| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I like many of your thoughts, but where in this story does the "son that mows the lawn" enter the forest or the fight? Everything else... I think you certainly are thinking like a song writer | |
| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| See my interpretation above. If you read carefully I believe Dirty Paws is just the name they have given to the main character. Dirty Paws helps not hurts (most animals have dirty paws). Also "The beast with those four dirty paws". Beast isn't necessarily a derogatory word. In this instance I believe they are just using a new word to describe "Dirty Paws". I really see no reason why an Icelandic band would write a song about WWII. But this is just my reading and to be completely fair I originally concluded that it was about WWII until I saw "dirty paws" as a name and not an adjective | |
| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is my opinion but after listening to and reading the lyrics very closely I can safely say this is not about WWII. This song is most certainly about war, possibly one that occurred in Iceland (where the band is from) [Note: I have little knowledge of Icelandic History] or just in general. To return to WWII the song states that "Dirty Paws" (The title character), the creatures of snow, and the Birds killed the "queen bee and all her men". This is problematic for the WWII interpretation as the allies did not kill Adolf Hitler but rather he committed suicide. To further this thought: Iceland was neutral in WWII and actually protested against the British invading their territories. I think the most logical answer is that this is a simple story of the Bees declaring an unnecessary war and the friendship of the birds, the creatures of snow, and Dirty Paws battling with and ultimately winning against the Queen Bee and her men. Oh and of course the lovely intro about a Man/Woman and his/her son's dragonfly telling the story. |
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