This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
When I was nine years old
Way back in Ohio
The hired man was digging up a well
On my father's land
He found a fossil there
It was a massive bone
And since then I've known
That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere
Ten thousand years ago they lived right here
It seems incredible
But yet it's the truth
That a fossilized and petrified
Calcified primeval brute
Was turned to stone
But he was not alone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Where a stream once flowed
Into the Ohio
Everything was turned to stone
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore
That gravel-encrusted skull
That was found on a river shoal
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured twenty-five feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore
That gravel-encrusted skull
That was found on a river shoal
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured twenty-five feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Way back in Ohio
The hired man was digging up a well
On my father's land
He found a fossil there
It was a massive bone
And since then I've known
That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere
Ten thousand years ago they lived right here
It seems incredible
But yet it's the truth
That a fossilized and petrified
Calcified primeval brute
Was turned to stone
But he was not alone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Ya da da de
Ya da da da da de
Where a stream once flowed
Into the Ohio
Everything was turned to stone
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore
That gravel-encrusted skull
That was found on a river shoal
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured twenty-five feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
Hey-hey-ay-e-ah
Oh-hey-e-ay-e-aye
Ah-ay-e-ay-ah-oh-a-oh
The bible speaks of this
There were giants in our midst
But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war
Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore
That gravel-encrusted skull
That was found on a river shoal
Double rows of very sharp teeth
The massive jaw measured twenty-five feet
Well it's turned to stone
There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river
Even giants think they'll always live forever
Lyrics submitted by BobDoleAndADonkey, edited by Planets89
Holocaust of Giants Lyrics as written by Melora Creager
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From Rasputina's website:
"Oh my Gosh, this idea is so fun. So, let's say that giants were a true ancient race, that they were mentioned in the Bible and their burial mounds are all over North America. Some giants' giant graveyards are as big as many football fields. Early Ohioan farmers were frequently finding big bones, but then came the big Smithsonian cover-up! According to my sources, it is quite a sinister institution: freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/720497/posts I thought the story of the giant petrified woman in a waterfall and the multitude of footprints heading for water were quite poignant. I'm interested in the emotional life of fantastical characters –like, for example, how does a clone feel about being a clone? What I like about history is how people remain a lot the same – the same fears and hopes over centuries. I hereby include giants in that shared emotional history: s8int.com/phile/giants21.html Giants at war: stevequayle.com/Giants/N.Am/N.Am.War2.html "
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"But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war Thank your lucky stars oh we don't do that anymore" I can't help but find that ironic.
and @invincible500: I never thought about it that way actually. ^^, Thanks for the different point of view.