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The Squirming Coil Lyrics
The Squirming Coil of sunset I keep within my reach
Tried yesterday to get away and hitchhiked to the beach
I saw Satan on the beach trying to catch a ray
He wasn't quite the speed of light and the squirming coil
it got away....
The muscles flex the mother's ring, she fastens children to her king
And sends him down the crooked street, when he returns, the birth's complete
Jimmy holds the Tannis root, the forest's tasty nectar shoot
The sun tips off the monarch's suit from sequined sash to shiny boot
"I'd like to lick the coil some day like Icarus, who had to pay
With melting wax and feathers brown, he tasted it on his way down"
Stun the puppy! Burn the whale! Bark a scruff and go to jail!
Forge the coin and lick the stamp! Little Jimmy's off to camp
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Where the hell is this quote from: "I'd like to lick the coil some day like Icarus, who had to pay
With melting wax and feathers brown, he tasted it on his way down"
I'll give anything to know, it's awesome
This is on the Weather Channel local forecasts every few seasons.
This is on the Weather Channel local forecasts every few seasons.
Icarus is from Greek Mythology. The son of Daedalus who, in escaping from Crete on artificial wings made for him by his father, flew so close to the sun that the wax with which his wings were fastened melted, and he fell into the Aegean Sea.
Icarus is from Greek Mythology. The son of Daedalus who, in escaping from Crete on artificial wings made for him by his father, flew so close to the sun that the wax with which his wings were fastened melted, and he fell into the Aegean Sea.
Just always kinda thought that the coil that got away from Satan was DNA, i.e., that human beings escaped from Satan/Hell (unless they're sent there later lol). To go even further, maybe the King never returned, the "birth" was never completed, and Jimmy was sent to camp, i.e. Hell. Phish lyrics :)