The Mountain Goats
Stack Em Up
Louder than your Windsor V8, dusty tennis shoes
Ten years since I’d seen you, on the day I heard the news
No one riding shotgun for seven years at least
Short of breath and bitter on the 60 headed east

Stack em up
Like unanswered letters
Stack em up
You got sick and you never got better

Six foot two and flawless, still some baby fat
Two of us, one year later, here we are, imagine that
Dan wеnt to prison, he shot someone you said
Your bеautiful blonde ringlets stacked up around your head

Stack em up
Try to understand it
Stack em up
Too pretty for this planet

Some you lose track of
Some you have to bury
Some dash back toward the darkness they emerged from
Some you have to carry

In dreams your face is radiant, in dreams your laugh is loud
In dreams I see you standing right before me young and proud
What was it like for you when your moment arrived
I knew you before the amber got you, when you were alive
Stack em up
Keep your candle burning bright
Stack em up
To sleep in your shadow every night