| Mastodon – Octopus Has No Friends Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's not entirely out of the question that this could be Mastodon's retelling of Odysseus' events with Polyphemus, they cyclops. Mastodon is known to write about mythology and epic literature. "To tempt the fool into the mine Let loose the snake with antidote." Odysseus went into the cyclops' cave, seeing cheeses and wines all around, tempting him and his men. Once inside, they crash there, letting loose their troubles with the wines (AKA getting drunk.). "Take the hand Guide the way Far away Find the truth Always Always" Odysseus THOUGHT that the cyclops was a charitable being. Obviously not true to anyone who has read it. The men followed Odysseus, and now they are far from the rest of the crew, and they always find the truth of the dangerous situations by following Odysseus. "I'm on my way back home I'm on my way back home." Odysseus saying he's going to get back to Ithaca, reassuring himself that he will escape. "I see your face inside the smoke It's hard to scream and nice to choke." Polyphemus talking in the first line; it's safe to assume a cave of that size will be rather dark and gaseous. He sees the men's faces in here. The men are now saying that it's hard to scream when the Cyclops has them in his grasp, but it's better to choke to death than to be consumed by Polyphemus. "Let's rest awhile inside the cave Don't cry you'll see that we'll be safe." Odyseeus to his men: "Let us just wait here for a while until I can find a way to escape. Don't be sullen men; you will see that I can find us a way to escape from the creature's grasp." |
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| Mastodon – Dry Bone Valley Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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While it may not be a popular opinion, to me it sounds like this may have been a rejected ending to Blood Mountain. Bear with me here. "Head down running from the beast Break neck speed taking all my breath Black feet scraped and scarred and dripping blood Rain come down, take me with your flood." After putting the Crystal Skull at the top of Blood Mountain, the beast (shown on the album art) comes to life to free him of the curse, but instead of him staying to receive it, he becomes terrified and begins to run down. At this point, it's a full moon out, and he has turned into his werewolf form (Black feet are not a human trait; perhaps fur and paws would fit better.) It's been mentioned that Blood Mountain contained a large river in Capillarian Crest. "I came to and I was running from you I feel your breath on the back of my neck Where have I come to be? Is this all that's left for me?" He has come back to human form, and he feels the breath of the beast against his neck. He is lost, having no memory of how he got where he is. Hopeless, he begins to ask whatever sent him on his mission (possibly a god, hinted at in The Wolf Is Loose) is this all that is left for him; running and escaping death on this horrible mountain. "I wish that I was still there I wanna keep on breathing Bulls roar loud, snakes move past my feet No teeth, no hands set me free Bones start rattling 'round inside my head I don't know if I'm alive or dead." Starting to get chased again by the beast (at this point, it is angered with him for returning the skull, but running away in fear, a test perhaps to prove his courage or what not), he wishes he was back where he started, at the top of the mountain, as he wants to stay alive instead of the horrible life he's leading now. Running back through the forest of Birchmen, he sees the white faces again, as well as the beast in the trees, and the beast is shown to a have a bull-like face, and the white faces may have taken the form of snakes or vines which he is confusing for snakes in his panic. "Dig deep, kicking up rocks and dirt and sand Out of this life, this valley, bones in hand Over these mountains to the seas of life Leave this desert for the sick and damned." Finally escaping from the monster hunting (hey look, the Hunter, hehe.) him through Blood Mountain, he kicks up rocks, dirt, and sand to blind it, then running out of the area he has been trapped in by the beast. Traveling over the massive sand dunes and hills of the beach (it was hinted that Blood Mountain may be on an island), he escapes, whether that be swimming or the boat he came on, leaving the mountain behind as well as the horrible thing coming to hunt him, leaving behind the "damned." |
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