Lyrics
your mind is all
your mind is all
we kiss everything
we say we love
the skin we’re in
you’re a retrograde a vacancy
you’re the one i love
you’re hatin’ me
on a lazy day on a darker breed
to have is not what it’s made to be
you come alone on a mass attack
suckin’ your tantric suck
foolin’ your one-eyed cat
we, we don’t mind
we, we don’t mind
we deviate our gravy brains
set ‘em on fire they’re all the same
i’m a lionface
no sancho panzo
i’m riddled by you
i could’ve been better
we, we don’t mind
we, we don’t mind
we, we don’t mind
i’m a monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
i’m a monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
you’re a monkey, monkey…. yeah!
you take these pretty photos
when will you be worthy of your good side?
where will you be
when the clouds break
and it all takes
just a little more than you have
we don’t mind
we don’t mind
we don’t mind
i’m a monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
i’m a monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
i’m a monkey on a drip
sucker monkey on a drip
you’re a monkey, monkey…. yeah!
yeah monkey, monkey…. yeah!
ah, some monkey
ooh, i want some monkey
some monkey, some monkey….!
About The Song
wtf does that word mean?:
retrograde [v.] to decline to a worse condition
tantric [n.] one of the later Hindu or Buddhist scriptures dealing especially with techniques and rituals including meditative and sexual practices
deviate [v.]to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic
Sancho Panzo [n.]This is a character from the book Don Quixote. It’s his screw up sidekick squire. That actual Spanish translation is plump belly.
Band Thoughts:
“Well, It’s about a friend of ours who joined a cult. It’s very, very sad and scary.”- Gavin
“‘Machinehead,’ to me, has always just been a bit of a punk song–just hit all the right beats, with a little bit of skippiness and few inside strokes, so it’s not just straight snare on 2 and 4. Move it around a little bit, but generally keep it quite punky. ‘Monkey’ is very much like that, too.”- Robin
interviewer:Which Bush song would you donate to a compilation album entitled “Crap Songs of Our Time”?
– “Monkey. It’s a good pace, and I like certain bits about it, but I think it’s the only weak song we’ve ever recorded.”- Gavin
Staff Thoughts:
“Such a whirlwind of a song, with a perfect lull. Gotta love the pretty photos section of the song.”- Laura
“When I first heard this song, I thought it was about rampant, mindless consumerism…I wasn’t too far off the mark…”-Brandyn
Fan Thoughts:
