Lyric discussion by flesh_eating_goats 

Cover art for Kookaburra lyrics by John Vanderslice

boy, if i were to choose any song to sing everywhere i go it would be this one(even if it were to annoy the crap outta evryone)but id like to kno the meaning of this song..i thought it had something to do with war because the bombs and the flag..but..which war?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment

lightning's a plausible scientific creation story. that's what the beginning is about - electricity creating life on earth. later on it gave us more: the terabyte.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Pete

white phosphorous munitions burn everything they touch. the song has a vibe like nothing can be helped - "we can't be saved" - but white phosphorous is a decidedly human technology that humans choose to use. we cannot save ourselves, i think he's saying, from ourselves.

it reminds me a little of the theories of Hans Jonas. we...