Lyric discussion by futatorius 

Cover art for Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish lyrics by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Fedlocks: shouldn't that be "fetlocks"?

Meate rose in hairs: meat [noun] rose [verb] in hairs Meaty meate rose in hairs: meate [adj] rose [noun] in hairs

Cists -> cysts

Peeled in felt fields 'n belts: He's undressing her. Whalebone: a component of a corset.

Cavorts girdled in ladders o' light: dances in the sunbeams

This is all imagery from a wet dream. I love the expression "stirruped in syrup." Yeah.

@futatorius Yes all that - and note the sunken artifacts - the tentaclesare feeling about the human statues and ornaments of a sunken civilization. "Limp damp rose" ,- very Dali Watch! The consciousness of a neon LITERALLY in a "stream"!