Thanks to enjoyyourroots for posting the right lyrics, and I definitely think this song perfectly encapsulates feelings of anxiety and depression, "You feeling stormy? You feeling phoney?" reminds me of what Holden Caufield feels in The Catcher In The Rye. It's could also be about wanting the best for yourself when things are changing all around you ("I should be floating, but I'm weighted by thinking", "Grey is where the color should be"). This song is just so rich, Animal Collective is amazing at putting feelings into words.
Also, on the sample- The original Grateful Dead lyrics Lesh is singing are "Willow sky, woah" and we are intended to mishear them. Genius.
Thanks to enjoyyourroots for posting the right lyrics, and I definitely think this song perfectly encapsulates feelings of anxiety and depression, "You feeling stormy? You feeling phoney?" reminds me of what Holden Caufield feels in The Catcher In The Rye. It's could also be about wanting the best for yourself when things are changing all around you ("I should be floating, but I'm weighted by thinking", "Grey is where the color should be"). This song is just so rich, Animal Collective is amazing at putting feelings into words.
Also, on the sample- The original Grateful Dead lyrics Lesh is singing are "Willow sky, woah" and we are intended to mishear them. Genius.
good call, it is very reminiscent of that Holden Caufield kind of feeling.
good call, it is very reminiscent of that Holden Caufield kind of feeling.
I thought the original lyrics were, "whoa, I walk. sky"
I thought the original lyrics were, "whoa, I walk. sky"