There's a bear inside your stomach
The cub's been kicking from within
He's loud, though without vocal chords
We'll put an end to him
We'll make all the right appointments
No one ever has to know
And then tomorrow I'll turn 21
We'll script another show
We'll play charades up in the Chelsea
Drink champagne although you shouldn't be
We'll be blind and dumb until we fall asleep
None of our friends will come
They dodge our calls
And they have for quite a while now
It's not a shock
You don't seem to mind and I just can't see how

We're too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old at all

There's a bear inside your stomach
The cub's been kicking you for weeks
And if this isn't all a dream
Well then we'll cut him from beneath
Well we're not scared of making caves
Or finding food for him to eat
We're terrified of one another
And terrified of what that means
But we'll make only quick decisions
And you'll just keep my in the waiting room
And all the while I'll know we're fucked
And not getting unfucked soon
When we get home we're bigger strangers than we've ever been before
You sit in front of snowy television, suitcase on the floor

We're too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old at all
Just too old
We're not old, old, old, old at all


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Bear Lyrics as written by Peter Joseph Silberman

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    i would say it's likely one of two scenarios…

    1. one couple gets pregnant twice, aborts the first time so they can stay young and dumb, but keeps it the second time, even though it costs them their love

    2. one couple contemplating one pregnancy. at first they decide let's abort and live our free life, but then they decide to keep it, which still costs them that same love they were trying to preserve in the first place.

    i think either interpretation is a powerful message and a cautionary tale for young couples and how "real" it gets when there's a bear inside your stomach.

    i am inclined to reject the idea that it is simply just about an abortion, as the second verse really seems to undermine the first.

    just my opinion of course.

    ...ryan

    invertebraeon January 21, 2016   Link

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