Frank Black

Thalassocracy

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Wait
It isn't so great
Since you learned karate chop
You're walking machs
And I'm just swimming in the slop
You wave your wand at me
And make me dance flip-flop
I want to sing for you
And make your head go pop

The Inuit man
Had not so much a Caesar
He had provision
Say

You're spraying in the windy
And I'm just pissing off
I'm literally deaf down here
From your canned philosoph
Softly can you hear me
Through the sucking of your quaff
I'm Thallasocracy
And you're just Romanov

The Inuit man
Had not so much a Caesar
He had provision

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by stavogrin

18y ago

Another song about how whatever temporal power men think they possess, and argue and fight over, it is meaningless next to nature's power. The Romanovs were the Russian imperial family toppled by the revolution. Thalassocracy means a sea kingdom, by which I think he means a kingdom ruled by nature - much like the inuits or other tribal societies. Of course, Frank finds a much more amusing and effective way of saying all this.

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by lightning_bug

19y ago

This lyrics are about a dolphin and it's trainer.

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by smartbunny

17y ago

This song rocks. ROCKS.

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