Jungle Ride
Fish Lyrics

The car finally burned out around three. The blue beacon
The car that I had seen the kids set on fire during my nightly surfing run finally burned out at three in the morning. The blue light from the patrol car that arrived afterward threw new shadows onto the street.

Of a silent patrol car threw new shadows into the street
The blue light from the silent patrol car illuminated the street, casting new shadows onto it.

Turning the window into a flickering monitor screen
The blue light made the window look like a flickering monitor screen.

I'd seen the kids torch the vehicle before I left, on a
Before I left to go to a cybersex site in Chile, I saw the kids set the car on fire.

Nightly surfing run to a cybersex site in Chile
I frequently visit a website in Chile to view cybersex content at night.

It wasn't as if they were getting rid of prints, everyone
The kids weren't burning the car to get rid of fingerprints since everyone knew it was them.

Knew it was them. They didn't give a shit. They just
Everyone knew the kids were responsible for burning the car but they didn't care. They just wanted to see the flames and add some light to the situation.

Wanted to see the flames, to throw a bit of light on a
The kids burnt the car to see the flames and add some light to the area.

Situation. I looked up the hill at the spread of the estate
I looked up at the estate on the hill.

The streetlights glowed like campfires of an army on the
The streetlights looked like campfires from an army on the

Eve of battle, or fireflies trapped in the canopy
The streetlights seemed like fireflies trapped in the canopy.

Of an immense jungle
The illuminations of the streetlights created an atmosphere of an immense jungle.

Jungle, young mental jungle
The setting feels like a young, chaotic jungle.

Here in the jungle, in the jungle
The setting is a chaotic and dangerous jungle.

Where men don't cry, and husbands lie, and you never have
This jungle is a place where men don't show their emotions, husbands lie, and you don't need to explain your actions.

To justify a kickin'
You don't need to justify using violence.

When mates jump in to save your skin, if a chib is ever
Your friends will jump in to protect you if someone pulls a blade on you.

Pulled out in a square go
If someone threatens you in a public square, your friends will stand up for you.

Jungle ride, jungle ride, tell me when it's over
Life in this jungle feels like a wild ride, and I just hope it ends soon.

Oh, here she comes 'round again, here she comes round again
I feel like I'm stuck in an endless cycle of chaos and violence.

The glazed eyes of porcelain clowns stare skywards, at clouds
The porcelain clowns have glazed eyes and are looking up at the clouds.

Of goldfish, madly circling their own silent plastic worlds, high
The goldfish are circling their plastic enclosures in a world that feels silent and distant.

Above the children who stuff ping pong balls like pills
The children are playing a game where they pretend ping pong balls are pills.

In the mouths of slowly rotating heads
The ping pong balls are placed in the mouths of slowly rotating clown heads.

Intentions true as the arrow's flight wins a cuddly toy
The intentions of the game players are pure, and whoever wins the game gets a cuddly toy as a prize.

To while away an evening. Outside this ring of light
The game is meant to pass the time, while outside the illuminated area,

He'll claim his prize, she'll sport lovebites just to
The winner of the game will claim his prize, and his partner will sport lovebites to show off to others that she's been with him.

Prove to all he's been there
The lovebites are meant to prove to others that she's been intimate with him.

I crept along the edges of the parade, staying glued to the
I quietly walked along the edge of the parade, blending into the shadows.

Shadows where the dogs slept uneasily on their chains
In the shadows were dogs that were uneasily sleeping on their chains.

Under the caravans
The dogs were under the caravans where they were chained up.

I followed the drums and the pulsing light, until I came across
I followed the drums and lights until I found what I was looking for.

A clearing in the centre, of which was the attraction
In the center of the clearing was the main attraction.

And then I saw her, an angel in a chariot, her hair
I saw the main attraction, a woman in a chariot who looked angelic with her hair trailing behind her.

Trailing behind her like the tail of a comet and I knew
Her hair looked like the trail left by a comet, and I knew that she was special.

That she was mine. I knew that we were destined
I felt like the woman in the chariot was meant to be mine, and that destiny brought us together.

To leave this place together. We didn't belong to this
I thought that the woman and I didn't belong in this place and we needed to escape together.

Carnage, and the knowledge of escape was the only thing
The only thing keeping me sane was the thought of escaping from this chaos.

Keeping me sane. But for now I could only watch and
While I waited for the right moment to escape, all I could do was observe the surroundings.

Wait, for this was an arena I dare not enter
I didn't dare enter this arena and engage with its inhabitants.

On the rim of the machine the animals had gathered
The animals of this jungle had gathered on the edge of the arena.

Big cats at a waterhole, waiting on the weak and wounded
The big cats were waiting at the waterhole, ready to attack the weak and wounded prey that came their way.

To stagger into their territory, so they could exercise
The big cats wanted their prey to enter their territory so that they could show off their power and strength.

Some violence and feed their starving reputations
The big cats were hungry for violence and craved for others to know of their power.

No climb-down in this standoff with the world
There is no backing down in the confrontation with the outside world.

They already know that they can never win the war
The inhabitants of this jungle know that they can't win against the outside world.

But in this battle they're gonna do some damage
In this battle, they plan to cause some damage to their enemies.

The pack will follow the stragglers into the dawn
The pack of inhabitants will follow anyone who's left behind into the early hours of the morning.