This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
So suddenly
The madness came
With its whiskered wolven ether pangs
He locked the door
And shut the blinds
He laid down on the floor
And he slept like iron
While the dirty knife
Worked deep into his spine
The blood runs crazy
The blood runs crazy
Cascading letters pool on the stairs
The grass is high
The cats are wild
You can?t even touch the tip of their tails
And the blood runs crazy
With giant strides
He sang nursery rhymes
To paralyze
The wolves that eddy out the corner of his eyes
But they squared him frozen where he stood
In the glow of the furniture
Piled high for firewood
And the blood runs crazy
With giant strides
And the woodsman failed to breech those
Fangs in time
So they dragged him through the underbrush
Wearing three winter coats
And a dirty knife
The madness came
With its whiskered wolven ether pangs
He locked the door
And shut the blinds
He laid down on the floor
And he slept like iron
While the dirty knife
Worked deep into his spine
The blood runs crazy
The blood runs crazy
Cascading letters pool on the stairs
The grass is high
The cats are wild
You can?t even touch the tip of their tails
And the blood runs crazy
With giant strides
He sang nursery rhymes
To paralyze
The wolves that eddy out the corner of his eyes
But they squared him frozen where he stood
In the glow of the furniture
Piled high for firewood
And the blood runs crazy
With giant strides
And the woodsman failed to breech those
Fangs in time
So they dragged him through the underbrush
Wearing three winter coats
And a dirty knife
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This. Song. Is. God.
I agree. Mind boggling that a mere pop tune can reach such a staggering level. Nothing short of pure genius here - somthing comparable to Mozart and Bach, at least for me.
In interviews, Neko says that this song is based on stories her grandmother told her about various family members that went crazy at the same time. When someone found them, they were far gone, hence "cascading letters pool on the stairs, the grass is high, the cats are wild" - they had let everything go, and they were burning their furniture for heat.
I love the imagery of insanity as wolves that have to be kept at bay with nursery rhymes and ultimately destroy the man.
She also said that she condensed it into a narrative about just one person so it would be easier to understand and work with.
Anyone know what the lyrics/song is she sings at the end of the song? I can't understand it and am wondering if it's in a different language.
The final part is Ukrainian and it apparently means "he shouts very loudly, clenching his teeth" according to alwaysontherun.net
This is song is great because of the layers of meaning. At first, I focused on the violent imagery - wolves, blood, a dirty knife, being dragged through the underbrush. Then it suddenly dawned on me that the blood is running not in the obvious place (the ground) but in a more obvious place (the character's veins). The music is excellent too - I love the violence in the cello and the Ukranian singing. A great short story.
This begins the favorite part of my favorite album -- just a killer sequence of songs beginning here. I'd pay anything to see her perform just this sequence, at full tilt -- knife/lion's jaws/sparrow/at last/needle has landed. Rest of the album is also great, but these 5 songs each pull you through such a journey. Endless loop.
What a metaphor....as the saying goes, "Wolf's Land Is No Man's Land!"
I think this was for Elliot Smith.