Spanish Gold, 2044 Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Renaissance Dan 

Cover art for Spanish Gold, 2044 lyrics by Swan Lake

Carey Mercer is both hilarious, and a fucking genius. The image of Palinurus humming 'Bird On A Wire' sums up the meaning of this song in one line, but i wouldn't expect that many understand what that means, nor do i think Mercer would. I don't want to explain, so here are a couple links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palinurus

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/70180/

But none of that accounts for the incredible pairing, nor the coupling of the word 'humming' with the title of a song, the first word of which is 'bird'. Immortality as literature, right? Gilgamesh. You know he's a highschool English teacher? Figures.

Right on. He's definitely a genius and a hilarious. He's also fucking crazy, but in the best way ;)