For Reverend Green Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cujoocujo 

Cover art for For Reverend Green lyrics by Animal Collective

I think this song is to stay for ever in green, or to always remain young.

"A running child's bloody with burning knees A careless child's money flew in the trees A camping child's happy with winter's freeze A lucky child don't know how lucky she is"

the bliss life of being young even when you get hurt, loose your money, and so on

"From one moment to a next A thousand wasted Brooklyners all depressed The ins and outs of supper's chest He'll only be a friend if he touches your breast From one moment to a next A shifting in the plates of what you ingest From sugared tits to honeyed pests Bulimic vegetarian wins weight contest"

this is more about all the hangups of being an adult, we all know what this is about, life sucks, but the song is not a depressing song it's a song of trying to remain/stay "for ever in green" for every young!

and then Avey sings about the band and how they can stay "for ever in green"

Now I think it's all right we're together Now I think that's a riot Now I think it's the best he ever played it Now I think that's a riot Now I think it's all right to feel inhuman Now I think that's a riot Now I think it's all right, we'll sing together Now I think that's a riot

To sum it up, life is awesome and kids don't know how lucky they have it!

Could be, they do write about the wonders of childhood a lot. Spirit was them saying goodbye to childhood and innocence and hello to adult life, so maybe this is them looking back and saying "yeah, childhood is something to relish in while you're still in it, because once you're out, it's hard to stay young". This is them staying young.

wow thank you

these guys never grew up