
Date of issue: 16.05.2013
Record label: Loose, The Handsome Family
Song language: English
Caterpillars |
Silvia was struck by lightning |
While reading in bed one night |
She left the windows open |
And the storm caught her by surprise |
For a day she laid here still as a stone |
Clipped to pumps and tubes |
Then out her window the street lights flashed |
And at last, her fingers moved |
She awoke to a cacophony of electric radio waves |
Pulsing rays of energy falling from outer space |
High and swaying towers |
Down in basements full of dust |
She could not escape the sterling |
Or the 60 cycle arm |
She moved on, tempted spectacles |
Several fur lion capes |
3 pairs of velvet gloves |
A vain of dotted Swiss |
But all the earth’s vibrations |
Still pounded through her ears |
So she packed a steamer trunk |
And flew a prop plane to Belize |
From there a log raft took her |
Over raging waterfalls |
Deep within uncharted jungle |
Where giant caterpillars crawl |
The spun their silk around her |
A cocoon between the trees |
And still she hangs there swinging |
Deep within the dripping leafs |
Keeping time with every rumble |
Every quiver of the earth |
And she slowly changes shape |
With the turning of the world |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Far from Any Road | 2009 |
The Bottomless Hole | 2009 |
Gold | 2016 |
The Forgotten Lake | 2009 |
If the World Should End in Fire | 2009 |
Fallen Peaches | 2009 |
Gail with the Golden Hair | 2009 |
24-Hour Store | 2009 |
A Shadow Underneath | 2009 |
Dry Bones | 2009 |
So Much Wine | 2009 |
The Song of a Hundred Toads | 2009 |
Back In My Day | 2016 |
Sleepy | 2009 |
Whitehaven | 2009 |
If the World Should End in Ice | 2009 |
The Silver Light | 2016 |
Gentlemen | 2016 |
Tiny Tina | 2016 |
The Red Door | 2016 |