Maestro Bird has mentioned a couple of different meanings for this song over the past few months. While at his performance in Denver, he spoke of a fishing trip with his Dad where he got horrible food poisoning. And he was amazed at his bodies reaction to expelling the toxins.
In Seattle he mentioned it is his "barn burner" song, and live it is estastic, more so than on the album.
I think it is very fun to say the word aubergine (eggplant) aloud. It flows nicely from the mouth, and creates a natural smile when it leaves.
after reading the lyrics, i think this song is in fact his attempt at trying to write a song about the food poisoning he experienced. the fits and dizzy spells even adds to what happens when a body is poisoned, all these natural bodily reactions happen to get rid of the poison or sucuumb to it. a nightshade is a plant related to the patatoe that has posinous red or black berries. he probably confused a posionous nightshade for a dark purple colored eggplant and eat it straight from the wild while fishing with his dad, which most likely poisoned...
after reading the lyrics, i think this song is in fact his attempt at trying to write a song about the food poisoning he experienced. the fits and dizzy spells even adds to what happens when a body is poisoned, all these natural bodily reactions happen to get rid of the poison or sucuumb to it. a nightshade is a plant related to the patatoe that has posinous red or black berries. he probably confused a posionous nightshade for a dark purple colored eggplant and eat it straight from the wild while fishing with his dad, which most likely poisoned him. why he would compare the wind, or a volcanoe's motion to this, might be the motion it does, so it happened inside him. thats my interpretation as Bug2's interpretation makes sense.
Heh, that's kind of gross, but it really does make more sense than any other interpretation. Although Mr. Bird does like his double (and triple) meanings..
Heh, that's kind of gross, but it really does make more sense than any other interpretation. Although Mr. Bird does like his double (and triple) meanings..
Thus, with this "surface intepretation"... Cast your own could simply be what he said to his Dad on the fishing trip: I'm too sick to be a good little soldier and go out to the river / lake with you... go on Cast your Own FISHING LINE! That is hilarious to me!
Diving deeper into his surface description of his own song... (thriggle you will love this one, I think.) It could be he was speaking of his Dad, meaning the universal Father or creator, food poisoning was eating of the apple of knowledge, which then thrust him away...
Thus, with this "surface intepretation"... Cast your own could simply be what he said to his Dad on the fishing trip: I'm too sick to be a good little soldier and go out to the river / lake with you... go on Cast your Own FISHING LINE! That is hilarious to me!
Diving deeper into his surface description of his own song... (thriggle you will love this one, I think.) It could be he was speaking of his Dad, meaning the universal Father or creator, food poisoning was eating of the apple of knowledge, which then thrust him away from his Barn of Eden, causing him to wander as a lost soldier, trying to soldier on trying to cast his own net ( the whole, fishing stories about Jesus and the fishermen apostles stuff.) O-- or that the nightshade that gets in the word of goodness and kindness and morphs into biggotry, you know when people try to use faith to justify in the judgements of other peoples behaviors. Then Cast your Own could mean, be nice, and cast your own stones first. <shrug>
I'm pretty sure that eggplants are actually part of the nightshade family of plants. I'm allergic to eggplants, and all other members of the nightshade family.
I'm pretty sure that eggplants are actually part of the nightshade family of plants. I'm allergic to eggplants, and all other members of the nightshade family.
As far as:
Lava flows over crooks and craggy cliffs to the ocean
And explodes in a steam heat fevered cyclical motion
As far as:
Lava flows over crooks and craggy cliffs to the ocean
And explodes in a steam heat fevered cyclical motion
I almost envision that the lava is him throwing up on the edge of the pond, and it's just traveling over rocks into the pond... and that the explosion is him vomiting. The steam heat fever is like when you're really sick (like the time I had food poisoning) and you just have sweat pouring off your brow like you're burning up with fever. And the cyclical motion is like the constant heaving, almost like a pattern - when you're throwing up, and your whole body is undulating and wretching.
I'm seeing him this Thursday at Radio City Music Hall - I'll post any new explanations. ;o)
Maestro Bird has mentioned a couple of different meanings for this song over the past few months. While at his performance in Denver, he spoke of a fishing trip with his Dad where he got horrible food poisoning. And he was amazed at his bodies reaction to expelling the toxins. In Seattle he mentioned it is his "barn burner" song, and live it is estastic, more so than on the album.
I think it is very fun to say the word aubergine (eggplant) aloud. It flows nicely from the mouth, and creates a natural smile when it leaves.
after reading the lyrics, i think this song is in fact his attempt at trying to write a song about the food poisoning he experienced. the fits and dizzy spells even adds to what happens when a body is poisoned, all these natural bodily reactions happen to get rid of the poison or sucuumb to it. a nightshade is a plant related to the patatoe that has posinous red or black berries. he probably confused a posionous nightshade for a dark purple colored eggplant and eat it straight from the wild while fishing with his dad, which most likely poisoned...
after reading the lyrics, i think this song is in fact his attempt at trying to write a song about the food poisoning he experienced. the fits and dizzy spells even adds to what happens when a body is poisoned, all these natural bodily reactions happen to get rid of the poison or sucuumb to it. a nightshade is a plant related to the patatoe that has posinous red or black berries. he probably confused a posionous nightshade for a dark purple colored eggplant and eat it straight from the wild while fishing with his dad, which most likely poisoned him. why he would compare the wind, or a volcanoe's motion to this, might be the motion it does, so it happened inside him. thats my interpretation as Bug2's interpretation makes sense.
Heh, that's kind of gross, but it really does make more sense than any other interpretation. Although Mr. Bird does like his double (and triple) meanings..
Heh, that's kind of gross, but it really does make more sense than any other interpretation. Although Mr. Bird does like his double (and triple) meanings..
Thus, with this "surface intepretation"... Cast your own could simply be what he said to his Dad on the fishing trip: I'm too sick to be a good little soldier and go out to the river / lake with you... go on Cast your Own FISHING LINE! That is hilarious to me! Diving deeper into his surface description of his own song... (thriggle you will love this one, I think.) It could be he was speaking of his Dad, meaning the universal Father or creator, food poisoning was eating of the apple of knowledge, which then thrust him away...
Thus, with this "surface intepretation"... Cast your own could simply be what he said to his Dad on the fishing trip: I'm too sick to be a good little soldier and go out to the river / lake with you... go on Cast your Own FISHING LINE! That is hilarious to me!
Diving deeper into his surface description of his own song... (thriggle you will love this one, I think.) It could be he was speaking of his Dad, meaning the universal Father or creator, food poisoning was eating of the apple of knowledge, which then thrust him away from his Barn of Eden, causing him to wander as a lost soldier, trying to soldier on trying to cast his own net ( the whole, fishing stories about Jesus and the fishermen apostles stuff.) O-- or that the nightshade that gets in the word of goodness and kindness and morphs into biggotry, you know when people try to use faith to justify in the judgements of other peoples behaviors. Then Cast your Own could mean, be nice, and cast your own stones first. <shrug>
I'm pretty sure that eggplants are actually part of the nightshade family of plants. I'm allergic to eggplants, and all other members of the nightshade family.
I'm pretty sure that eggplants are actually part of the nightshade family of plants. I'm allergic to eggplants, and all other members of the nightshade family.
As far as: Lava flows over crooks and craggy cliffs to the ocean And explodes in a steam heat fevered cyclical motion
As far as: Lava flows over crooks and craggy cliffs to the ocean And explodes in a steam heat fevered cyclical motion
I almost envision that the lava is him throwing up on the edge of the pond, and it's just traveling over rocks into the pond... and that the explosion is him vomiting. The steam heat fever is like when you're really sick (like the time I had food poisoning) and you just have sweat pouring off your brow like you're burning up with fever. And the cyclical motion is like the constant heaving, almost like a pattern - when you're throwing up, and your whole body is undulating and wretching.
I'm seeing him this Thursday at Radio City Music Hall - I'll post any new explanations. ;o)