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Soon To Be Ex-Quaker Lyrics
Do do do do do... Do do do do do... Do do do do do... Do do do do do, no no...
Soon to be ex-Quaker A cat without its paws A bee without its stinger Fighting nature�s laws Soon to be ex-Quaker And that�s just how it goes
That�s when I saw red �Cos it was everywhere And I got kicked again And picked up by the hair That�s when he saw the tears Streaming down my face And when he said, �Oh, why don�t you fight like a man?� I said, �I don�t know, but I don�t think I can�
Soon to be ex-Quaker A cat without its claws A bee without its stinger Fighting nature�s laws Soon to be ex-Quaker And that�s just how it goes
Do do do do do... Do do do do do... Do do do do do... Do do do do do, no no...
Soon to be ex-Quaker A cat without its claws A bee without a stinger Fighting nature�s laws Soon to be ex-Quaker And that�s just how it goes
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This is one of the Plans oddest tracks from their first album. Those bizzarro chimes going everywhere seem to indicate the Plan's desire to be a bit more electronic, yet they're nothing like the later keyboard work that would surface on the next album and define them by the album after that.
I think it's about how the person is a Quaker and gets in a fight. He doesn't want to fight back because he's a quaker, which are known for their peacefulness and lovingness, but eventually does fight back. Hence "ex-Quaker". I'm not really sure what the "cat without it's claws...etc..." means entirely, but i'm sure it has something to do with him not being a quaker anymore.
Many house cats are declawed (because those damn things are sharp and hurt). Yet it's also against nature, much like a quaker who fights. The Quaker religion forbids fighting and violence, so a quaker who uses violence (even when he is justified) is unnatural, like a cat without claws.
It's also kind of ironic, since a cat without his claws is rather pussified (for lack of better term). So is that to say a man who fights with violence is less of a man? That certainly goes against the expectations of manhood (at least in Western culture).