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The Marbled Godwit Lyrics
Great white puffs of lumbering buffalo
Blanket the fishbowl sky, and I am tired.
I sip my tea and sniff the ocean.
Not but an hour from now, I will be home.
Swing me low, mark me a coward.
The whims of the West must die.
Here is the resting ground.
here is my smile, my pink little toes.
(Bound to your oil machines)
Death to the civilized.
(Hoarding the land and sea)
Death to the civilized.
(Stolen through violent means)
Death when all want masquerades as need.
The marbled godwit line the coast.
I grasp for my straw cap;
I'm lashed to my brave little raft.
The waves do toss this worthy vessel,
Impress on my tiny brain
This strange and dangerous beauty.
I feel its scale,
I feel its industry.,
Making a flea of us
And dusting us off
And talks in a hush,
A little disappointed.
(Bound to your oil machines)
Death to the civilized.
(Hoarding the land and sea)
Death to the civilized.
(Stolen through violent means)
Death when all want masquerades as need.
Blanket the fishbowl sky, and I am tired.
I sip my tea and sniff the ocean.
Not but an hour from now, I will be home.
Swing me low, mark me a coward.
The whims of the West must die.
Here is the resting ground.
here is my smile, my pink little toes.
Death to the civilized.
(Hoarding the land and sea)
Death to the civilized.
(Stolen through violent means)
Death when all want masquerades as need.
I grasp for my straw cap;
I'm lashed to my brave little raft.
The waves do toss this worthy vessel,
Impress on my tiny brain
This strange and dangerous beauty.
I feel its scale,
I feel its industry.,
Making a flea of us
And dusting us off
And talks in a hush,
A little disappointed.
Death to the civilized.
(Hoarding the land and sea)
Death to the civilized.
(Stolen through violent means)
Death when all want masquerades as need.
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i love how environmentalist this song is. i'm a big fan of birdwatching, and i remember the first time i saw a marbled godwit out in a field. actually, what initially drew me to this band was that they had a song named this fascinating bird. the best line in this song has to be "death when all want masquerades as need". so true about today's society, especially when we are inundated with so much entertainment and media that tells us you NEED to have this and that. we've gone beyond materialistic. but there's a cost.
when you say that media tells us that we need to have this and that, does it ever occur to you that music does the same exact thing? not knocking the band or the cause, because they are both very good, but I just thought I'd throw that out there as something to mull over.
when you say that media tells us that we need to have this and that, does it ever occur to you that music does the same exact thing? not knocking the band or the cause, because they are both very good, but I just thought I'd throw that out there as something to mull over.
(Bound to your oil machines) -------------cars Death to the civilized. (Hoarding the land and sea) -------------- destroying the wilderness to make cities and towns Death to the civilized. (Stolen through violent means) --------------- land is obviously cultivated by tearing down the existing ecosystem. Death when all want masquerades as need