"these lyrics make no sense, or very little sense. the grammar is very poor. and I’m okay with that. it was supposed to be more of a stream-of-consciousness thing- a series of vaguely menacing images, all associated with the night-time and forces of nature (generally the predatory types). i wanted it as sensory as possible – not necessarily linked to coherent thought – thus, the skittery half-sentences and wordless harmonies. i was hoping for it to represent, generally speaking, a wild crush of outside aggressors, and a vague sense of anxiety about the unknown. nevertheless, i think the end came out pretty triumphant, which was what i was hoping for."
from the liner notes:
"these lyrics make no sense, or very little sense. the grammar is very poor. and I’m okay with that. it was supposed to be more of a stream-of-consciousness thing- a series of vaguely menacing images, all associated with the night-time and forces of nature (generally the predatory types). i wanted it as sensory as possible – not necessarily linked to coherent thought – thus, the skittery half-sentences and wordless harmonies. i was hoping for it to represent, generally speaking, a wild crush of outside aggressors, and a vague sense of anxiety about the unknown. nevertheless, i think the end came out pretty triumphant, which was what i was hoping for."