As I lay me down to fall asleep
With my demons dying and my pilot light weak
I curse the last six months I been hiding behind a mustache, yeah
And to those last ten years I been howling a paper moon: fuck you

This goes out to all my underdone, under-tongue, lung long frontmen
(This is what the ghost of someone's dad says)
And all us earth growths, some planted
And some pulled
(Shut up and put your money where your mouth is)

Shine a flashlight in a hat box and spin
An empty oyster shell and celebrate the hollows

This goes out to dirty dancing, cursing, backmasking,
backslidden pastor's kids
(From behind bars it's not so hard to see he's risen)
And all us earth growths, some planted
And some pulled
(But nobody finds God and then goes to prison)

In Berlin I saw two men fuck in a dark corner of a basketball court
Just the slight jingle of pocket change pulsing

In the tourist part I lost fifty Euros
To the guy with the walnut shells and the marbles
It really pissed me off, so oh
I thought I'd go back to get my money but all my homies warned me
Oh no, those gypsies probably got knives

This goes out to all my under brewed, double-duped, two times true fools
(Stuck faking a phone call or texting for company)
And all us earth grows, I'm planted
That's some pull
(Like a married uncle at a family function)

I got them shaky gums and a couple of loose tooths
Now tell me, what should I do, my god
The clock's always stuck telling 11:11, or 3:32

This goes out to all my underdone, other-tongued, lung long frontmen
(Even just Joanna Newsom’s left hand)
And all us earth growths, some planted
And some pulled
(I bet could beat the pants in bass off your best man)
This goes out to all my underdone, other-tongued, lung long frontmen
(This is what the ghost of someone's dad says)
And all us earth growths
Doing the croak like it ain't no joke

In a crowded room project a debonair aloof impermanence
Be shrouded loosely in an air of indeterminates

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This is not about Hitler or Nazis. The reference to gay sex and gypsies is entirely coincidental here. The song is a description of a nightmare (the first two lines sets the scene, and the music has a nightmarish tone), and by extension, it is a paean to those dark periods in our lives when we don't quite feel ourselves, or where we are just doing what we can to get by. At those times we can sometimes feel hollow and unreal, like we're just a shell of a human being rather than a full person, and that we're not really in control of our own lives. Moreover, while you're stuck in them, these times frequently feel nightmarish. The reference to 'shaky gums' and 'loose tooths' suggests this--the feeling of our teeth falling out is a common nightmare. The scenes Yoni sets are all indicative of this feeling: foolishly losing money to gypsies and being helpless to retrieve it, the embarrassment of being a non-consenting voyeur during a sexual tryst, viewing oneself as little more than a plant stuck in the ground, or pulled out by someone else.

This is not about Hitler or Nazis. The reference to gay sex and gypsies is entirely coincidental here. The song is a description of a nightmare (the first two lines sets the scene, and the music has a nightmarish tone), and by extension, it is a paean to those dark periods in our lives when we don't quite feel ourselves, or where we are just doing what we can to get by. At those times we can sometimes feel hollow and unreal, like we're just a shell of a human being rather than a full person, and that we're not really in control of our own lives. Moreover, while you're stuck in them, these times frequently feel nightmarish. The reference to 'shaky gums' and 'loose tooths' suggests this--the feeling of our teeth falling out is a common nightmare. The scenes Yoni sets are all indicative of this feeling: foolishly losing money to gypsies and being helpless to retrieve it, the embarrassment of being a non-consenting voyeur during a sexual tryst, viewing oneself as little more than a plant stuck in the ground, or pulled out by someone else.

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