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Wormhole Lyrics
I am an earthworm following
There is a nighthawk watching
me crawling
La la la la -
it's a lonely night
I'll take the airwaves home tonight
crawl with me in to the hole
Where everyone can hide
We're in the wormhole
Seeking to be safe again
Without a single brave soul
Leaking out tonight
After the fires there's a falling rain
Washing us free of the daily pain
Off the hook and down the drain
And out to the other side
To where the soil is rich and muddy in the riverbed
Feed on the urgent promise
Of the dead tonight
There is a nighthawk watching
me crawling
La la la la -
I'll take the airwaves home tonight
crawl with me in to the hole
Where everyone can hide
Seeking to be safe again
Without a single brave soul
Leaking out tonight
Washing us free of the daily pain
Off the hook and down the drain
And out to the other side
Feed on the urgent promise
Of the dead tonight
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i Saw Star Wars On Apr 27, 2002
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I think the song's just about the security of house and home.
I would guess Bob heard the word "wormhole" in the usual science (or science fiction) context, and thought, "That might be a good idea for a song..."
This sounds purely literal -- imagining what it would be like to be a worm.
Which suggests a kind of universal love, to be able to identify so closely with a creature from which many people recoil in disgust.