HORSE the band's lyrics are chaotic and colorful metaphors for vocalist Nathan Winneke's life, often with humorous or abstract pop culture reference titles and bases. Winneke has referred to his style on multiple occasions as "lynchian" in reference to his favorite film director David Lynch and his obtuse narrative style.
The band had jokingly labeled themselves "Nintendocore" very early on in their career in reference to the synth sound they had adopted. Some Nintendo characters that are metaphorically referred to include Cut Man from Mega Man, although the song is spelled "Cutsman" because the song was about a childhood friend Winneke grew up with and that was how they had said the character's name in youth; "Birdo", one of the bosses from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2, in the song "Birdo" which was actually about Winneke's distaste for eggs and traumatic experiences with his stepfather early in his life ; and the rabbit-like nemesis from The Legend of Zelda in the song "Pol's Voice" which is about Winneke's early loathing of the sound of his own voice. Similarly, the song "A Million Exploding Suns" refers to the Marvel Comics character Sentry, a schizophrenic and agoraphobic hero with this abundance of power, pertaining to Winneke's double life as a musician and as a video rental clerk.
2007's A Natural Death featured significant lyrical and musical evolution into the concepts of nature and mortality while moving slightly away from the Nintendo metaphors. The song "Murder" is inspired by the Western novel Lonesome Dove, in which a Native American named Blue Duck stalks and kills white settlers on the plains. "Hyperborea" as a reference to Robert E. Howard's original "Conan" pulp fantasy stories from the 30s, and "The Red Tornado," a DC comics character from the company of which Winneke is such an open enthusiast.
The band's line-up has continuously fluctuated in its 10 year history. In February it was announced that Chris Prophet had been fired and Jon Karel from The Number Twelve Looks Like You would be filling in on drums during Earth Tour. In July, 2008 the band stated that long-time band friend Daniel Pouliot of Bleeding Kansas had joined as the band's full time drummer. On Wednesday, December 3 2008, the band announced that Dash Arkenstone would be leaving the band soon, though he remains on good terms with the other members and has attended local shows.
The band booked its own tours starting the summer of 2002, including a 3-month tour spanning seven countries. With a carefully maintained web presence including their MP3.com and MySpace accounts, they had gained themselves a niche audience. In the summer of 2004, the HORSE the World Tour 2004 included 85 shows in 90 days, spanning 7 countries throughout North America and Europe.
Their latest album, titled Desperate Living, was released on October 6, 2009.
Bunnies
HORSE the band Lyrics
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Ten words: snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs in your eyes.
Roaring with whispers to the tiny bunnies smash/splat those fucking bunnies.
Send them information in a sensationalist manner, they corrupt.
Heads snapping and misspelling eyes twitching in response to the sound of the words.
Red world-like words zooming boiling.
Moons in the shallow sky.
Twitching bleeding screaming bring the hammer down.
Screaming bunnies bleeding bloody bunnies smeared across the ground.
Drool spilling down his chin unto his beard as he screams red words
At a blank and pointless sky of mothers.
Red words popping and crackling black.
Ten words: snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs in your eyes.
Forget the bombs in your eyes.
Speak the words to crack open the sky
The lyrics to "Bunnies" by HORSE the Band describe a dystopian world where a broken machine-wielding character is surrounded by twitching, gurgling bunnies who are corrupted by sensationalist media. The singer urges the character to splat and squish the bunnies, who are bleeding and screaming, in order to bring the hammer down on them. The singer also encourages the character to speak red words to crack open the sky, possibly as a way to escape or bring attention to the oppressive world they inhabit.
The lyrics are a commentary on the dangers of media manipulation and its effects on society. The bunnies can be seen as a metaphor for the masses who are easily swayed by sensationalist media and corrupted by it. The broken machine represents the machinery of society that perpetuates this system. The character wielding it is possibly a rebel or someone trying to fight against this oppressive system.
Line by Line Meaning
And a beef will rise again, broken machine in his hand.
An argument is brewing, and the singer is armed with a broken machine.
Ten words: snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs in your eyes.
Words that evoke violent imagery cause physical responses in the bunnies, and the singer advises forgetting the war happening around them.
Roaring with whispers to the tiny bunnies smash/splat those fucking bunnies.
The singer instructs the bunnies to violently destroy each other, speaking with a mix of loud and soft tones.
Send them information in a sensationalist manner, they corrupt.
The bunnies are susceptible to being corrupted by sensational information.
Heads snapping and misspelling eyes twitching in response to the sound of the words.
The bunnies' bodies react to the violent words, causing their heads to snap and their eyes to twitch.
Red world-like words zooming boiling.
The violent words cause the world to appear red and boiling.
Moons in the shallow sky.
The sky is empty and without substance.
Roaring with whispers to the tiny bunnies splat/squish those fucking bunnies.
The artist repeats their violent instructions to the bunnies.
Twitching bleeding screaming bring the hammer down.
The bunnies are in pain and suffering greatly.
Screaming bunnies bleeding bloody bunnies smeared across the ground.
The violence has caused the bunnies to be terribly injured and killed.
Drool spilling down his chin unto his beard as he screams red words.
The singer is so invested in the violence that they drool while screaming.
At a blank and pointless sky of mothers.
The sky is described as meaningless and unimportant.
Red words popping and crackling black.
The violent words stand out in the world, almost like they're popping and crackling.
Ten words: snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs in your eyes.
The violent words are repeated again, urging the bunnies to act aggressively and forget the war happening around them.
Forget the bombs in your eyes.
The singer repeats their urging for the bunnies to forget the war.
Speak the words to crack open the sky.
The artist believes that the violent words have the power to affect the sky itself.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: CHRISTOPHER LYLE PROPHET, DASHIELL HAN ARKENSTONE, DAVID ISEN, ERIK DANIEL ENGSTROM, JEFFREY NATHAN WINNEKE
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And a beef will rise again, broken machine in his hand
Ten words: snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs in your eyes
Roaring with whispers to the tiny bunnies
SMASH those fucking bunnies
Send them information in a sensationalist manner
THEY CORRUPT
Heads snapping and misspelling eyes twitching in response to the sound of the words
Red world-like words zooming boiling
Moons in the shallow sky
Roaring with whispers to the tiny bunnies
SMASH those fucking bunnies
Twitching bleeding screaming bring the hammer down
Screaming bunnies bleeding bloody bunnies smeared across the ground
Drool spilling down my chin unto my beard as he screams red words at
A blank and pointless sky of mothers. Red words popping and crackling black
Ten words: Snapping bunnies twitching gurgling forget the bombs
IN YOUR EYES
Forget the bombs in your eyes
Speak the words to crack open the sky
@Steviedoeslife
This is YouTube history at this point
@TravisMagus
Take a moment to appreciate HOW MUCH FUCKING WORK WAS PUT INTO THIS ANIMATION 16 YEARS AGO!
BASIC FLASH!
🙌 🙌 🙌
@JustinWhangYt
Daaaamn just remembered this
@elmonic7182
Fuckkk i didn't know you fucked with Nintendocore
@EricToTheScionti
Hah!
Really cool seeing you post here. I was watching your RE clown basement music video not too long ago.
@bunnibomb
i didn’t know you liked nintendocore 💕
@fugu_3467
You now have to do a "What happened to Albino Black Sheep?"
@eblisdolphin1306
didnt expect to see you here
lol
@EatHardWaves
I remember watching this on newgrounds almost 10 years ago. Not even a few weeks after seeing it my old band was offered a gig opening for them when they were totally unknown. I jumped on it because i was the only person in town who had heard of them. The show was a blast and Horse was hilarious. I hung out with the bass player and he said he wanted to die by being torn apart by hundreds of 3rd graders in a fight. The keyboardist obviously stripped down to his underwear (as usual) and they spent the entire show making fun of Iowa, lol.
@jeleopard
That's so awesome. I wish they'd tour again.