Animal Day
Leatherface Lyrics

The lyrics of Leatherface's song "Animal Day" speak about the horrors of war and how it can be glorified as a romanticized idea. The first verse highlights the contradiction of people dancing to music while war is ongoing, portraying how the normalcy of life goes on while people are dying in the battlefield. The singer then speaks of his own fascination with war and romance, hinting at the possibility that he might find a twisted kind of beauty in the horrors of war. He then asks to be sent to war on "animal day" - a day of gruesome violence and bloodshed. The last line of the verse mentions charity, which could refer to the idea of war as a humanitarian act - a way to save people from an oppressive regime.

The second verse deepens the idea of the singer's obsession with history and pretty things. He lives in a black box of obscurity, perhaps a metaphor for his own psyche where he keeps his innermost thoughts and desires. Yet, he is aware of all the censored things, such as the terminal disease that spreads in war-ridden zones, the filth and obscenity of violence that the world turns a blind eye to, and the charities that exist to assuage the guilt of those who make war happen. He juxtaposes these horrors with the beautiful things that remain as memories, the pretty things that feed our nostalgia for a time and place that has been lost forever. The song seems to be a commentary on the glorification of war and the romanticization of violence that pervade certain cultures, calling attention to the absurdity of such constructs.