| Animal Collective – Cuckoo Cuckoo Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i agree with hojumcchang. it hit me about a week ago, through this song, that avey and his wife might have had a miscarriage. most of the songs on strawberry jam seem a lot clearer to me with this in mind. like why #1 is a song to a son, when panda bear has a daughter... i mean, there's certain metaphors that none of us will ever understand, but some seem pretty universal: "People gonna come and people gonna cry He just woke and ate and dreamt and died." "Where's my friend, I want to hold him tight he's so far away from mountain lights" to me, this song especially captures the tragic hopelessness and insanity of loss.. it's hit me hard to imagine losing my future child, especially before i even get to know it.. because first i had to imagine even loving something so unconditionally. it's so heartbreaking. |
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| Animal Collective – For Reverend Green Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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a lot of people interpret this song to be about the band itself. I think this song is drenched with emotion, too much so to just involve themselves. It feels to me like it's about Avey reuniting with his wife after a tour. They also play music together, so this song could easily have themes that involve her. if you watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc2Av1dY1p4 you can tell that he's changed the lyrics a lot since january. one line in the old chorus is: "I think it's alright to have a baby now" that could be taken literally, or it could be referring to the album that avey and kria recently produced. i mean, it's not in the song anymore so you can't read too much into it, but all I'm saying is it might show a little more of the song's roots. |
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| Animal Collective – Unsolved Mysteries Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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there's a huge chunk that's incorrect.. after "we've all got hungry bellies" it goes: "But where are the still unborn who could look at me with the one eye? who could look at me with no eyes? who could look at me with me in their eyes? What's pain? What's sadness anyway? It's not crying like a child. What's graying? What's ageing anyway? It's not growing in the wild. I feel like I've just been born When you look at me with your green eyes..." |
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