The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Squelch the little weasel, crush him before he spawns
Break it to me gently, but with merriment and song
Squelch the little weasel, juice him as he bleeds
Feed him to the many, for thoust their souls shall weep
Sipping of the sunray blading in the earth
Evolving was the nectar given to the weasel birth
I was just a puppet until the clouds caved in
Bless me now you are sacred my flesh betwixt my skin
Sipping of the sunray blading in the earth
Evolving was the nectar given to the weasel birth
Break it to me gently, but with merriment and song
Squelch the little weasel, juice him as he bleeds
Feed him to the many, for thoust their souls shall weep
Sipping of the sunray blading in the earth
Evolving was the nectar given to the weasel birth
I was just a puppet until the clouds caved in
Bless me now you are sacred my flesh betwixt my skin
Sipping of the sunray blading in the earth
Evolving was the nectar given to the weasel birth
Lyrics submitted by majestikmoose9
Squelch the Weasel Lyrics as written by Michael Melchiondo Aaron Freeman
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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this song contains the most haunting, lonely guitar solo in existence.
utter guitar simplicity. dirty channel, wah, that's it. it's all feeling.
it is a perfect element in a perfect Ween song.
listening with an engineer's ear this song is a joy. all the tiny flaws i can pick out only make it better, like the slight hesitations in the acoustic guitar double tracking.
as for the lyrical content, it barely matters to me, Gener's delivery is gold.
First comment lol Does anyone else think this sounds like 'Mosquito Song' by QOTSA? Deaner was even on that track. What is it with Ween and weasels btw there's one on Freedom of '76 as well as two on GwS. No f'n clue what the lyrics are on about here.
Well, I really have no clue what this song is about, but somehow I like it far above all other ween songs.
By the way: In my studentyears (beginning 1990) in Amsterdam, Ween was performing on many thursdaysnights in a place called Korsakoff. The place was often filled with max 20 people, and they had their taperecorder as drums. QUite silly but good fun. Nice guys, if not sober. ;-)
I think the weasel and stallion themes are farkin epic.
These guys are so underrated. For crying out loud, iTunes notes the genre as comedy FFS. Yes, some of it is funny, but their body of work is so broad now that you can't typecast the band like that.
The question of what book or music you'd take to a desert island, well I'd choose my music as WEEN. Fave band of all time.
Precisely. They'll be more famous once theyre dead, like all great artists. They are underrated but at the same time, not. They have some loyal ass freaky fans that count for dozens a piece (im one of them). But also sell out shows all over the world. farkin epic is right.
I agree with billvis that the stallion and weasel themes are awesome, and that ween is under rated.
Anyways i saw a youtube video of them doing this song and befor they start it Gener says This next song is about God. Then someone yells out We don't care about god. and Gener responds Aww I do.
I have serious trouble understanding this song, and I suspect Ween does too. ;-)
But for some reason this IS their best song, as far as I am concerned. :-) This song does something strange, it haunts. Problem is Ween is in general totally funny, so this their out-of-character-song. Ask them for details, for I can only guess.
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slamking, you want haunting?
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Don't listen once. Listen more often and try to understand. :-/