Disease Of The Dancing Cats

Lyrics

infested
polluted
eighty tons of mercury dumped in a bay
it’s bleeding
there’s no proof
that’s no way to treat a good friend

your whiskey talks louder
than most things i’ve read, you’ve said
in situ
in place now
sit back, unwind and relax

big cheese is
all greed
it’s all relative
what you needed

happy birthday
happy birthday
happy birthday
here’s your nerve gas

all the fishermen and their families
all sickly crumbling cerebellum
it’s all over for orangutans
looks like they’re back on the street again
ha!

mistrusted
disruptive
rape land and kill good habitat
world weary
world broken
(well spent)
well spent
and money, money, money
injected
transmuted
eighty tons of mercury dumped in a bay

it’s breathing
it puts the dogs in a basket

all the fishermen and the families
all sickly growing sentimental
it’s all over for orangutans
looks like they’re back on the street again
it’s all over for orangutans
looks like, looks like
it looks like
yeah

invaded
downgraded
your bile lands right on my head
uncalled for
unwanted
my sinking zero tolerance

all the fishermen and their families
all sickly crumbling cerebellum
it’s all over for orangutans
looks like they’re back on the street again
all the fishermen and the families
it’s all over for orangutans
looks like they’re back on the street again

it’s all over for orangutans
looks like
it’s the street again


Band Quotes:


"Disease deals with a Japanese Mercury poisoning that occurred in 1957. They'd dump 80 tons of mercury into the bay and later all these cats started foaming at the mouth and spinning around in circles. That’s why they called it the disease of the dancing cats. I mixed that with my take on my favorite animals, orangutans, and their being taken out of their natural habitat. The shout out is about how their habitat is being lost in pursuit of money and greed and the usual capitalist ventures."- Gavin Rossdale

"It's my festival song. Maybe my World Wildlife Federation festival song, even."- Gavin Rossdale

"I definitely know what Gav is singing about here."- Dave Parsons (speaking on this being his fav. song of this album)

'I don't think people make protest songs anymore.... I know Rage Against the Machine do politicize songs, but generally bands don't. But we are all victims of chemical companies these days. We have to be looking at whether or not they're advancing medicine as fast as they should be. Drugs make a lot of money for the richest corporations in the world if people use them instead of being cured. Think of the money that's made sustaining AIDS. There's a theory that progress has been halted for finical reasons. I mean, they can't even cure athlete's foot, because they want you to keep buying the spray.' -Gavin Rossdale

"There's ecology and pollution in 'The Disease of the Dancing Cat"... Gavin Rossdale

"We've another song on the album called 'The Disease of the Dancing Cats', which is about pollution and orangutans. I swear, I'm not taking the piss! It's our big statement song, and it's going to be massive. I wouldn't lie to you. Well, I would, but I'm not right now..."- Gavin Rossdale

"There are things like "Disease of the Dancing Cat" I found out about when I was reading a novel...it's everywhere, if you're awake to it."- Gavin Rossdale

"I definitely know what Gav is singing about here." - Dave Parsons