So what is up with this one? I really like Cat Power, but this one just eludes me. Like it's written to defy literal interp - or maybe it's just me missing it. Does it have to do with warning the people that someone is coming to persecute them for being themselves? That we’d better call on evolution – the opposite of creationism – in defense against the rising tide of fundamentalism in the world? 'Coming on land' has an invasion thing going on.... The ambiguity is part of her thing, though and part of what I like about her... Does anybody else out there sit around tearing apart cat power lyrics?
So what is up with this one? I really like Cat Power, but this one just eludes me. Like it's written to defy literal interp - or maybe it's just me missing it. Does it have to do with warning the people that someone is coming to persecute them for being themselves? That we’d better call on evolution – the opposite of creationism – in defense against the rising tide of fundamentalism in the world? 'Coming on land' has an invasion thing going on.... The ambiguity is part of her thing, though and part of what I like about her... Does anybody else out there sit around tearing apart cat power lyrics?