Oh, this is a song about a woman with multiple personalities.. Each personality has a different characteristic or focus. Each one comes out to play, then "dissipates".
At the end of the song, Katrina finally asserts her "true" identity by shouting into an empty room. But, as assertive as she is, even Katrina is haunted by all the ghosts and their residue. Katrina never knows when the party is going to start, or when (if ever) it will end.
The final lyrics go something like this: "Sylvia cans beasts in jars, Labels them by Kingdom Phylum Order Class, Family, Genus, Species. [chorus] Down the way(?), a silk design. This space is mine! Tis I, Katrina! Katrina, I."
If you think about it, it's a fairly hair-raising song, one of my favorite from early 10K Maniacs.
Oh, this is a song about a woman with multiple personalities.. Each personality has a different characteristic or focus. Each one comes out to play, then "dissipates".
At the end of the song, Katrina finally asserts her "true" identity by shouting into an empty room. But, as assertive as she is, even Katrina is haunted by all the ghosts and their residue. Katrina never knows when the party is going to start, or when (if ever) it will end.
The final lyrics go something like this: "Sylvia cans beasts in jars, Labels them by Kingdom Phylum Order Class, Family, Genus, Species. [chorus] Down the way(?), a silk design. This space is mine! Tis I, Katrina! Katrina, I."
If you think about it, it's a fairly hair-raising song, one of my favorite from early 10K Maniacs.