Monday, October 03, 2022

In Our Talons by Bowerbirds

 And the warblers sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!

And the sparrows sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!
Through the wheels, through the wheels on the interstate,
And hear no refrain.

And the beetles creep (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
On the crippled trees, (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
And they look down to where the soil must have been, wondering.

And no, youre not alone. No, my cousins, youre not alone.
Youre in our talons now, and were never letting go.

And the branches bend (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
To the growing sea. (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
And they ask, and they ask it to spread their seeds,
For they know theyre drowning.

And no, youre not alone. No, my cousins, youre not alone.
Youre in our talons now, and were never letting go.
Youre in our headlights, frozen, and no, were not stopping.
You may not believe, but even we were scared at first.
It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth.
Were only human; this at least weve learned

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the animation. The song sounds like it was written on the fly but it has a haunting quality. The video looks like it would make a good demo reel for the animation director. I like when the crow rolls up into a rolley polley. I love playing with rolley polleys. I also love calling Waz rolley. Little Rolley Polley. Try it sometime. He loves it. See what happens.

Dan Tschirhart said...

Yeah we're killing the earth

and we're killing the birds, and when the birds die, we aren't far behind

it's all about greed and materialism

So sad

Cool song though and the video is spot on

Rolly Pollies are cool bugs though

Also known as Pill Bugs or the Brits call them Chiggypigs

They eat decaying plant matter and return the nutrients to the soil

They also eat some of the metals in the dirt

Therefore Waz probably doesn't have enough dirt in his diet