Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Going on a Hike' - Living in hysterical hills / Dying down in cliche canyon / It’s funny what gets us fighting / Tiny little misunderstandings / It's not funny that you used my name / So you could get another prescription / Living in hysterical hills / Dying down in cliche canyon / We get out of the canyon / Hike up to the euphoric heights / They throw such killer parties / Everybody gets pretty nice / People start touching people / People that they don't even like / We get out of the canyon / We hike up to the euphoric heights / Goin' on a hike / We're trying to reach the peak of the euphoric heights / And that's right / We do it almost every night / We come down from the mountain / With a fond farewell from our host / They throw such killer parties / Everybody gets pretty close / I believe in three sure things / The father, son and holy ghost / And when we look down from the mountain / At the bloodshed down below / Yeah, there's blood down in the valley / We come in to the prairie / Waiting out in the heat / A couple motels and a couple saloons / They can eat a couple of weeks up / I saw a small town parade and the lead majorette / She made me feel all weak in the knees / Hot shot in the city in the middle of the prairie / Waiting out in the heat / Waiting out in the heat / Cause you can't get to heaven from the cliche canyon / You get too tired when you get halfway up the mountain / Goin' on a hike / Trying to reach the peak of the euphoric heights / That's right / We do it almost every night / When we get off everything's soft / Everything's just kind of floating / And everything is sparkling and everything's soft / Everything's just kind of floating / When we get off everything's soft / Everything's just kind of floating / And everything is sparkling and everything's soft / Everything's just kind of floating / We were hanging at a rock and roll club / It was painted just like hell / The bar was plywood painted black / They have skull mugs up on the shelves / They throw such killer parties / But some nights you don't feel so well / But you shouldn't be the singer in a be yourself band / If you don't want to be yourself