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Monkey Gone to Heaven Lyrics
There was a guy
An underwater guy who controlled the sea Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge From New York and New Jersey This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven The creature in the sky Got sucked in a hole now There's a hole in the sky And the ground's not cold And if the ground's not cold Everything is going to burn We'll all take turns I'll get mine, too This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven Rock me, Joe! If man is 5 If man is 5 If man is 5 Then the devil is 6 Then the devil is 6 Then the devil is 6 Then the devil is 6 And if the devil is 6 Then God is 7 And God is 7 And God is 7 This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven |
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01-06-2002
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06-11-2002
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06-12-2002
02-12-2009
and thats great, since its about death to most people
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07-19-2002
In the first verse some kind of underwater worker is killed by all the trash from N.Y and N.J being dumped in the sea. I think the line "this monkey's gone to heaven" refers to this fellow. Humans are 'monkeys' we evolved from them, and this one has died and gone to heaven.
The second verse continues on a broader note, refering to the depletion of the ozone layer ("there's a hole in the sky") and the global warming consequences thereof ("everything's gonna burn...") this is everybody's problem: ("we'll all take turns") and now I think that the line about the monkey going to heaven instead refers to the singer dying due to the collapse of the earths environment.
I've no idea how the final verse relates to this, although I like the interpretation given by tenniel above.
02-12-2009
02-21-2009
This is the most obvious example.
I think that they are actually referring to how we are destroying the planet and simply for power. Humans evolved from monkeys; evolved being the key word. However, we seem to have the comprehension and foresight of our hominid brothers. I am not saying that monkeys are not intelligent creatures, but you would think that our capacity of understanding would be better. It's kind of ironic really, humans are being referred to as monkeys-destroying the planet and killing each other and all-however, monkeys, as far as observations go, are more in tune with nature. Whereas we humans continually try to find new ways to destroy each other and further distance ourselves from nature.
I think that "the guy undersea" is the ecosystem of the hydrosphere.
As far as man is 5; devil is 6; god is 7 goes... I think that if we were to look at the biblical aspect, we would see that God is the greatest conceived being. Therefore, man starts out at 5, and since we have an obsession with linear time frames, he ends at 7. Man is a priori at birth because he is an innate being; he is 5. He then grows through life and becomes tainted and disillusioned by the want and the need of power. Power consumes man and he would sell his soul to attain as much power as he can consume; now man is at 6, the middle of his life. On man's death bed he realizes that power is not worth anything at the end of his life. Notice how this is all linear. He then dies, and lets go of all the power he has acquired throughout his life and he reaches a state of nirvana; now man is 7.
If God is the ultimate being, and nothing greater than God can be conceived, then it would make sense that on the linear scale, he is the highest and ultimate number. Perhaps the reason he is "7" instead of "10" is because "7" is the highest conceivable state of being.
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07-24-2002
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10-06-2002
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03-03-2003
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03-11-2003
The number part is supposed to be from Hebrew scriptures. Some kind of hierarchy in the Hebrew religion.
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03-14-2003
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03-29-2003
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03-29-2003
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03-29-2003
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03-29-2003
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04-30-2003
man is 5 (x3) = 15. 15 songs after "Here comes your man" would be "here comes" again. Does this indicate that examining man is a circular process? does that make it meaningless, or more profound? maybe it means that looking at man means looking at oneself, and looking at oneself is the key to understanding man as a whole.
devil is 6 (x5) = 30. 30 songs after "Dead" is "dead" AGAIN. there is so much meaning and complexity here that i don't even think that i should try and attempt it at this juncture.
god is 7 (x3) = 21. 21 songs after "Monkey" is "Hey". Only God permits an escape from endless circularity. And Hey is the next level of understanding!
There is only one song on all of doolittle that features guest musicians: "Monkey Gone To Heaven." The cello is present throughout the song playing a pattern that mirrors the parts of the other instruments. The violin also appears plucking out a similar part. Because these parts are all mirrored in the parts of the other instruments they do not stand out very much from the fabric of the music, but the cello part does break away from this pattern on "God is 7" where it soars briefly and beautifully. The last sound we hear on "Monkey" is also a note held by the cello. If this isn't an appearance of God on this cd I don't know what is.
08-24-2009
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05-02-2003
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05-03-2003
Did they acknoledge God as a collaberator on this album? If not there could be some big trouble. God knows some influential people and The Pixies could wind up in a little bit of a mess.
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05-12-2003
I think the god and devil stuff is supposed to give a sort of apocalyptic overtone to the song. Also, I think the monkey is humankind - we're going to kill ourselves, we're just monkeys - another type of animal on the planet, not something special.
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06-04-2003
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06-08-2003
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06-29-2003
Man is 5, but the devil is 6, because he's like pure evil or whatever. And if the devil is 6 then god is 7 because he's even worse for allowing all that shit to take place and for creating humans in the first place who destroy the planet.
Or it could mean that humans are even further from god than the devil, because we destroy our earth and don't even care.
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06-30-2003
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04-17-2004
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04-27-2004
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04-27-2004
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04-30-2004
I always thought the line "this monkey's gone to heaven" is just using the monkey as a metaphor for man, since we evolved from apes and all. Maybe Frank was making a statement that although man has evolved physically, the nature of man hasn't, case in point man's disregard for nature with the "ten million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey".
I always thought the last verse refers to the monkey's (or man's, whatever u want to call him) ascension to heaven. from 5 to 6 to 7(we all go to heaven).
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