Lyric discussion by steamcannon 

Cover art for 6 Little Eggs lyrics by When I Was A Lion

IMHO, I think it's a simple dark song for clubbers about how your life and the lives of friends can change fast, so be safe. Simple and very general. A little dark but honest. Good beat too.

Conceptually this song is like Ring Around The Rosy. It's short, whimsical and it has meaning.

Eggs is a common term for young people or in context young adults.

They have sex then "boom dubi dom". That sounds like a whimsical conclusion meaning something like "oops things changed". My impression is it's probably symbolic for a life changing event relating to sex. Further emphasized with the words "watch out be safe" This is a lot like how the phrase "They all fall down" is used in Ring Around The Rosy. This is a song about how all the "eggs" fall down.

So what's happening in the song?

  • Words: 6 little eggs on the run Meaning: Young adults running around

  • Words: they fuck each other Meaning: sex, fighting, drugs, craziness

  • Words: three goes "boom dubi dom" Meaning: Arrested, Pregnant, Disease, other life changes

  • Words: watch out be safe so Meaning: This is a warning

  • Words: 3 little eggs had sex Meaning: sex, fighting, drugs, craziness

  • Words: 1 win and 2 explode, goes "boom dubi dom" Meaning: 2 were: Arrested, Pregnant, Disease, other life changes Win could mean life got better in some way or life stayed the same and didn't get worse.

  • Words: 2 little eggs in the sun, one sleep too long goes boom boom, boom dubi dom Meaning: Could be symbolic of overdose or addiction, probably explaining how those last two "eggs" lives "exploded".

  • Words: the story ends with 1 little egg was blind, make suicide with a pen bomb, boom dubi dom Meaning: Blind to happiness, "pen bomb" could mean she wrote a suicide note and suicided or "pen bomb" could mean she made a legal filing like divorce. If I was making a music video, I'd show show someone signing a legal paper and handing it in.

  • Words: another story come Meaning: There are a lot more new people out there and new stories, your story is one of them.

This song makes me think of some friends I knew in college:

  • One couple had sex and oops, pregnant and boom dubi dom they married. Life changed.

  • Another guy had sex and thought the girl was on BC, boom dubi dom she had a kid and ran off with the child. He lost his life as a surfer dude.

  • One guy's wife ran off with the neighbor. Boom dubi dom, life changed.

  • Another guy lost a chunk of leg in an accident. Wife didn't like cripples. Boom dubi dom, life changed. Eventually they put him back together and boom dubi dom his life got better.

  • One guy I knew got all the girls then his arm almost torn off in adventure sport. Boom dubi dom, it slowed him down for a little while but he pushed though it.

The point is, a lot of things can happen in life. You could make very long lists of all the good and bad things that can happen in life. But that wouldn't work for a short song, so the song writer was more metaphorical.