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Season High
at the top of the morning came the silver dangling rain
in every droplet eucalyptus showed its face
a half-sunned hallway shot the rose and then retired
the running droplets soaked the reds and then expired
today fantasy is on the range and the city's riding
corraling, conniving
today I'm looking for the thing thats raw
it's a chimps brawl
like a stunt man I'm gonna take a fall
if all I needed was a bed and edibles
not something bigger
like eucalyptus fading up and fading out
something quiet
on another shore theres a little boy on a boat tonight
he says and if its above me
I will kneel devoutly if it guides me
guide me
if it guides me
guide me
and if its below me I'll caress it tenderly
are we thriving
we're thriving
today Monterey's so far away I can hear it dying
hippies are crying
today Halloween can make me change
but my skin;s designed in
echoes of past highs

Melody Unfair
melody unfair
you think she aims to please
you turn and she's not there
she;s tuned to tease
she crept up to my front door
rang the bell and now she's leaving
melody unfair
her cries distract she plays
she moves you follow
where?
comfort decays
melody unfair
tomorrow I'll wonder where you are
melody unfair
all she gives will wash away
a hum
she's almost there
sweet mellow delayed

Ms. Secret
Stay up
gotta stay up til the sunrise explosion of sweetness
our eyes will be tired and the night begins cheating on us
stay up
gotta stay up til the sunrise well talk of the old times
when nothing had angles and no one was cheating on us
stay up
gotta stay up man
it's been so long since we laughed in the darkness and
sometimes we'd say "what if the light didn't come?"
stay up
gotta stay up man
gotta stay up til the sunrise it could be the last time
that the earth makes it so
think you feel better if you do your hair up pretty?
there's a crowd around my drink I am alone
the things I start to say are better left at home
now I'm just waiting for a date I'll never know
think you do better if you save up all your manys?
I'm just saving all my courage for a war
the things I start to say are better left at home
now I'm just waiting for a date ill never know
has she told you?
stay up
we gotta stay up til the sunrise implosion of secrets
our ideas more foolish and the dark is retreating from us
stay up gotta stay up til the sunrise to dead or hypnotized
to lie in the face like the tiger that's leaping little son
stay up
gotta stay up man
gotta stay up til the sunrise the night left us hungry
but we'll sleep some
think you do better if you do your hair up pretty?
there's a crowd around my drink I am alone
the things I stay to say are better left at home
now I'm just waiting for a date I'll never know
think you do better if you save up all your manys?
I'm just saving all my courage for a war
the things I start to say are better left at home
now I'm just waiting for a date I'll never know
has she told you?

Lunch Out of Order Pt. 2
I don't mind grey looks from skies
some days lunch is out of order
you got an older face but a young looking eye
you give me hope you got a lot to spare
there's no place for family time
life is all kinds of meeting you there
if this trail turns through Manzanita Heights
family tones are everywhere

Jackson 5
whip up a brew and I mix all the scents in
they spin around me in the sonic dimensions
then I don't want to sit and my body rejects it
dance on the dues that you spend on your rent, yay
down in the depths at the heart of a song
there is sadness something that's lost
you're trying to get to the old nickel playing
but there's always a trouble some are still saying
that if you play those 5
they will jive
if you play those 5
they will jive all night long
no way to know what I'll get til I push it
staying my ground is hard when I'm crooked
I'm wondering how I can get it for free
alchemy speaking always to me
and if you play those 5
they will jive
if you play those 5
they will jive all night long
my hope it that it works today
I hope it's not the troublesome way

DR aw One for J
shelter
you'll find the beautiful shelter
and everyone will be welcome
in the beautiful shelter

PJ
my feet deep in a sandy way
it was on a beach I met PJ
thought he died on a winter day
remember?
he sat between the salty dunes
and stared through me his eyes like moons
I didn't know what I should say
to heaven
he grabbed me by the shoulder skin
and asked "Is this the end? Or the beginning?"
I shouted at the cloud array
"forever"
then he hugged me like he would
held my soul right where he stood
said he sailed by golden masts
fought the tide and had to rest
couldn't say how long he stayed
until he walked into the waves
saying "Light a candle wind can shake"
let it take you to a place
where nothing's all the time
I stared beyond the castle's sand
and tears fell on the barbican
and ran off with my good friend's plans
to never
someone pull down the masts
one's folding too fast

In Pieces
In pieces
we barely find the right time
there's still love out of sight
thought some day we'd have a riverside I've seen inside a day I don't have much to come
no stress cause I don't have enough
the busy work to tie me like a rope around a hammock
not a ton
of pieces
in pieces
my pieces
in pieces
in pieces
a sweet blackberry pie
fell off from up high
in pieces
no bridge but it feels right
and I'm climbing
and for a moment let me take your hand
I know the plan was
stick together while we can
koala in the mother's hand is
gripping eucalyptus branches
while the leave are floating to the sun
in pieces in pieces
my pieces in pieces

Selection of A Place
rekindling then
the passion flower that could never bloom again
those days what power
tipped some outward
tripped some up
young ways dead ends
you'll find a place
impressions of wet lips
on a window's frosty lens
relax in space
birds singing wise
no race
there is comfort for you
if all the people that you ever ran into along the way
had left their mark inside a case for tomorrow
today it might sting
and if somebody special ever ran away with
what they gave you wasn't it a gift to touch for a second?
I'm right beside you
not thinking about all the holidays
suddenly I wake up now
not thinking about
all the work that must be done
suddenly I wake up now
not thinking about all the little letters on my phone
suddenly I wake up now
easy like God's child running and whooping on some plain
there's a daydream happening
seems to take awhile to make my perfection
then they take it and it's gone in seconds
laying on the clay tiles laced with little old prints of some lost
shepherd
thinking of the places we want
are we in the same house or is the house between us?
a place to stay
a place to stay
a place to go and pray today
a place to pass away

Boat Race
then came the zigzag lines at sea
and all the scales were octa silver layers
flashing back at me
the greenest floating matter
the dolphin's skin shine splatters on the sky
the captain waves goodbye
she's gone wind tasting
if you could catch my mind its blazing
aromatic memories, teasing flickers
of some beast with needle whiskers
he's flipped above now out of sight
my far sight's blinded
I've come unbinded from the natural walking patterns
I'm finally wave enthrusted
and the sun drenched daughter
has spied the otter

Roamer
roamer where you roaming do I roam with thee?
roamer where you roaming are your thoughts with me?
when the feeling comes a long can you hear me sing my song?
roamer where you roaming do I roam with thee?
yessum where I roam you are there with me
dancing with me through impossibility
and the feeling comes along and I join you in your song
yessum where I roam you'll be there with me
and in endless love don't need beds or tubs
you just open up to below and above
roamer where you're soaping do you soap with me?
roaming when youre scrubbing do you dream of me?
when the feeling comes a long can you hear me sing my song
roamer when you're glistening can you scrub with me
yessum when I'm soaping I do think of thee
soaping while the water's soothing my morning
and the feeling comes a long and I want to sing your song
yessum when I'm soaping I do dream of thee
It's an endless drop
a surprising sting
like a wasp creeping under your pant leggings
it's a rolling wave that will smash your shore
and you find yourself begging the waves for more
and maybe I won't find out what it really means
if I could only slip between the earthly seams
and maybe I won't figure out why it did be
and leave it for some others to keep pondering
and maybe I won't find out what it really means
if I could only slip between the earthly seams
and maybe I won't figure out why it did be
and leave it for some others to keep pondering
oh why oh why oh why do I keep pondering?
I make my time and it helps me make it
I give some love and it lets me take some

Coral Lords
I pray deep like Buddha
but I don't understand him
more water in my coffee
than there is on dry land
they speak to the coral
stories they can tell
countries caught on fire
bodies blown around
just like continuous breathing
very sweet sleep not a violent night
yeah but how fast she can change and swell
yeah she's so heavy she's a lover
and I sure hope she'll last my life
lost in the rumbling of a foaming curl
so why in the world would I fight ya?
getting pulled down can enlighten ya
struggle bounds if it frightens ya
search for the ground it's like being here today
I pray deep like Buddha
say that I'm a good man
more water in my coffee
than there is on dry land
so why in the world would I fight ya?
getting pulled down can enlighten ya
struggle bounds if it frightens ya
search for the ground it's like being here today
I pray deep like Buddha
say that I'm a good man
more water in my coffee
than there is on dry land

Sports in July
sports in July
why do I?
expose my
olive tints
to dripping eyes
soothe my breathing
burned and beating
jump so high
skim the ball
spin out right
in the grass
knees feel fine
restful meadow
bird watch fellows
hello night
sweat has dried
in your surprise
take me home
in dusk's cool ride
starry headlights
I'm slipping by
when the wind can't wait
does its dance and holds you in its
four strong arms
when the wind can't wait
holds you with its chancy heart
and four strong arms
when the wind can't wait
to cool you
it's almost the morn

When You Left Me
trying to feel invincible
walking down the street
listening for names
feeling kind of queasy
population sprawls
colors move on tees
seeing through possession
that's not always easy
when you left me
when you flew from my eyes
I said oh well and I fell
any world can die
but are you with me?
are we tied on the same plane?
can we both say it right now?
and world can change
AD you're the furthest from anything I've done
but if I could only look at you today
wanna always be thankful for the things I've done
when I'm done
when say yeah I'm grateful that all the years passed away
AD give me wisdom of your many years to come
hear me even though I'm distances away
wanna know how this flower became this flower
wanna bask in your rituals for finding the perfect day

[terrestrialjane]

thank you good man

[ether_wave]

Infinitely, dancin' bones.

[roopn]

thanks ether wave.

I forget who runs lyrical collective, can we get these in there?

[jfw7]

i mean it's a wiki, but me

i will try and get to it soon

[roopn]

oh sorry didn't realise it was open to public edits. thank you!
I don't know how to create new entries

[jfw7]

pleasantly surprised to see that some of the releases from the past few years have been added by other users! thanks Mrairplane and Fuji!

[beumuth]

I have the feeling that Eucalyptus is filled with homophones, but because the lyrics were officially printed, we've been missing them. I suspect some of the words in the official lyric sheet were intentionally printed to be the more questionable version of the homophone to try to draw attention to their use - e.g. "80" instead of "Avey" in "When You Left Me". I think Avey uses homophones intentionally quite a bit, I hear some in Cows on Hourglass Pond too. Panda Bear does this too - he oftentimes repeats them: "are you mad? are you mad?". I get the sense that they want this aspect of their art to be more widely known, but don't want to give it away by plainly saying so in an interview or something.

Take season high for example.

wrote:

At the top of the morning came the silver dangling rain

"morning" is a homophone for "mourning". Works with "silver dangling rain", which is a metaphor for tears.

wrote:

A half-sunned hallway shot the rose and then expired

"rose and" is a homophone for "rosin", which means "resin". "half-sunned hallway" is a metaphor for sunlight momentarily poking through clouds.The imagery brings to mind depression. Also, tolerance buildup to weed (maybe in concentrate form) - more on that later.

wrote:

The running droplets soaked the reds and then expired

On the surface-level, this is about rain dripping off Eucalyptus flower petals. It also can also be imagery for marijuana concentrates hitting red-hot coils or glass and becoming vapor. The word choice of "and then expired" also suggests tolerance buildup.

wrote:

today fantasy is on the range and the city's riding

Firstly, riding is a near-homophone to writhing.

"Range" has three possible meanings. For one, it's a near-homophone for rain. The word itself can mean a cooking surface, as in a grill. This imagery reminds me of an atomizer for a vaping pen (maybe that's a stretch). Range also means "a wide variety".

wrote:

corraling, conniving

"corraling" could be a near-heteronym for "coral" - in the sense of "coral lords" - but converted into a verb.
"conniving" both means "to secretly cooperate" as well as to be "connivent" - a botany term for parts of plants being in close contact. Note that Eucalyptus flowers are actually a bunch of connivent red stamens. Both senses of "connive" are metaphors for homophones - two meanings cooperating/branching from a single word. It's also a metaphor for a single person having multiple personas (more on that later).

wrote:

today I'm looking for the thing thats raw

"raw" is a near-homophone for "wrong" The vocals are doubled in the song at this point, one in falsetto. The doubling is reminiscent of the word "range" in the previous line. It almost sounds like one is singing "raw" and the other "wrong". Maybe I'm imagining that though, it's hard to tell. The coexistence of both words suggests that habitually using weed is simultaneously an attempt to get raw feelings and a deteriorating habit - something wrong.

Note that the word "I'm" is not even in the song. Perhaps this was unintentional, or perhaps it was a sign to encourage us to listen to the lyrics directly instead of blindly following what's printed.

wrote:

it's a chimps brawl like a stunt man I'm gonna take a fall

Again, "like a" is not actually spoken in the song.

"chimp's brawl" is a homophone for "chimp's brawn". I swear I hear "brawn" in the non-falsetto vocal. "Stunt man" is a near-homophone for "stunned man". Both of these homophones work similarly to "raw/wrong" in the tolerance buildup sense.

"Fall" is a homophone for both falling down and the season - evidenced by "Halloween" later in the song. Brings to mind flower petals, seeds, or pollen falling, especially with the descending harp arpeggio that follows. Maybe Eucalyptus blooms around Halloween in California? Someone else will have to confirm/deny that.

This is a good place to mention the obvious homophone of "high" in the song title - both high on weed and in a high location. This is contrasted by "falling". The highs brought by weed (as well as a familiar persona) now become a height to fall from.

wrote:

if all I needed was a bed and edibles

"bed and edibles" is a near-homophone to "bitten edibles". "Edibles" is a homophone for both "something to eat", like fruit from a tree, and edible marijuana.

wrote:

today Halloween can make me change|but my skin's designed in echoes of past highs.

"change" sounds more like "jane" the way it's sung - slang for smoking a J. "Janed on Halloween" is another wording of the title "Season High". "Designed in" is a homophone for "designing". Change/jane work together with the imagery of "designing"/"designed in" skin for Halloween - wearing a costume. Also a metaphor for songwriting, and how perhaps Avey worries that his songs are becoming mere "echoes of past highs", similar to how weed can lose its magic if used habitually. This aspect of the song is answered in "When you Left Me", which I believe represents Avey and his primary persona are breaking up so that something new can grow. Also brings to mind the lyric "in pieces". I get the sense that one of the major themes of this album are artistic death. It's like Avey's response to "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper", but more subtle. Avey's "looking for the thing that's raw" instead of wanting to put on a costume of his former self. He is mourning the death of his persona, while at the same time it being the dawn of a new one.

Anyway, I think the lyrics in this album deserve to be discussed more. They're poetic af.