No horizon is obscured by the clouds. settlements make nary a sound.
And there were black birds singing and fish floating on the sea.
While the bells of the buoys all rang in harmony.
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
The governor he been long gone, anchor dropped on his front lawn.
Build a keep and dig a moat, the return of the swollen goat.
Can you hear the fife and drums, barnacles barking at the sun.
Ain't no chance, so don't you try, now everybody got to die.
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
We do not desire tributes.
We desire information.
We seek the worm drink who has lately betrayed his nation
Albatross on your neck and a hooker on the shore,
Dog-men to the deck, there's a hooker on the
In the wake of the swollen goat
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
And there were black birds singing and fish floating on the sea.
While the bells of the buoys all rang in harmony.
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
The governor he been long gone, anchor dropped on his front lawn.
Build a keep and dig a moat, the return of the swollen goat.
Can you hear the fife and drums, barnacles barking at the sun.
Ain't no chance, so don't you try, now everybody got to die.
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
We do not desire tributes.
We desire information.
We seek the worm drink who has lately betrayed his nation
Albatross on your neck and a hooker on the shore,
Dog-men to the deck, there's a hooker on the
In the wake of the swollen goat
Bury your treasure, burn your crops,
Black water rising and it ain't gonna stop.
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(In the Wake Of) The Swollen Goat Lyrics as written by Jean-paul Gaster Dan Maines
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The Blast tyrant is kind of a dictator.
The Swollen Goat is his flag ship.
Wormdrink is a person.
In this song, the security detail of the swollen goat is looking for Wormdrink.
There is a little more to the story, but I forgot.
That is not to say allegories, similes, and metaphor are not in high density. Listening to clutch a lot I realize that references to 'Black water' and tyrannical oppression is very likely what Neil wanted to mention.
You have to be careful though. Not all allusions or analogues are intentional. that doesn't mean they aren't there. Some meaning can always be found in coincidences; even coincidences not intended by the author.
There's a fine line between allegory and hyperbole.
'black birds singing and fish floating on the sea'
black birds, crows and ravens that feed on dead flesh always show up before a massive battle or storm. fish floating on the sea, not IN the sea but on it, floating becasue theyre dead.
'No horizon is obscured by the clouds
While the bells of the buoys all rang in harmony'
=stillness
'Settlements make nary a sound'
'Build a keep and dig a moat,'
=fortify and prepair
the swollen goat is the blast tyrants flying ship if you look at the album art. FLYING ship, hence 'barnacles barking at the sun' and also...
'The governor he been long gone, anchor dropped on his front lawn'
blast tyrant has laid anchor in the local goverments front lawn first, so he ran for the hills
'Can you hear the fife and drums'
both instruments traditionally used for colonial armies marching to war
'Bury your treasure, burn your crops'
prepair/run
albertorss, burdon, the hooker on the shore, whore of babylon. the album is full of biblical referances so this is plausable.
Ain't no chance, so don't you try, now everybody got to die
all of the above.
I'm not really 100% sure what this song is about but I really like it, it always get stuck in my head after i listen to it
As a result of 9/11, the money invested in Blackwater and various private security companies has significantly increased. When it sings "blackwater rising and ain't gonna stop", I think it refers to peoples fear of the rise of Blackwater. Hell, there are books written on the subject of Blackwater (Blackwater...the rise of the world's most powerful private army or something).
Furthermore, Blackwater owns multiple helicopters and various other forms of combat-ready transport vehicles. "Black birds singing" could be a reference to Blackwater's use of helicopters and their firepower.
This is all me talking out of my ass though, so take it for what its worth. For all I know, I could be 100% wrong or 100% right.
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It is likely the source of the idiom.