Story Behind The Song
I wrote the song and recorded the original demo completely inebriated.
Song Description
"Monkey" poses the concept of enslavement to slavery. We as human beings, with our command of our surroundings, can bend nature to our will - including members of the animal kingdom; monkies specifically. So we become so infatuated and amused by making animals as capable as ourselves, even if simply to do our dirty work, that we become tools to our tools. Man is more impressed by monkey than monkey will ever be by man.
| Song Length |
2:31 |
Genre |
Unique - Avant garde, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive, Content |
Subject |
Wild Animals, Liberal, Progressive |
| Similar Artists |
Ween, Barenaked Ladies |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Monkey at the bottom of the ocean
Monkey in outer space
Monkey belongs in the jungle
Monkey feels out of place
Man shows the monkey what the monkey should know
Monkey's little brain is screaming no no no
But if you toss him a banana that monkey will go
Ride his unicycle all around the carnival
Monkey can light his own cigarette
Monkey can shit in his hand
How do you like that for intellect?
I think man is monkey's biggest fan