The Disease of the Dancing Cats Lyrics
80 tons of mercury dumped in a bay
It's bleeding there's no proof
That's no way to treat a good friend
Your whiskey talks louder
Than most things I've read you said
In situ, in place now
Sit back unwind and relax
It's all relative what you need
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday here's your nerve gas
All sickly crumbling cerebellum
It's all over for urang-a-tangs
Looks like they're back on the street again
Rape land and kill good habitat
World weary, world broken
Well spent and money, money, money, money
Injected, transmitted
80 tons of mercury dumped in a bay
It's breathing, it puts the dog back in the basket
All sickly growing sentimental
It's all over for urang-a-tangs
Looks like their back on the street again
All the fishermen and their families
It's all over for urang-a-tangs
Looks like they're back on the street again
It's all over for urang-a-tangs
Looks like, looks like, looks like
Your bile lands right on my head
Uncalled for, unwanted
My sinking zero tolerance
All sickly crumbling cerebellum
It's all over for the urang-a-tangs
Looks like they're back on the street again
All the fishermen and their families
It's all over for the urang-a-tangs
Looks like they're back on the street again
It's all over for the urang-a-tangs
Looks like it's the street again

This song seems to be about the Minamata disaster. Basically what happened was the fertiliser company Chisso dumped its waste products (containing a heck of a lot of mecury and other nasties) into Minamata bay (I suspect because it was cheaper). Well, anyways, the fishermen who used Minamata bay started eating the fish like they always had, and their cats did too. The cats showed the first signs of mecury poising, having smaller body mass, hence the song title. It was only a matter of time before the same affects started to be noticed in humans....

Wow, that's interesting. I never thought of that. I really like the song, though. It really drives.

i agree with saxifrage.. but i think this song also has somthing to do with an abusive relationship..driven by alcohol obviously:
"It's bleeding there's no proof That's no way to treat a good friend Your whiskey talks louder Than most things I've read you said"

This song reminds me of the Pixies' "Monkey Gone to Heaven." Although it names New York and New Jersey (not Minamata) as the setting, it deals with the issue of sea pollution and refers to people as mokeys.

You got the title wrong, it's not "The Disease Of Dancing Cats" It's "The Disease of the Dancing Cats".

I break down the lyrics of this song in my new video series. There's more scandalous details of the rocky relationship between Gavin Rossdale from Bush and Gwen Stefani from No Doubt, including insight into his sexuality and mental state, and her possible marriage to Blake Shelton. I delve deep into Gavin's mind by comically interpreting his lyrics in the first episode of Bad Song Lyrics Poetry Slam. https://youtu.be/20D90f9hli4

Isn't "big cheese" a line from Nirvana? Geeezz