Lyrics for Cuckoo Cuckoo as interpreted by CaseyEclectic

Cuckoo Cuckoo Lyrics
How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy

The king in I died
He kept floating past my eyes and singing his songs
Life was good now death's all wrong
Cause you can't feel a thing
No heart flutters in late spring
You just drift and pray for sun-kissed golden days

And I can't hold what's in my hand
Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned
And little kids sliding down the steel park slide
Little kids can't play with things that died
Sometimes all I want is one favorite song
And two to three minutes don't seem so long
And where's my mom I want to hold her tight
She's so far away from crowded nights

I'm going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going

I said please stay
You can see me, don't go away
I can't see the landscape
Please describe its amaranthine haze
It's odd where I am
They're people you're not like them
They just look away for rain-quenched golden days

And my tears quench five feet along
And I can scream but cannot yawn
And people gonna come and people gonna cry
We just hope it's worth the age we die
Don't try to erase what you have done
Put your fingers in a mouth and kiss it if it wants
And where's my friend, I want to hold him tight
he's so far away from mountain light

I'm going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going

I can't hold what's in my hand
Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned
And little kids sliding down the steel park slide
Little kids can't play with things that died
Sometimes all I want is one favorite song
And two to three minutes don't seem that long
And where's my mom I want to hold her tight
She's so far away from crowded nights

I'm going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going

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mcmonsoon
07-14-2007

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it outlines what he sees as the experiences of a ghost. how when you're a ghost you are tempted by the things that make life so good but you are dead. so you cant experience them.

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sgr7447
08-09-2007

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I don't think it's so much actual dying, but more the metaphorical dying that happens as we go from childhood to adulthood.
"How I lost my boy" could mean he's lost the boy that was inside him, his child-like qualities.
"And little kids slide down on steel park slides
Little kids can't play with things that died."
Now that's he's an adult, he's sort of a dead child. He can't relate to children and they can't relate or (or play) with him.
Seeing all these kids having their happy time makes him want to be a kid again and lie in his mother's arms. But she's elsewhere doing her own thing and her kids are already grown up.
"Sometimes all I want's one favorite song
And two to three minutes don't seem so long"
This line reminds me of how you can form such an intense connection with a song, and how it can take you away from the hassle of everyday life, even if it's only for a few minutes.

Great song from a great album.

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atomsforatoms
08-23-2007

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i'd have to agree 100% with that

"Life was good now death surrounds
Cause you can't feel a thing
No heart flutters in late spring
You just drift and pray
For sun-kissed, golden days"

it seems he's moving away from childhood and not sure where he's going... but certainly going cuckoo

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carly reann
08-26-2007

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both theories i think could easily apply, the one about being a ghost and losing that connection with the tangible world and then about reaching adulthood and losing that connection with the mystical thing we call "being young". then again i dont know really what to interpret with:
"The king and I died
He kept floating past my eyes
And singing his songs
Life was good now death surrounds"

more so it leaves me wondering, whos this "king" subject ?

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fotia
08-30-2007

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I think the king is the ideal self.

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t4pyro
09-02-2007

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This is my favourite song on the album. I understand the lyrics, but it's not easily said. The lyrics represent short ideas, in a cool ass form. Definately the best song of 07. Love the album!

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instant_street
09-03-2007

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don't listen to this with the lights off!

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woer
09-04-2007

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i think "Life was good now death surrounds" is "Life was good now death's all wrong"

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interstellarburst
09-11-2007

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^ i agree woer, but i'll need to hear it again

i won't pretend to know what the song's about.. but to me it seems like it's about dying and going to hell, or spending eternity in some sort of purgatory

whether this is right or not, i find the song to be incredibly powerful from this perspective.. i don't believe in hell or any afterlife, but the desperation in this song just terrifies me with the thought of it.. and actually really helps me appreciate the simple things in life if i'm feeling down.. reminds me how lucky i am to be able to hear 'two or three minutes' of the song, which just makes me enjoy it even more

i f*cking love this song

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r4d1c4ldr34m3r5
09-22-2007

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I think it has something to do with hating Tucson.
"And where's my friend, I wanna hold him tight
He's so far away from mountain light"
Can't blame them, though.

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kac7835
09-25-2007

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the original lyrics of foetus no-man might be related to this.

not my place to guess though.

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WhiteTide
10-12-2007

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these lyrics are incorrect. if you had purchased the actual album (whose lyrics are in the liner notes) you would know that. instead of guessing, get it right please.

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Ely8
10-24-2007

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the official lyrics are (from the booklet):

How I lost my boy.

The king in I died.
He kept floating past my eyes and singing his songs
life was good now death's all wrong
cause you can't feel a thing.
No heart flutters in the spring
You just drift and pray for sun kissed golden days.

I can't hold what's in my hand.
Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned.
Little kids sliding down the stell park slid.
Little kids can't play with things that have died
Sometimes all I want is is one favorite song.
Two to three minuted doesn't seem that long.
Where's my mom I want to hold her tight.
She's so far away from crowded nights.
I'm going cuckoo cuckoo.
We're all going cuckoo cuckoo.

He said please stay.
You can see me, don't go away.
I can't see the landscape.
Please describe its amaranthine haze.
it's odd where I am.
There are people you're not like them.
They just drift and pray for rain quenched golden days.

My tears quench five feet of lawn
I can't creep
I just yawn
People gonna come and people gonna cry
He just woke and ate and dreamt and died.
Don't try and erase what you have done.
Put your fingers in a mouth and kiss it if it wants
Where's my friend, I want to hold him tight
he's so far away from mountain lights
I'm going cuckoo cuckoo
We're all going cuckoo cuckoo

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ask
11-12-2007

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i would say its related to foetus no-man's lyrics because of "how i lost my boy", but, panda's singing it isn't he.. ?

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jamieintheussr
12-11-2007

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i think this song is about someone becoming insane and their frustration about "not being able to hold whats in his hand" and only being able to watch things happen but having no control over them "this isn't what i planned" and although its sounds too obvious about going insane but "I'm going cuckoo cuckoo"

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Nyx Maven
12-12-2007

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i agree with the growing up theory. The king is his imagination when he was younger- remember wen u used to pretend u were king of ur little fort?

he cant see that fort nemore because hes grown up, but he misses it
"You can see me, don't go away.
I can't see the landscape.
Please describe its amaranthine haze"

his friend is his childhood imagination. he feels like hes going crazy because he cant connect with nething nemore and now hes just drifting

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adamanteve
12-14-2007

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If this song were made of liquid and I was taking a bath in it, I would have some wrinkly fingers and toes. I can't. stop. listening. to it. I don't even want to explain it just yet, or get into it, I've just been enjoying its sounds.

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Loch Raven
01-13-2008

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In a live version I have from the Variety playhouse he says "a little boy died" that first line. that must be what he's talking about before when he says 'how I lost my boy"

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thercro
01-17-2008

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No heart flutters in *Late* spring
They just *Look away* for rain quenched golden days.
I *Just* creep
I *Cannot* yawn
He just woke and*Crept and* ate and dreamt and died. *I'm not to sure on what it says there I just know that there is more there.
And of course *steal* and *slide*.

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thercro
01-17-2008

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He just woke and*Crept and* ate and dreamt and died. I got that wrong, in the recorded version he switches dreamt and ate so it's *He just woke and dreamt and ate and died.*
Also *Steel* I can't spell...

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thercro
01-17-2008

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I agree with the passing of your (his) inner child, everything in the song points the exile of a charater in his life and "How I lost my boy" starts me off with the Idea of it.

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hojumcchang
03-31-2008

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This song is about a miscarriage.
It's about losing something you've been looking forward to all your life.
It's about losing someone you loved and never even had a chance to see and hold and love.
It's about going through this pain alone, and feeling more alone than ever before.
It's about going fucking crazy with grief.

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GeoVII
03-31-2008

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I agree with hojumcchang, but the song could mean any one of those things taken individually. It's definitely a song about loss and grief.

To me, at least, this song is about breaking up with someone you loved, regretting it when you realise that you'll never have anyone like them again and then coming back to find they've already moved on. Yeah, that's a very personal interpretation but everyone else took all the obvious ones. XD

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savvyowls
04-24-2008

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i agree with hojumcchang.

it hit me about a week ago, through this song, that avey and his wife might have had a miscarriage.

most of the songs on strawberry jam seem a lot clearer to me with this in mind. like why #1 is a song to a son, when panda bear has a daughter...

i mean, there's certain metaphors that none of us will ever understand, but some seem pretty universal:

"People gonna come and people gonna cry
He just woke and ate and dreamt and died."

"Where's my friend, I want to hold him tight
he's so far away from mountain lights"

to me, this song especially captures the tragic hopelessness and insanity of loss.. it's hit me hard to imagine losing my future child, especially before i even get to know it.. because first i had to imagine even loving something so unconditionally. it's so heartbreaking.

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Blizzaro
05-06-2008

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reading to deep into it

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