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Flesh Rots, Pip Sown Lyrics
Watching him fade minutes before the car pulled up outside
It was just after 3pm
His eyes were open
But we were guessing he wasn't seeing straight out of them
No, he didn't have to wait much longer
He'd go just after I left
And now he's merging
Under a railway sleeper
With the ferns and the creeper roots
Entwining into his paws
It was just after 3pm
But we were guessing he wasn't seeing straight out of them
No, he didn't have to wait much longer
And now he's merging
Under a railway sleeper
With the ferns and the creeper roots
Entwining into his paws
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i hate to say it, but these lyrics are insubstantial. they don't matter to the song at all.
vincentedgar: I agree that the lyrics are vague, but not insubstantial. To me the song is about the physical transition back into nature, maybe by means of death. Not sure what the lot about the car is about, but:
"His eyes were open But we were guessing he wasn't seeing straight out of them No, he didn't have to wait much longer"
I hear this as a man who is about to die. His eyes are open, but he's in the process of dying, he's not seeing the world we see.
"He'd go just after I left And now he's merging Under a railway sleeper With the ferns and the creeper roots Entwining into his paws"
Merging could signify the transition from a living soul to a body--a mere collection of elements, then the ferns and roots enter as the earth reclaims his body. It's quite a beautiful song, like most of Bibio's it shines light on our intimate relationship with nature.
I've been listening to these lines over and over lately and I can't help but think that this song is about the death of a family pet. The last line, "Entwining into his paws" makes me think he isn't talking about a person but a dog. The dog died and they took him to rest under a "railway sleeper", where the foliage begins to claim his body. Beautiful!