"There’s something unique about the experience of screaming the words “I am going to make it through this year if it kills me” with 1000 other people who really, truly believe it and who are all experiencing the same depth of feeling as you are in that moment. These are the things that can, will, and do save us. We need them and, for all our sakes, I hope our respective Mountain Goats never leave us and help us to keep going through all that we may face and help us all, as the song says, “stay forever alive."