The parasites will love you when you're dead
La la la, la la
Hiding all the rattles in the bed
La la la, la la
Come crawling in
With bulging eyes
Now I can see
There's a bad moon on the rise

Raking all the gravels from the tracks
La la la, la la
Forget about the daggers in my backs
La la la, la la
Scream across the lawn
With fire in her hair
Millionaires come tumbling
Down the stairs

A big wind spitting female
Rain and teeth
La la la, la la
The dark wolves fell upon me
Wools and fleece
La la la, la la
Come crawling in
With bulging eyes
Now I can see
There's a bad moon on the rise


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Weird Sisters Lyrics as written by Mark Linkous

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    No idea where this is about. It's a beautiful song tough. And the first line is a great one !!

    ajhaanon September 09, 2006   Link
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    the wierd sisters...isnt that a reference to the witches in Macbeth?

    miss_skellingtonon May 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    yeh, that title was given to the witches in macbeth. so that's what i thought of everytime i heard the song. i think it fits, anyway

    luey_babyon February 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment

    "Bad moon on the rise", for those who might not have caught it, is a reference to Creedence Clearwater Revival's song by the same name.

    goodreverendon May 22, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation

    In my interpretation, this song talks about a sadsack who dies and finally is loved, by the parasites, so no one left this world without little love I Guess...

    Reminds me a little of those cool Galaxie 500 kind of meaningless getting high songs.

    HectorAlonso28on May 13, 2022   Link

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