Lyrics for Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts as interpreted by artblot

Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts Lyrics
I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it's in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?

I ain't quite the beauty
Pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty pure white
Gotta keep thinking, things, hunters and kings
To block out the view, I gotta get a
New bell to ring
New song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things to do
A new plan to bring to the people
People I can trick them into thinking anything
Cuz you know and rust it’s just right in the light
It's gold, it's gold

And you know - I got
Water and holes in my hands
I'm a digger of holes in the land, of holes
And you know - It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
And you know
It’s the easiest way
And you know
It’s the easiest way, hey -
So I go

Lalalalalala x 3

I got water and I got holes, so
Lalalalalala
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, so
Lalalalalala
I got water and I got holes, so
Lalalalalala
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, so, go

Lalalalalala
I got water and I got holes, so
Lalalalalala
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts so, go


I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
We'll say it's in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?
Lalalalalala
I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view

I sing, sing
Lalalalalala

I can't believe in those hunters and kings, and you sing
Lalalalalala
I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing
And it goes
Lalalalalala

I got a new plan to bring and you know, and you know
It’s the easiest way
And you know
It’s the easiest way
And you know
It’s the easiest way

And you know it’s the easiest way - hey, so I go.

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miles11
09-28-2005

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I think it might be "Now I would say it's in God's hands, but..."

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Diamond Bollocks
10-03-2005

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I'm pretty sure that "I can't believe in those other things" is actually "I can't believe in those hunters and kings." Maybe a commentary on world leaders and they're willingness to fire first and ask questions later?

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artblot
10-04-2005

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Thanks. Cokemachineglow.com has got a really good interview (http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/interview/wolfparade1.html) with Spencer Krug and they've talked a bit about this song:

CMG: Like, what’s a “Hungry Ghost”?
SK: It’s – ok I’m going to forget the details now, so I’m going to sound kind of dumb…But in one particular Buddhist religion – and don’t ask me why I referred to something Buddhist – but there are these neat characters in Buddhism that are these tortured characters. They symbolize one of the levels of Hell. I forget the name for it – but there are a bunch of different levels of Hell, and one of them is this level where hypocrites and liars go; not the worst sins, sort of middle-ground punishment. And when they get there, they turn into hungry ghosts, that’s the best translation for it. And hungry ghosts are always thirsty, and always hungry. They’re sort of like that character Tantalus in Greek mythology: he can’t eat or drink, but he’s always hungry or thirsty. And these ghosts, they have really tiny throats, so if they try to eat, it chokes them and they die, because they only have these little straws for throats. I THINK that when they drink water it turns into fire.
CMG: That happens to my grandfather.
SK: Yeah, so Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts is addressing my own generation, I guess. Insatiable thirsts, and hunger for whatever…

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nadia1
10-11-2005

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i think the lyric in the second verse is:
Pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view
I gotta keep thinking, things, hunters and kings

thanks for the interview

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aoeuhnts
10-11-2005

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So at the risk of being the guy that thinks everything is about world leaders and war... I'm going to agree with Diamond Bollocks and say my best guess is the song is about our leaders and war.

My best guesses:
He's calling some leaders hungry ghosts because they have an insatiable thirst for power just like the hungry ghosts he described are always hungry and thirsty
"So I got a fist / So I got a plan" points to war.
Hunters and kings sounds like power hungry world leaders as Diamond points out.
Talk of new plans for the people and tricking people etc..
Digger of holes in the land == bombs? Not sure on that one.

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miles11
10-18-2005

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actually, we are the sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, as spencer krug says in the interview (http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/interview/wolfparade1.html), " Yeah, so Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts is addressing my own generation, I guess. Insatiable thirsts, and hunger for whatever… "

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miles11
10-18-2005

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but i definitely agree that the "hunters and kings" are probably world leaders/politicians, as you say.

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artblot
10-21-2005

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Holes could also be graves, specifically, your own grave.

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mcscumbag
12-17-2005

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that line "god doesnt always have the best god damn plans does he" is the best line on this album

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obsessed
12-26-2005

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Amazing song, I agree with mcscumbag, that "God doesn't always have.." line is just brilliant, cracks me up every time.

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JmoneyNJ
01-25-2006

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Artblot - good looking on the CMG interview. I was actually going to post that. There's a nice sum-up on it here too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Ghost

I really like everyone's analysis here on the hungry ghosts. Consumerism run rampant , the cold war, the "me" generation, ie the world our parents are leaving us with.

One thing to add: "I got water and I got holes" has to be one of the saddest lines on the album. For me it ties back into the hungry ghost image - mouths the size of the point of a needle and stomachs the size of mountains - as if we're genetically defective from being born of hungry ghosts. There are holes in our hands, water passes right through us - there is no way of quenching this torturous thrist.

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horha91
02-06-2006

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does anyone want to comment on the line about god's plans.

i thought it represented something or, he didn't agree with something, but then it was on an aetheist website- and i thought that was wierd,
i hope they aren't aetheists

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justaguy81
02-20-2006

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As for the line about god's plans, the previous line is "Now we'll say it's in God's hands" which is just a platitude, like saying good luck. I think that they're saying if you leave it up to god, don't expect everything to work out. After all "god helps those who help themselves".
And if they are atheists, how is that relevent? It doesn't detract from what they're trying to say, and they don't have an obvious religious agenda, for or against, so take it for what it's worth. Too many many good bands get claimed by one side or the other and it's pointless- so think for yourself and look at what they're saying, not if they ascribe to the same religious views as you.

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Anamarija
03-22-2006

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dammit. you already
quoted the interview
about a thousand times.

(Aaron Newell) CMG: True. Well...Dan’s sort of barky. And you’re sort of yodelly.
(Spencer Krug) SK: Yeah.
CMG: That’s how I hear it.
SK: Agreed.
CMG: And it’s the perfect compliment. I mean, that’s in all the textbooks: the best model for the alternative rock band is “band with one yodelly dude, one barky dude.”
SK: Really? Which one was Paul McCartney?
CMG: Well, that’s why the Beatles didn’t work out.
SK: What?
CMG: That’s why they flopped so bad. No barky dude, no yodelly dude. Roy Orbison could have done something with them, but that’s in the past.
SK: I’m surprised you’ve even heard of them.
CMG: Well, yeah. I mean, I’m an indie rock journalist. So it’s my job to dig up the obscurities. How was Scandinavia?

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Skovgaard
03-26-2006

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I think he's some kind of jesus. you know "whole in my hands" and the part with "I'm a digger of holes in the land" he is the towns undertaker...the sadest but yet the greatest person around. Maybe the song is just one long egotrip, when I think of it. "I gotta get a new plan to bring to the people
People I can trick them into thinking anything" you will do anything I say and I can fool you to anything. If so, it is a very cool song, because it is so cold.

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whj247
04-11-2006

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i think it's related to how greedy we all are for one thing or another. we're willing to decieve people for a few quick bucks (i.e., the rust in the right light part.) Seems to be about selfishness and greed.

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oxycontin
04-17-2006

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la la la la la lah.

my favorite wolf parade song. the unreleased version is the best.

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yankeeboystevel
05-26-2006

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This song is basically, don't wait for God to do everything for you, because you'll just end up a hungry ghost. Work for yourself and get what you want.

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darkeel
06-16-2006

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The song is sung buy satan, the tempter. He mocks god, admits his task is to block out the view, ie of truth, and that he attacks pureness and light (shoots at the pretty, pretty pure white...)Admits he is or has no beauty, he schemes (gotta keep thinking...) of new ways trick people into thinking anything, even taht rust, ie decay is gold, ie something valuable and lasting. The sinful path is teh easiest way he says, you know it's the easiest way. He's a digger of holes (graves) in the land, means he is the bringer of death.

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emotionaltree
06-18-2006

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"i aint quite the beauty
pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty pretty pure white"

to me it sounds like he says "pretty pretty people" but i dont have an official lyrics sheet so i might be wrong. but anyway, it sounds to me like the pretty pretty pure white are shooting at the oher pretty pretty pure white (it could be "i aint quite the beauty that pulls out two guns" with "that" being understood).

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Bmyster
06-25-2006

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For me, the first half of the song seems more tense and stressed, more sad. It is when he starts singing his new song and making his new plans, starts being content with his water and holes and stops being consumed by his hunger, things suddenly shift for the better. Musically, things just become more happy and celebratory. I can't quite pin down exactly what the shift means but I'm still thinking on it.

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PillarOfSalt
06-29-2006

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no guess as to what this song is about specifically but the tone feels like one of those all-justifying thing. like this and this and this are all wrong in my life but here i'm gonna sing upbeat anyway in this sort of self-depricating ironic sort of way that ultimately helps you feel better...fuck it i don't know how to describe it.

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Rinshu
07-07-2006

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Some of you guys way over think things. This is a simple political song about world leaders, i.e., Bush using brute force to try and solve the world's problems as opposed to seeking diplomatic solutions.

"I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view"

"I can't believe in those hunters and kings"

Here he's saying he can’t believe in the US's and UK's policy of violence in (most likely) the Middle East.

And "Pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty pure white" is incorrect.

He says "Pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view...

I, Gotta keep thinking, things, hunters and kings."

"Its pretty view...I" that sound like pretty pretty pure white, but its not.

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willlliw
07-17-2006

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i like the segue to i'll believe in anything at the end

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R.P.Oi!
07-20-2006

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Yeah, that's right but I think there is another mistake. There is no "Pulls out two guns" but "Who holds up two guns" . I'm sure that I have right

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