At first I thought there was a parasitic undertone to this entire song, but after closer examination I don't think that's the case. Radiolarians are not parasitic at all (they muck up the ocean floor). It's worth noting that while the word "midge" today refers to small parasitic flies, up until the 1500s the word referred to cloth-eating moth larvae. Although fleas are mentioned, they are "fetal," and flea larvae do not drink blood.
Rather than a song being about leeching and parasitism, the underlying message seems to be one of potential for change. It's about youth, change, and uncertainty. The singer is changing into something stronger (someone who "speaks with perfect diction"), whether he likes it or not.
"This is sure to misspell disaster" - Delightful wordplay. Certainly, if something "spells disaster" it's going to be bad, but what if something misspells disaster? It's dubiously ominous, and only adds to the song's sense of uncertainty regarding the future.
Definitely an admittance that you have to "pay to play with finger paints and macrame" which comes out more fully later in the album on 'Nomenclature'. He admits in this song that the youthful, rebellious side of him is slipping away, as he invites those fleas feeding from the arms of the masters to burrow into him-
Definitely an admittance that you have to "pay to play with finger paints and macrame" which comes out more fully later in the album on 'Nomenclature'. He admits in this song that the youthful, rebellious side of him is slipping away, as he invites those fleas feeding from the arms of the masters to burrow into him-
But out of this comes his stronger sense of conviction, though it comes with an uncertain future- which is reflected throughout the rest of the album's track, I think most similarly on "Nomenclature"
But out of this comes his stronger sense of conviction, though it comes with an uncertain future- which is reflected throughout the rest of the album's track, I think most similarly on "Nomenclature"
At first I thought there was a parasitic undertone to this entire song, but after closer examination I don't think that's the case. Radiolarians are not parasitic at all (they muck up the ocean floor). It's worth noting that while the word "midge" today refers to small parasitic flies, up until the 1500s the word referred to cloth-eating moth larvae. Although fleas are mentioned, they are "fetal," and flea larvae do not drink blood.
Rather than a song being about leeching and parasitism, the underlying message seems to be one of potential for change. It's about youth, change, and uncertainty. The singer is changing into something stronger (someone who "speaks with perfect diction"), whether he likes it or not.
"This is sure to misspell disaster" - Delightful wordplay. Certainly, if something "spells disaster" it's going to be bad, but what if something misspells disaster? It's dubiously ominous, and only adds to the song's sense of uncertainty regarding the future.
Definitely an admittance that you have to "pay to play with finger paints and macrame" which comes out more fully later in the album on 'Nomenclature'. He admits in this song that the youthful, rebellious side of him is slipping away, as he invites those fleas feeding from the arms of the masters to burrow into him-
Definitely an admittance that you have to "pay to play with finger paints and macrame" which comes out more fully later in the album on 'Nomenclature'. He admits in this song that the youthful, rebellious side of him is slipping away, as he invites those fleas feeding from the arms of the masters to burrow into him-
But out of this comes his stronger sense of conviction, though it comes with an uncertain future- which is reflected throughout the rest of the album's track, I think most similarly on "Nomenclature"
But out of this comes his stronger sense of conviction, though it comes with an uncertain future- which is reflected throughout the rest of the album's track, I think most similarly on "Nomenclature"