Just a note, Bird references the "See 'N Say" children's toy (misspelled in the above lyrics as "sea and say"), the one on which you pull a lever and a the device tells you "this is a cat" or "listen to the cow" depending upon which picture is indicated by the arrow. Asking the See 'N Say to bring a different nomenclature is a symbolic rejection of the labels and categories to which we are limited by culture, language, instruction, bias, etcetera. It's a call to look at things anew, to eliminate Wittgenstein's colored lens through which we see and understand the world or at least become aware of it.
Just a note, Bird references the "See 'N Say" children's toy (misspelled in the above lyrics as "sea and say"), the one on which you pull a lever and a the device tells you "this is a cat" or "listen to the cow" depending upon which picture is indicated by the arrow. Asking the See 'N Say to bring a different nomenclature is a symbolic rejection of the labels and categories to which we are limited by culture, language, instruction, bias, etcetera. It's a call to look at things anew, to eliminate Wittgenstein's colored lens through which we see and understand the world or at least become aware of it.