I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
What does this guy think he's an Indian?
What is he a goddamn asshole? what the fuck is he doin'
Not ever
No way
Now he's Johnny Hammersticks
Hammerin' away like he's friggin' Tommy Noble, what the hell is he doin'
Thinks he's, thinks he's got it goin' bossa nova
No way, no way!
What is this garbage
What is this?
Oh I'm king of the trees, I'm the treemeister
I count on them
What sometimes I pry I got like the steelst
Yeah right, yeah right!
This guy's a faggot
Guy's some sort of faggot Indian in the teepee
Ooh this guy thinks he's Captain Knots
Captain Tyin' Knots
When everyone needs some knots tied, they go to him
Bullshit!
Bullshit dice
Bull
His woman's such a bitch
Thinks he's Miss Sand
Drinking out of cups
Being a bitch
How bout a fist
How bout a fatalisk t, barnd
Patters compelll a little kid in the background fuckin' going crazeeee
Who's this guy Mister Balloons
Mister Balloon Hands
No way, no way! get real!
Like those things
Mister Walkway
Mister walk down me I'm the walkway
Lead me to the building
Fuck you
5643 yeah right!
Here's some stupid bitch
Who paid for that floor?
Not me! no way!
Never payin' for no floor ever again
Not once
Not never
Nope
Whose chair is that?
Who bought that goddamn chair here?
It's not my chair
Not my chair, not my problem
That's what I say
No way
Stupid dresses
Stupid flowers
Lighthouses rule
You don't like the lighthouse? you suck
What is this, Sea Horse Captain?
What sisis sea horse sea shell party?
Who didn't invite me!
Why didn't I get invited, sea horse sea hell?
What is this
Get real!
I'm in love with sea horses
I'm in love with them
They're so beautiful and cute
I'm in love with the sea horses
They're fuckin' unreal, I love them
They're like all the clocks, I love 'em
I love sea horses, and I love lookin' at 'em
And I love sea shells, I love sea shell things
I love things with sea shells and sea horses on 'em
Like blankets, and towels, and little bags
I love 'em!
Sea horses, forever!
What is he a goddamn asshole? what the fuck is he doin'
Not ever
No way
Now he's Johnny Hammersticks
Hammerin' away like he's friggin' Tommy Noble, what the hell is he doin'
Thinks he's, thinks he's got it goin' bossa nova
No way, no way!
What is this garbage
What is this?
Oh I'm king of the trees, I'm the treemeister
I count on them
What sometimes I pry I got like the steelst
Yeah right, yeah right!
This guy's a faggot
Guy's some sort of faggot Indian in the teepee
Ooh this guy thinks he's Captain Knots
Captain Tyin' Knots
When everyone needs some knots tied, they go to him
Bullshit!
Bullshit dice
Bull
His woman's such a bitch
Thinks he's Miss Sand
Drinking out of cups
Being a bitch
How bout a fist
How bout a fatalisk t, barnd
Patters compelll a little kid in the background fuckin' going crazeeee
Who's this guy Mister Balloons
Mister Balloon Hands
No way, no way! get real!
Like those things
Mister Walkway
Mister walk down me I'm the walkway
Lead me to the building
Fuck you
5643 yeah right!
Here's some stupid bitch
Who paid for that floor?
Not me! no way!
Never payin' for no floor ever again
Not once
Not never
Nope
Whose chair is that?
Who bought that goddamn chair here?
It's not my chair
Not my chair, not my problem
That's what I say
No way
Stupid dresses
Stupid flowers
Lighthouses rule
You don't like the lighthouse? you suck
What is this, Sea Horse Captain?
What sisis sea horse sea shell party?
Who didn't invite me!
Why didn't I get invited, sea horse sea hell?
What is this
Get real!
I'm in love with sea horses
I'm in love with them
They're so beautiful and cute
I'm in love with the sea horses
They're fuckin' unreal, I love them
They're like all the clocks, I love 'em
I love sea horses, and I love lookin' at 'em
And I love sea shells, I love sea shell things
I love things with sea shells and sea horses on 'em
Like blankets, and towels, and little bags
I love 'em!
Sea horses, forever!
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Drinking Out of Cups Lyrics as written by Dan Deacon
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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