Mercury Creeping on the sea How she wails Flails her arms and weeps Accumulation of debris Lips apart Flapping as a lark For in the dark there is release Every familiarity scarce as the great white shark Oh, to build Walls with golden gills Spike in hand High above the sand To kill the sanctuary Every mile that is owned Only stands still by the grace of the stone Every familiarity scares as the great white shark Look, daughter and owl Listen to her howl I howled when you were born to me And you're alive with a breath you can't see Oh, by the grace of this dream
I think it could be about the human desire to create things ....while simultaneously being attracted to destruction and "killing of the sanctuary" so to speak...??? maybe??
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such a sweet song
Mercury
Creeping on the sea
How she wails
Flails her arms and weeps
Accumulation of debris
Lips apart
Flapping as a lark
For in the dark there is release
Every familiarity scarce as the great white shark
Oh, to build
Walls with golden gills
Spike in hand
High above the sand
To kill the sanctuary
Every mile that is owned
Only stands still by the grace of the stone
Every familiarity scares as the great white shark
Look, daughter and owl
Listen to her howl
I howled when you were born to me
And you're alive with a breath you can't see
Oh, by the grace of this dream
the only problem i have with wonderful "ufof" is that it doesn't have a ”biggest shark" song
capacity is probably one of my favorite albums ever!
will forever love big thief and this song. i cant believe they aren't huge
This is One of those songs (albums, really) that will forever be frozen in perfect memories of a perfect time
One of the best albums of this year. The songwriting as usual with Big Thief is amazing
Who’s the actor on the album cover holding the newborn baby?
@@agua9999 I've recently googled this. That's baby Adrianne in her uncle's arms 🥺
This is a Sunday morning!
This song is great. I love having it on loop over and over again.
i’m scared of sharks but i love this song sm 😻🙏
What a song!
I want to sing this to my future child.
have my kids plz
got this thing goin so its ben fu r bit where its going will get
anyone know what this song is about? i cannot for the life of me decode the lyrics
sharks??
@@mattsmediablog4594 lolll i think it goes a bit beyond that
I think it could be about the human desire to create things ....while simultaneously being attracted to destruction and "killing of the sanctuary" so to speak...??? maybe??
@@th3lo Or perhaps about human desires to attach esoteric meanings to a simple song about sharks!
@@davyroger3773 got me there