Blue Spotted Tail Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lunaharpua 

Cover art for Blue Spotted Tail lyrics by Fleet Foxes

Listened to this one all summer, when the lights from the city made the night sky glow orange. For those of us who live in the city, you get used to the bile to face the fortune. For those who don't, it's hard to get used to it, and you start to wonder why people would choose to live there with such a short life to live.

Maybe that's what he's thinking, maybe it's not, but what an ethereal, gorgeous song.

My Interpretation

I was thinking the lights in the sky are the stars.

i believe first hes asking why are we here when he says "why is the earth moving around the sun?" and hes thinking about is there a after life when he says "Why in the night sky are the lights on?". then he speaks of why is life have to end and why do we pretend not to be afraid. i think hes talking about how living in a city could be great yet rough at the same time.about how we are "Here to face the fortune and the bile" (bile = crap). and then finally i believe he finishes...