just try to play through the pain [01:29.61] [01:32.48]Like a fighter who's been told its finally time for him to quit [01:36.42] [01:37.92]Show up in shining colors [01:39.92] [01:41.42]And then stand there and get hit [01:43.55] [02:00.30]Like the clock that ticks in Dresden [02:01.61] [02:03.47]When the whole town's been destroyed [02:05.04] [02:07.26]Like the nagging flash of insight [02:08.81] [02:10.62]You're always desperate to avoid [02:11.87] [02:14.31]Like the bloody-knuckled gunman [02:15.75] [02:17.87]Still stationed at the breach [02:19.31] [02:21.58]Like that board game with the sliders [02:23.08] [02:25.52]And the children on the beach [02:26.64] [02:28.08]Stay alive [02:28.64] [02:32.17]Maybe spit some blood at the camera [02:33.80] [02:34.73]Just stay alive [02:35.36] [02:39.83]Stay forever alive