Derek

do you think this song is about raising nadji versus raising his dog derek, the dog couldnt let him know the troubles and hes always psyched and tired at the same time where the daughter is a lot harder to keep track of? how he learned from raising the dog how to better

Here's my answer to nominal's question about what the line "Wrap your peckers what he told us. me and mike looked at each other Like, whoa what was that then?!"

the singer is remembering something from his past that he and probably his own brother "Mike" experienced. Probably his father or grandfather or crazy uncle tells the 2 youngsters to "Wrap your peckers" / use a condom so you don't have kids when you're older. He and Mike are too young to understand what the "father-figure's" advice means and they are "Like, whoa what was that then?!". Also probably relating that if he and Mike can't even take care of their dog, then they shouldn't have kids when they're older...

realq0464253 is right on about the song in general. the way i see it, the singer is having an internal discussion with his baby child and remembering his past growing up. The beginning of the song has a lullaby feel to it. he thinks/tells his child about the dog Derek he had and that the child would have liked it. He is comparing the child to the dog and the responsiblity of taking care of a child/dog. He apologizes to the child for getting "unruly" and "tired" or irritated when the baby is crying at night or wants something or is sick or teething or having to get it ready in the morning.

A child is an even greater responsibility than the dog, but he is up the the task now! He looks at the infant and "asks" it, "what do you see when you see inside of me?" And then he pledges to the child that he/she can always "count on me" when you ever need to "count of me".

this song is triumphant. the album is a triumph.

this album is so great.

my name is Derek!

panda's comparing his daughter to his childhood dog. clevername is right.

I think it's clear that this is a song about a childhood dog and how it prepared Panda Bear for fatherhood, but keeping in mind that it's the last song on the album, especially following a song as dark as "Cuckoo", I think it's supposed to have some sort of deeper meaning. I've heard rumours "Cuckoo" is about a miscarriage Avey Tare and his wife had, if this is true, there is extra contrast between this song and the prior when Panda talks about fatherhood. I also think the "What do you/ see when you/ look inside of me" was meant to conclude the album and leave the listener with food for thought. It makes sense because the first song, peacebone, tells us that "it's not my words that you should follow, it's the indsides", if the whole album was a glance at their insides, it makes sense they'd end it by asking us what we saw. Peace!

See inside of me ide of me ide of me ide of me

Possibly?

i think everything is right except for shar pei. it sounds too weird. but this song rules

had a white and black shar pei I don't know when we first got him should have taken better care of him but he had it ok

sorry when I get unruly when you carry on so much I get a little tired hope you get over your teething it's not easy when you feel sick

had to sprightly walk you like him when he peed up all on your side grabs your bags that's what he told us me and michael dared each other like what once was out there

derek never woke up at night and in the morning he's ready to go and he never had a voice likely to scream when he wanted something

should have been so much more willing to held out with all the things that i thought michael needed

what do you, what do you... see what it is, see what it is... see inside of the eye, of the eye... see inside of the eye, of the eye...

you can die, you can die... when you get, when you get... what you know, what you know... count on me, count on me... what do you, what do you... see what it is, see what it is... see inside of the eye, of the eye... see inside of the eye, of the eye...