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we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
turmoil! carnage!
here come the earth intruders
we are the paratroopers
stampede of sharpshooters
comes right from voodoo
with our feet thumping
with our feet marching
grinding skeptics into the soil
shower of goodness
coming to end the doubt pouring over
shower of goodness coming to end
we are the earth intruders
we are the sharp shooters
flock of parashooters
necessary voodoo
I have guided my bones
through some voltage
and loved them still
and loved them too
metallic carnage!
feriocity!
feel the speed!
we are the earth intruders
we are the sharp shooters
flock of parashooters
necessary voodoo
there is turmoil out there
carnage! rambling!
what is to do but dig
dig bones out of earth
mudgraves! timber!
morbid trenches!
here come the earth intruders
stampede of resistance
we are the canoneers
necessary voodoo
and the beast
with many heads
and arms rolling
steamroller!
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
(forgive this tribe)
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
marching
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
marching
march
march
march
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
turmoil! carnage!
here come the earth intruders
we are the paratroopers
stampede of sharpshooters
comes right from voodoo
with our feet thumping
with our feet marching
grinding skeptics into the soil
shower of goodness
coming to end the doubt pouring over
shower of goodness coming to end
we are the earth intruders
we are the sharp shooters
flock of parashooters
necessary voodoo
I have guided my bones
through some voltage
and loved them still
and loved them too
metallic carnage!
feriocity!
feel the speed!
we are the earth intruders
we are the sharp shooters
flock of parashooters
necessary voodoo
there is turmoil out there
carnage! rambling!
what is to do but dig
dig bones out of earth
mudgraves! timber!
morbid trenches!
here come the earth intruders
stampede of resistance
we are the canoneers
necessary voodoo
and the beast
with many heads
and arms rolling
steamroller!
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
(forgive this tribe)
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
we are the earth intruders
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
marching
we are the earth intruders
muddy with twigs and branches
marching
march
march
march
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Maybe a group of inspirers... a group with a "shower of goodness" message to share with earth...
"Intruding" would be stirring up the dull daily lives that most humans have.
After a bit of consideration I think I've figured out an interpretation that seems to fit it best.
I believe that the "Earth Intruders" she speaks of are us humans, killing the Earth we live on and causing destruction and turmoil to the plants and animals.
"Digging bones out of the ground" and "Necessary voodoo" were two lines that had me thinking for a while but I think that digging bones out of the ground is a way to describe us destroying the Earth in an attempt to find such things as fossils and fossil fuels; necessary voodoo is causing destruction and death in an attempt to tame the wilderness and/or cause war as a means to get what we want from places that we shouldn't.
And the line, "Forgive this tribe" seems to be a desperate attempt of one person who cares to apologize for the acts of the rest of their kind.
Personally I don't see how religion and whatnot can be tied into this, it doesn't seem to go that way at all.
So early humans marched, "grinding skeptics into the soil," or those who question the advancement of capitalism, civilization, science, et cetera.
Capitalists pretend that they're fighting to spread democracy (a "shower of goodness") that is "coming to end the doubt" that those who question patriarchy, civilization, etc. have.
The "comes right from voodoo" later changes to "necessary voodoo," possibly referring to religion's role in creating civilization. Believe systems that evolved in indigenous societies were later turned into religions that are now "necessary" to keep people believing that it is okay to spread "turmoil" and "carnage."
"There is turmoil out there / what is to do but dig / dig bones out of earth" could be a reference to fossil fuels, oil. What is there to do but keep producing, keep consuming if everything's already so fucked up.
"And the beast with many heads and arms, rolling. Steamroller!" is reference to how companies are now "beasts with many heads and arms," or workers, people, who are now just part of a machine. Government and corporations now have control over people as though they are a machine that the powerful can control.
The verses almost sound like a chant that would be used by the army or a football team. Except for the "turmoil" and "carnage" lines, which seem to be simply statements of fact.
Björk is fucking brilliant.
Well! Yes.
I too think masupalami is right, it also is interesting to study who manages 'oil' issues in the world of now and the world of yesterday. There's a precise vocabulary used here, and Skull&Bones metaphors are quite obvious in my opinion.
It is about space invadors, on every possible level of meaning.