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Holocaust of Giants Lyrics
When I was nine years old
Way back in Ohio
The hired man was digging up a well
On my father's land
He found a fossil there
It was a massive bone
And since then I've known
That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere
Ten thousand years ago they lived right here
It seems incredible
But yet it's the truth
That a fossilized and petrified
Calcified primeval brute
Was turned to stone
But he was not alone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Where a stream once flowed
Into the Ohio
Everything was turned to stone
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore
That gravel encrusted skull
That was found on a river shore
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured 25 feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore
That gravel encrusted skull
That was found on a river shore
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured 25 feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Way back in Ohio
The hired man was digging up a well
On my father's land
He found a fossil there
And since then I've known
That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere
Ten thousand years ago they lived right here
But yet it's the truth
That a fossilized and petrified
Calcified primeval brute
But he was not alone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Into the Ohio
Everything was turned to stone
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore
That was found on a river shore
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured 25 feet
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore
That was found on a river shore
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured 25 feet
There were hundreds of them walking on the sands of the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
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From Rasputina's website:
"Oh my Gosh, this idea is so fun. So, let's say that giants were a true ancient race, that they were mentioned in the Bible and their burial mounds are all over North America. Some giants' giant graveyards are as big as many football fields. Early Ohioan farmers were frequently finding big bones, but then came the big Smithsonian cover-up! According to my sources, it is quite a sinister institution: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/720497/posts I thought the story of the giant petrified woman in a waterfall and the multitude of footprints heading for water were quite poignant. I'm interested in the emotional life of fantastical characters –like, for example, how does a clone feel about being a clone? What I like about history is how people remain a lot the same – the same fears and hopes over centuries. I hereby include giants in that shared emotional history: http://s8int.com/phile/giants21.html Giants at war: http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/N.Am/N.Am.War2.html "
Makes me think of the Cardiff Giant, a famous hoax in 1869. George Hull hired people to sculpt a giant stone figure and buried it on his property. Then he hired some men to dig a well there, who then "discovered" the giant. Of course, this was in New York, not Ohio, but whatever.
It seems like the songwriter took various myths and stories about giants and melded them into this allegory about "meaningless war" and how, like the giants in the song, people tend to assume that they are indestructible and that things will forever continue to stay the way they are.
I love this song. I think it's about a child mistaking a dinosaur bone for a human giant and just going on this huge fantastical journey through their mind into what could have been. But nonetheless it's a fun song to listen to.
Great song, tho it's based on fact about a large race of giant people who lived in Ohio region about 1000 BC. They were war like and were eventually wiped out by other "normal sized people" tribes that banded together to fight these giants. Pretty amazing.
Great song, tho it's based on fact about a large race of giant people who lived in Ohio region about 1000 BC. They were war like and were eventually wiped out by other "normal sized people" tribes that banded together to fight these giants. Pretty amazing.
bull or not.. that's what the song is about.
bull or not.. that's what the song is about.
I'm pretty sure it's "there were giants in our midst" not "There were giants and now amiss." First to comment! Woo! This is probably my favorite song on this album. I love Rasputina! <3
"But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore" I can't help but find that ironic.
and @invincible500: I never thought about it that way actually. ^^, Thanks for the different point of view.