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.
Narrator: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Larry the Cucumber
presents, in a sequential image, stereophonic, multimedia event, The
Song of the Cebu!
Larry: Cebu! This is a song about a boy...a song about a little boy
and his cebus...a song about a little boy and his 3 cebus... the little
boy who had a sick cebu, a sad cebu, and a mute cebu. and also a
hippo.
um, um... this is a picture of me at the airport. this is my aunt ruth. this
is me at a bullfight.This is me fighting the bull.
Jimmy, Johnny, & Junior:Ooooh!
Larry: this is me and the bull.
Jimmy, Johnny, & Junior: Aaaah!
Larry:this is me and the bull and... i think that's the bull's cousin.
he's a cebu.
Archibald: Hold it! You call this a multimedia event? This is a slide
projector and a bed sheet! And what on Earth is a cebu, anyway?
Larry: It's kind of like a cow. See?
Archibald: Yes. Well, very good. This could be interesting. Carry on!
Larry: Cebu! Sing it with me! Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: Boy is riding with cebu
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Boy is riding with cebu
Larry: Into town in his canoe
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Into town in his canoe
Larry: Sick cebu is rowing and sneezing. Achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo moo moo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo moo moo
Larry: Hippo chewing on bamboo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Hippo chewing on bamboo
Larry: Can't see boy and three cebus
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Can't see boy and three cebus
Larry: Sad cebu is rowing and crying. Boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo,
boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo moo moo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo
moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo moo moo
Larry: Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
All: Achoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, cebu!
Larry: Hippo seen by mute cebu
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Hippo seen by mute cebu
Larry: Tries to tell the other two
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Tries to tell the other two
Larry: Mute cebu is waving and grunting. Mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm
mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm
mmm mmm, mmm-
hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Larry: Uh-oh.
Archibald: Wait! What happens next?
Larry: Um ...
Archibald: Does the hippo see them? Is the poor mute cebu successful in
communicating the imminent danger to the other passengers? Is the boy
injured? Why is the sad cebu sad? Is the canoe wood or aluminum?
Larry: Oh look! There's me and Bob at Sea World! Oh, wow. Forgot about
that one. There's me and that bull again.
Archibald: You can't just start a song and leave it hanging like that!
You know, I've come to expect a lot more from you. This is quite
disappointing! I'm going to have to speak to Bob about this.
Larry: Oh look, a cebu! Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: No, wait ... that's a water buffalo.
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: No more song about cebu! Need another verse or
two! Audience is standing and leaving, bye-bye moo, bye-bye moo, bye-bye
moo, bye-bye moo moo moo moo
Jimmy: I want my money back!
Johnny: Yeah, that'd be ... that'd be good.
presents, in a sequential image, stereophonic, multimedia event, The
Song of the Cebu!
Larry: Cebu! This is a song about a boy...a song about a little boy
and his cebus...a song about a little boy and his 3 cebus... the little
boy who had a sick cebu, a sad cebu, and a mute cebu. and also a
hippo.
um, um... this is a picture of me at the airport. this is my aunt ruth. this
is me at a bullfight.This is me fighting the bull.
Jimmy, Johnny, & Junior:Ooooh!
Larry: this is me and the bull.
Jimmy, Johnny, & Junior: Aaaah!
Larry:this is me and the bull and... i think that's the bull's cousin.
he's a cebu.
Archibald: Hold it! You call this a multimedia event? This is a slide
projector and a bed sheet! And what on Earth is a cebu, anyway?
Larry: It's kind of like a cow. See?
Archibald: Yes. Well, very good. This could be interesting. Carry on!
Larry: Cebu! Sing it with me! Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: Boy is riding with cebu
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Boy is riding with cebu
Larry: Into town in his canoe
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Into town in his canoe
Larry: Sick cebu is rowing and sneezing. Achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo moo moo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo, achoo moo moo moo moo
Larry: Hippo chewing on bamboo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Hippo chewing on bamboo
Larry: Can't see boy and three cebus
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Can't see boy and three cebus
Larry: Sad cebu is rowing and crying. Boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo,
boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo moo moo
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo
moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo moo moo
Larry: Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
All: Achoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, achoo moo moo,
achoo moo moo, boo-hoo moo moo, cebu!
Larry: Hippo seen by mute cebu
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Hippo seen by mute cebu
Larry: Tries to tell the other two
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Tries to tell the other two
Larry: Mute cebu is waving and grunting. Mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm
mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm mmm mmm, mmm-hmm
mmm mmm, mmm-
hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Larry: Uh-oh.
Archibald: Wait! What happens next?
Larry: Um ...
Archibald: Does the hippo see them? Is the poor mute cebu successful in
communicating the imminent danger to the other passengers? Is the boy
injured? Why is the sad cebu sad? Is the canoe wood or aluminum?
Larry: Oh look! There's me and Bob at Sea World! Oh, wow. Forgot about
that one. There's me and that bull again.
Archibald: You can't just start a song and leave it hanging like that!
You know, I've come to expect a lot more from you. This is quite
disappointing! I'm going to have to speak to Bob about this.
Larry: Oh look, a cebu! Cebu!
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: Cebu!
Larry: No, wait ... that's a water buffalo.
Jimmy, Johnny & Junior: No more song about cebu! Need another verse or
two! Audience is standing and leaving, bye-bye moo, bye-bye moo, bye-bye
moo, bye-bye moo moo moo moo
Jimmy: I want my money back!
Johnny: Yeah, that'd be ... that'd be good.
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