@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
a note we wrote the other day
to any mice who pass this way
on crumbed and sugared countertop:
"we must insist
your traffic STOP."
in their defense, they don't refuse
but nonetheless we've come to use
snapping traps and poison beans
(far less diplomatic means)
orange spider,
orange leaf
confirms my deepest held belief
to any mice who pass this way
on crumbed and sugared countertop:
"we must insist
your traffic STOP."
in their defense, they don't refuse
but nonetheless we've come to use
snapping traps and poison beans
(far less diplomatic means)
orange spider,
orange leaf
confirms my deepest held belief
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actually it's 'nonetheless we've come to use / snapping traps and poisoned beans / (far less diplomatic means)'
And it's "We must insist your traffic stop".
The spider songs sort of remind me of some of sufjan stevens stuff. I hope I don't get verbally abused for that comment..
a note we wrote the other day to any mice who pass this way on crumbed and sugared countertop:
"we must insist your traffic STOP."
in their defense, they don't refuse but nonetheless we've come to use snapping traps and poison beans (far less diplomatic means)
orange spider, orange leaf, confirms my deepest held belief.
he sounds like he's crying in the recording i have...
with far less diplomatic means
What do you all think the spider and the leaf in these songs represent? And what do the mice in this one represent, and what is symbolized in the "less diplomatic means" of removing them?
yes im with u game. im going to the last to see what the ending is
good song
the spider songs are the most amazing part of the cd, but i dont really understand any symbolic meaning to them.
they ask the mice to stop, and even though they do, they still go to the exterminator,
maybe the mice represent people in this. and although they do as god asks, he still takes them away from us? who knows. i just love how he gets kinda sad when he says he wants the exterminator to kill them