I really like the suggestion that this is about that verse from Jeremiah. I think I remember John Darnielle commenting on this though, and it's actually named for the Jamaican rocksteady and reggae goup (think lover's reggae), The Ethiopians.
I really love the consistency between this song and the ones that DID make it onto Tallahassee, take the lyrics from 'No Children' together with the line "postcards to friends we used to have ... rub their noses in the ugly fact that we are still alive". Also compare the verse "your eyes, twin volcanoes, bad ideas dancing around in there" with the line "nothing .. more dangerous and frightening than you when get bored."
The Ethiopians are pretty solid, by the way, if anyone reading this is into early ska, rocksteady, etc.
I really like the suggestion that this is about that verse from Jeremiah. I think I remember John Darnielle commenting on this though, and it's actually named for the Jamaican rocksteady and reggae goup (think lover's reggae), The Ethiopians.
I really love the consistency between this song and the ones that DID make it onto Tallahassee, take the lyrics from 'No Children' together with the line "postcards to friends we used to have ... rub their noses in the ugly fact that we are still alive". Also compare the verse "your eyes, twin volcanoes, bad ideas dancing around in there" with the line "nothing .. more dangerous and frightening than you when get bored."
The Ethiopians are pretty solid, by the way, if anyone reading this is into early ska, rocksteady, etc.