Lyric discussion by hemlock_echo 

This song is named after/about the Peter Matthiesen book. If you've never read it, get it. It will change your life.

JM had this to say: "I wanted to write a song that reflected the exalted/frustrated way I felt when reading the book, rather than responding to it in a more literal way. Did you see the "Planet Earth" footage of a snow leopard hunting in the Himalayas? So surreal and beautiful..."

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