Season of the Shark Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thujone 

Cover art for Season of the Shark lyrics by Yo La Tengo

One of my very favorite YLT songs. I took it on a much-more-surface level. I just see the song as an old friend speaking to another old friend about how life can seem scary and dangerous and sad ("the shadows on the wall / are not as bad as they appear"). But in the end, life might just be the season of the shark. Whatever might be waiting for our souls when we die might be something a good deal better than life here on earth.