Just wanna say, this song is AMAZING live. I saw them in MPLS last june. Before they ended with this song, Emily talked about how humans were systematically destroying the natural world. I know she gave an explanation in an interview, but today this interpretation dawned on me.
Wanna make a bet
We'll be neck to neck
Taking off the gloves
Spider versus bat
Tiger versus rat
Rabbit versus dove
Wanna make a bet
Odds are neck to neck
Taking off the gloves
Spider versus bat
Tiger versus rat
Owl versus dove
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
Every living thing
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
Every living thing
Pushed into the ring
Fight it out to wow the crowd
Guess he thought
We could just watch
But no one's getting out.
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living...
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living things. Just my interpretation but I think it works.
Just wanna say, this song is AMAZING live. I saw them in MPLS last june. Before they ended with this song, Emily talked about how humans were systematically destroying the natural world. I know she gave an explanation in an interview, but today this interpretation dawned on me.
Wanna make a bet We'll be neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Rabbit versus dove
Wanna make a bet Odds are neck to neck Taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat Owl versus dove
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
dammit, i did something weird on my keyboard. Anyway. The making a bet part and pitting all these animals together is like humans making a game out of ecosystems -- indirectly betting which species will survive.
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess he thought We could just watch But no one's getting out.
Every living thing Pushed into the ring Fight it out to wow the crowd Guess he thought We could just watch But no one's getting out.
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living...
This is like saying that even humans are forced into their own environmental ring, fighting every living thing for survival. The only way out is to have love for the whole stadium, aka mother earth and all living things. Just my interpretation but I think it works.