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Natural Disaster Lyrics
Look upon the field of snow and find the desert sea
Under the ice the springs will flow to release
Fecundates like a natural disaster, disaster
From the first drop of water to the rage of Niagara
Collapse upon the forest floor and down upon your knees
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies
Like a natural disaster, a disaster
It's the one that's been happening over and over and over again
No peace in the valleys, malarial alleys where the kittens have pleurisy
Donning our goggles, Valerian ogles to see microscopically
A colony of dermestids, undressed and digested
A gray spotted owl and a wolf with a lung disease
Collapse upon the forest floor and down upon your knees
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies
Like a natural disaster
It's the one that keeps happening over and over and over again
Under the ice the springs will flow to release
Fecundates like a natural disaster, disaster
Collapse upon the forest floor and down upon your knees
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies
Like a natural disaster, a disaster
No peace in the valleys, malarial alleys where the kittens have pleurisy
A colony of dermestids, undressed and digested
A gray spotted owl and a wolf with a lung disease
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies
Like a natural disaster
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ok-- I can't help it.. I have more...
OR... "Anthurium Lacrimae decays" could be beauty-inducing tears in witnessing the strange but wonderous parasitic nature of Anthurium ( or Orchid ) species of flowers that wrap themselves up and thrive in Trees.
Either way it describes so amazingly the theme of the ongoing cycles of decaying and parasitic phonomena in nature that is constantly spinning and evolving into new beautiful things and isn't that the true essence of everything. ( lol- I swear I am neither stoned nor drunk.)
Last night I caught AB's interview and performance on WNYC and it seems I am much closer with the above thought than the below. (shakes head.)
Last night I caught AB's interview and performance on WNYC and it seems I am much closer with the above thought than the below. (shakes head.)
anthurium lacrimae (anthurium lacrimae decays underneath the canopies–“Natural Disaster”) Def. Anthurium is a genus of flower that thrives in moist, organic compost. Lacrimae is Latin for tears. Oddly, it’s not rhymed with macramé, which does pop up in another Beast number. Interp. Despite soiling myself, and crying, I am still a pretty flower.
dermestid (a colony of dermestids, undressed and digested–“Natural Disaster”) Def. a type of beetle Interp. Ringo, George.
pleurisy (malarial alleys where kittens have pleurisy–“Natural Disaster”) Def. inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs Interp. By working in references to feline pulmonary disorders, Bird lures the lucrative shut-in cat-fanatic demographic. It’s like the dorky version of a rapper mentioning booze brands. This is one of the song’s two references to lung diseases.
valerian (donning our goggles, valerian ogles–“Natural Disaster”) Def. Sweet-smelling summer flowers. The pink and white blooms were used as a perfume in the 1500s, and the root is often used in herbal remedies as a sedative.
Source link: http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/music/73329/a-listeners-guide-to-andrew-birds-vocabulary#ixzz0bszkcQv7
reposted from an offshot of Tenuousness conversation:
The word macrame does seem to be "woven" ( ha-- I slay me.) into Noble Beast in Nomenclature as well. But for the typist to typo macrame into lacrimae seems a bit unlikely to me. Plural of lacrimal glands = the tear ducts, which, when put into the context of his visitation to the nest of dermestid beetles and the odor he mentions when describing his experience, I gather he means it smelled so bad it brought tears to his eyes! ( maybe I should copy this into Natural Disaster...)
haha.. not stoned or drunk my ass, if you're on songmeanings and making posts it's a dead give away.. and I agree with both of your interpretations..
I believe that the lyrics of the song pose a series of ironies that provides the imagery of the so-called "natural disaster". The most profound example of this is Bird's use of the phrase "Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies like a natural disaster." Anthurium is a genus of flower that thrives in moist, organic compost, and Lacrimae is Latin for tears. Therefore, this type of flower should theoretically give life to itself. By being a flower of tears, it should thrive on its own despite the conditions present. By saying that this flower decays, Bird is showing the scope of this fictional "natural disaster." Also, way to copy and paste your interpretation straight off a website Cyberghost.
Huh, it's not the Andrew's song! This one is the Muse's natural disaster... ;)