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
About The Song
wtf does that word mean?:
in situ [adv.] in the natural or original position or place
cerebellum [n.] a large dorsally projecting part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles and the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, situated between the brain stem and the back of the cerebrum , and formed in humans of two lateral lobes and a median lobe
orangutans [n.] a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about 2/3 as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish-brown hair, and very long arms
transmuted [v.] to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
bile [n.] 1 a : either of two humors associated in old physiology with irascibility and melancholy b : a yellow or greenish viscid alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed into the duodenum where it aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats
Band Thoughts:
“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. 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
“It’s my festival song. Maybe my World Wildlife Federation festival song, even.”- Gavin
“I definitely know what Gav is singing about here.”- Dave (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
“There’s ecology and pollution in ‘The Disease of the Dancing Cat”…Gavin
“We’ve another song on the album called ‘The Disease of the Dancing Cats’, which is about pollution and oragutans. 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
“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
“I definitely know what Gav is singing about here.” -Dave
Staff Thoughts:
“This song gives me a kick. Hard core stuff. And who couldn’t love that breakdown in the middle of the song? That was so cool. Looks like…yeah.. duum, duuum… duuumm. “-Brandyn.
“I’d like to applaud them for adding the technoish beat. Yes it’s different, but it works. It gives their music a whole new feel without being too techno. Aside from the actual music aspect, I’d also applaud them for doing a song with issues. It’s hard to write a song delving in these kinds of problems and still make it sound good. It was a feat, but they did it.”-Laura
Fan Thoughts:
