Everyone is explicating this song as about a war between animals, with which I agree, but we can't look at it literally. The most important line of the song is the first line of the song, and the album, and it was important enough to be the album's title as well:
Jumping up and down the floor, ~my head is an animal~
THEN the story begins. We are being directed to look at the entire story through the lens of metaphor. Just my humble opinion :-)
@beregond Not necessarily. Often Celtic and and Northern European folks songs are about anthropomorphized animals. Therefore the human characteristics could just as easily be the metaphor.
@beregond Not necessarily. Often Celtic and and Northern European folks songs are about anthropomorphized animals. Therefore the human characteristics could just as easily be the metaphor.
Everyone is explicating this song as about a war between animals, with which I agree, but we can't look at it literally. The most important line of the song is the first line of the song, and the album, and it was important enough to be the album's title as well:
Jumping up and down the floor, ~my head is an animal~
THEN the story begins. We are being directed to look at the entire story through the lens of metaphor. Just my humble opinion :-)
@beregond Not necessarily. Often Celtic and and Northern European folks songs are about anthropomorphized animals. Therefore the human characteristics could just as easily be the metaphor.
@beregond Not necessarily. Often Celtic and and Northern European folks songs are about anthropomorphized animals. Therefore the human characteristics could just as easily be the metaphor.