Stork and Owl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Balial 

Cover art for Stork and Owl lyrics by TV on the Radio

Fucking.

This song is about fucking. Everything about this song is a metaphor for sex. I think people are getting hung up on the "death" aspects of this song but I see death being used here in a "la petite mort" way where the brief weakening of consciousness during an orgasm is considered to be similar to dying. As for why a Stork and Owl my best guess would be because an Owl is symbolic of seeking knowledge while a Stork is symbolic of fertility and life which again, could be relating this song to a fascination with exploring sexuality.

Some of the lines are just really obvious about it all:

In and out, in and out Back and forth, back and forth

Yeah, not exactly subtle. Love this song btw.