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The Donner Party Lyrics
The similarities in situation between the Donner Party and the colonial pilgrims is both appalling, frightening and incomplete. In both cases you'll find: One, a fairly large group of ill-prepared greenhorns pitting themselves against nature and each other. Two, An insufficient willingness to endure the very real hardships of frontiering. And three, coincidental misfortune at every turn. Number three, coincidental misfortune at EVERY TURN.
Disasters at both camps were initially brought about by departure delaying a decent inertia, which caused our heroes to begin their journeys at absolutely retarded times weather-wise. If fantasy is the refuge of the frightened man and a castle in the air is a safe-harbor for a foolish few, just imagine living in a hut buried twelve feet below the snow, where the sight and smell of the scattered carcasses of loved ones at your feet is the lay of the land--just another day. I would like to propose that cannibalism was indeed rampant among America's earliest settlers--the Pilgrims. (hmm?) The Pilgrims! For what does "settler" imply, if not the willingness to settle? To settle for a meal of human flesh if my thoughts on the subject are to be believed!
In conclusion, spread the word of this. Look to the night sky and hark back to our forefathers shortcomings--and your own--as you cut your meat and lay the groundwork for a new...tomorrow.
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It starts off like she's reading an essay/report on Cannibalism/The Donner Party, but by the end it sounds like she's urging people to practice cannibalism as some sort of tribute to the original pilgrim settlers of the US.
I love how she stays so calm and rational throughout.
I think it's more like a lecture she is giving on a dissertation or something...
I think it's more like a lecture she is giving on a dissertation or something...
This song is obviously about the Donner Party, which was a group of people who were traveling across the U.S. in the 1800s (I think), had some "technical difficulties", and ate each other, for they had no other food than the bodies of people who had died earlier.
This track is so funny... ^^
"absolutely retarded times weather-wise" XP
This song is sweet, but every time I listen to it I can't help but shiver, the music & the way she's talking have such a creepy feel, not to mention the fact that they never proposed this idea in school.
I LOVE THIS!!!!! AWESOME! nice way to creep people out to. :D
The lyrics presented are incorrect. Here are the actual lyrics:
"The similarities in situation between the Donner Party and the colonial pilgrims is both appalling, frightening and incomplete. In both cases you'll find: One, a fairly large group of ill-prepared greenhorns pitting themselves against nature and each other. Two, An insufficient willingness to endure the very real hardships of frontiering. And three, coincidental misfortune at every turn. Number three, coincidental misfortune at EVERY TURN.
Disasters at both camps were initially brought about by departure delaying a decent inertia, which caused our heroes to begin their journeys at absolutely retarded times weather-wise. If fantasy is the refuge of the frightened man and a castle in the air is a safe-harbor for a foolish few, just imagine living in a hut buried twelve feet below the snow, where the sight and smell of the scattered carcasses of loved ones at your feet is the lay of the land--just another day. I would like to propose that cannibalism was indeed rampant among America's earliest settlers--the Pilgrims. (hmm?) The Pilgrims! For what does "settler" imply, if not the willingness to settle? To settle for a meal of human flesh if my thoughts on the subject are to be believed!
In conclusion, spread the word of this. Look to the night sky and hark back to our forefathers shortcomings--and your own--as you cut your meat and lay the groundwork for a new...tomorrow."