Friday, January 22, 2021

When 5 Comes Up


 

5COMESUP

 Timmy, Bobby, Father O'Malley, and I go out to the valley of bears. The bears tell us there're five of us; we're confused, until they tell us the fire god is the number 5th of us.

The words of the hook are all dream-like cuz I got ‘em from a dream. At first it sounded to me like some weird non-sequitur-ish thingamagigger, but then,  in retrospect, I realized it did make sense in the context of the song. 



The lyrics are:

We are heading to the val-
ley O'Malley said has bears
We hope that maybe they shall
free our friend because they care

When 5 comes up, you already hear the one

Wait, whose voices do we hear?
What's that 5-thing, we're not clear
Say, we think they might be spir-
its of bears, and we don't fear them

When 5 comes up, you already have the one

You say you are only four, but we see that there are five of you standing there
We know the fire god lore, we have things that give us knowledge cuz we are bears
We see the girl has a fire god inside her taking over, even though she is a fighter
And now her world has turned into a big blur, she don't know if she's a person or a lighter

When 5 comes up you already hear the one
When 5 comes up, you already have the one

Will they tell us what to do?
We'll wait for the thing they do
In the valley that has bears
They are pals because they care

Here's the alternative player thingy in case the one up top doesn't work when you attempt to play it on your portable electronic device:

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