Under the Lemon Demon name, Neil has released seven full length albums and two EPs. Neil is also known for being the creator of a genre of Flash animation called "Animutation" which is characterized by unpredictable montages of pop-culture images set to music, often in a language foreign to the intended viewers. He is also known from his YouTube channel, 'NeilCicierega', most famous for his Potter Puppet Pals series.
Sky Is Not Blue
Lemon Demon Lyrics
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Connected by the hands with tiny little faces.
And now I'll hang them on the walls,
So you can see the people filling up the spaces.
I think I am the only one to ever realize that I am
The only one to realize what's true.
When all the world is stuck in a jam:
I made you this defective little song,
Connected by the chords, connected and melodic.
And if you think I sing it wrong,
Or if you think it sounds a little too robotic,
Just let me know. I'll understand, and maybe when I play next week,
I'll think of you and make it pristine,
As long as you repeat after me:
The grass is not green.
I might have stated what I thought before.
I might have kept it in. My memory is failing.
I might have stumbled through the door.
You might have stared and asked what I had been inhaling.
I might have blinked. I might have sighed.
I might have been a has-might-have-been,
But if you really heard what I said,
You'd understand the mindset I'm in,
Where roses aren't red.
I'm setting up my tiny little town,
A Lego set in which I'm planning to retire.
It's really time I settled down,
But not before I set everything on fire.
Put on my boots and stamp it out.
The little yellow people don't care.
They never did, and they never do,
And yet they seem to speak with their stare.
They tell me things I can't deny.
They tell me I'm a sap. I'm a square.
They tell me things I already knew.
The greatest of the secrets they share:
The sky is not blue.
In Lemon Demon's song "Sky Is Not Blue," the singer is creating a little world of construct paper dolls and a Lego set. They are using these mundane objects to illustrate a point about a larger truth that they believe only they can see. The song is about the feeling of being alone in the world, the feeling that no one else sees the world the way you do. The singer believes that they are the only one who can see the true nature of the world, a world in which the sky is not blue, and the grass is not green.
The song seems to be inspired by the surrealists, who often believed in the power of the imagination to reveal deeper truths about the world. The lyrics are full of contradictions, like the idea of a sky that is not blue and a grass that is not green. The singer is also full of contradictions, vacillating between arrogance and self-doubt, between confidence and insecurity. They are aware that their song may be "defective" and "robotic," but they are also defiant, saying that they will make it "pristine" if need be.
The song captures the strange feeling of being out of step with the world, of feeling like you are the only one who can see the true nature of things. But it is also a song about the power of imagination and the ability to create your own little world, even if that world is made up of construction paper and Legos.
Line by Line Meaning
I made you these construction paper dolls,
I created these dolls out of construction paper for you,
Connected by the hands with tiny little faces.
The dolls were made to be connected by their hands and have small faces.
And now I'll hang them on the walls,
Now I'm going to hang the dolls on the walls,
So you can see the people filling up the spaces.
So you can see how the dolls fill up the empty spaces.
I think I am the only one to ever realize that I am
I believe I am the only one who understands that I am,
The only one to realize what's true.
The only one who knows what is really true.
When all the world is stuck in a jam:
When the entire world is in a difficult situation:
The sky is not blue.
The color of the sky is not blue.
I made you this defective little song,
I wrote this imperfect little song for you,
Connected by the chords, connected and melodic.
The song is connected by its chords, and has a melody.
And if you think I sing it wrong,
If you believe I sing it improperly,
Or if you think it sounds a little too robotic,
Or if you think it sounds too mechanical,
Just let me know. I'll understand, and maybe when I play next week,
Just tell me, I'll comprehend, and maybe I can perfect it when I perform it next week,
I'll think of you and make it pristine,
I'll think of you and make it flawless,
As long as you repeat after me:
As long as you say what I say:
The grass is not green.
The color of grass is not green.
I might have stated what I thought before.
I may have previously expressed my thoughts.
I might have kept it in. My memory is failing.
Or I may have held it in. My recollection is deteriorating.
I might have stumbled through the door.
I may have stumbled as I entered the room.
You might have stared and asked what I had been inhaling.
You may have looked at me and asked what I had been breathing in.
I might have blinked. I might have sighed.
I may have blinked. I may have sighed.
I might have been a has-might-have-been,
I may have been a hypothetical or potential being,
But if you really heard what I said,
However, if you truly listened to what I said,
You'd understand the mindset I'm in,
You would understand the state of mind I am currently in,
Where roses aren't red.
Where the color of roses is not red.
I'm setting up my tiny little town,
I am creating my small, personal town,
A Lego set in which I'm planning to retire.
It is a Lego set that I intend to spend my retirement in.
It's really time I settled down,
It is truly time for me to settle down,
But not before I set everything on fire.
But first, I will set everything on fire.
Put on my boots and stamp it out.
I will put on my boots and stomp out the flames.
The little yellow people don't care.
The small yellow figures are unconcerned.
They never did, and they never do,
They never have and never will,
And yet they seem to speak with their stare.
However, they appear to communicate through their gaze.
They tell me things I can't deny.
They inform me of things I cannot refute.
They tell me I'm a sap. I'm a square.
They tell me that I am foolish and unappealing.
They tell me things I already knew.
They tell me things I have already been aware of.
The greatest of the secrets they share:
The most significant of the secrets they disclose:
The sky is not blue.
The color of the sky is not blue.
Contributed by Henry L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@wilsonstrax5899
This song is about hypnotism. Being hypnotized to lose optimism, being hypnotized to believe that the sky cannot be blue, that roses cannot be red, that grass cannot be green.
The song acts, as most hypnotisms do, as a chain. The person singing the song is meant to hypnotize others to believe the same things they have been hypnotized to believe. This is a common thing in hypnotism communities.
"I made you these construction paper dolls,
Connected by the hands with tiny little faces."
Dolls are a common term used for those who have been hypnotized. Some hypnotism communities prefer to be hypnotized to be dolls. Connected by the hands with tiny little faces would refer to the fact that all of the people in that community are connected through the hypnotism they receive. The singing of the song is part of this community.
"I made you this defective little song,
Connected by the chords, connected and melodic."
The original source of the song (whether created by this singer or not) was created specifically to be connected and melodic. It is defective, referring to the fact that is has someone believe in things that are untrue.
"Just let me know. Ill understand, and maybe when I play next week,
Ill think of you and make it pristine,
As long as you repeat after me:
The grass is not green."
The song wants you to repeat after them. This is to affirm the brainwashing that grass is not green. Repeating after the hypnotist is a common trope. The reward system is also common. You will only be rewarded if you repeat after them.
"I might have stated what I thought before.
I might have kept it in. My memory is failing.
I might have stumbled through the door.
You might have stared and asked what I had been inhaling."
This reveals to us, that the singer in the song themself are also hypnotized. Their memory is failing because they are hypnotized. They are stumbling. These are common symptoms of being hypnotized or brainwashed. Being in a stupor.
"I might have blinked. I might have sighed.
I might have been a has-might-have-been,
But if you really heard what I said,
Youd understand the mindset Im in,
Where roses arent red."
Blinking and sighing are both triggers used by hypnotists. They will tell you to blink, or to sigh in order to affirm these triggers.
"Im setting up my tiny little town,
A Lego set in which Im planning to retire.
Its really time I settled down,
But not before I set everything on fire."
The town is the community of people who are being hypnotized. The person is letting go of their life in order to be part of this community. Even if they try to escape, they will keep falling back in. So at this point they are ready to retire completely, and in order to do so, they will set everything in their life on fire. This line could also refer to them attempting to leave the community, as shown by the next stanza.
"Put on my boots and stamp it out.
The little yellow people dont care.
They never did, and they never do,
And yet they seem to speak with their stare.
They tell me things I cant deny.
They tell me Im a sap. Im a square.
They tell me things I already knew.
The greatest of the secrets they share:
The sky is not blue."
The people in the hypnotism community never cared, they never did, and never do. They just want to fall into the hypnotism that the singer is in. Here, the singer is attempting to stamp out the hypnotism out of their life... and yet they can't. They speak with their stare. (Staring is a common thing in hypnotism). The singer is being told what to think, things they cannot deny. Reaffirming what they were trying to run away from. They have fallen into the community once more.
@ThatOneIrishFurry
My favourite part of this song will always be neils backing vocals where he just goes "LA LA LA.. LA.. LA.. LA LA LA" in a deep voice
@p1nk-gutzz
Me too, it sounds great
@probablyjaden
@@p1nk-gutzz fr it sounds great
@rareoats
It makes my little peanut brain do a happy dance
@MintyHeart_
He does a lalala alot for backing vocals like in when he died and stuff
@chz000
and a smooth transition to the song "pumpkin pie"...
@ElbowStuff
i imagine this one is sung by the same neil as in touch tone telephone but younger
@grainassault4844
Damn now I need to pinpoint exactly how many total Neils there are
@shikisai22
And atomic copper claw could be an ever younger version 👀
@ElbowStuff
Aria :D good idea im stealing it