Mark Linkous.
Sea Of Teeth
Sparklehorse Lyrics
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Can you taste the crush of a sunset's dying blush?
Stars will always hand in summer's bleeding veils
Can you feel the rings of Saturn on your finger?
Can you taste the ghosts who shed their creaking hosts?
But seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil
But seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil
The lyrics of Sparklehorse's song "Sea of Teeth" seem to be exploring the themes of nature and the impermanence of life. The opening lines invite the listener to imagine experiencing the atmospheric conditions of Venus, suggesting the otherworldliness of this track's message. As the second line mentions the "sunset's dying blush", a sense of melancholy and decay seeps into the lyrics. The next verse asks the listener to consider the rings of Saturn, once again touching on space but also hinting at a feeling of powerlessness - while we are cosmic beings, we are limited by our physical bodies.
The lyrics continue on this theme of impermanence with the lines "can you taste the ghosts who shed their creaking hosts?", evoking images of a never-ending cycle of birth and death. The use of the word "hosts" adds an extra layer of eeriness to the imagery, as if the ghosts are possessing something beyond just themselves. The final lines, "seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil" summarize the message of the song. No matter how eternal something may seem at first glance, it will eventually crumble and decay.
Line by Line Meaning
Can you feel the wind of Venus on your skin?
Are you able to perceive the intangible, otherworldly forces that surround you?
Can you taste the crush of a sunset's dying blush?
Can you fully experience and savor the fleeting beauty of life as it changes and fades away?
Stars will always hand in summer's bleeding veils
The celestial bodies will remain constant, even as the seasons and cycles of life continue to move forward and fade away.
Can you feel the rings of Saturn on your finger?
Can you grasp the enormity and weight of the universe, and your own existence within it?
Can you taste the ghosts who shed their creaking hosts?
Are you able to sense the lingering memories and echoes of past lives that continue to haunt the present?
But seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil
Despite the enduring forces of nature and the universe, everything eventually breaks down and returns to the earth from which it came.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARK LINKOUS
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@EminentKnight
Can you feel the wind of Venus on your skin?
Can you taste the crush of a sunset's dying blush?
Stars will always hang in summer's bleeding fangs.
Can you feel the rings of Saturn on your finger?
Can you taste the ghosts who shed their creaking hosts?
But seas forever boil. Trees will turn to soil.
Stars will always hang in summer's bleeding fangs.
Seas forever boil. Trees will turn to soil.
@Gauss777
Mark Linkous tinha um dom extraordinário, é uma pena ele ter ido tão subitamente.
@starrycat1
This song is so bittersweet… makes me think of all the wonder and beauty of our planet and how its bones creak with all the lives that have come before us and all the lives that will come after us. How humans have always been human and how we’ve been looking at the same oceans and stars for eternity.
But it also makes me think of the sadness of the inevitable end of everything, how fragile things are. How nothing good ever stays and how the world is cold and indifferent to our suffering.
I think that basically, it makes me feel like the speck of dust in the universe that I am and it makes me want to cry.
@Echoes303
Well said
@JSPRKL
Thank you... that is a wonderful interpretation.
@starrycat1
@@JSPRKL thank you very much :) I’m glad you liked it!
@SeventhLemon
Beautifully comforting... Even with lyrics that acknowledge the inevitability of death.
@asilvermountzion1983
Stars will always hang, in summer's bleeding fangs
Seas forever boil, Trees return to soil
Brilliant and beautiful lyrics. RIP Mark
@kelly-do2ry
I think this will always be on my top songs ever list . As I age and I grow the list gets longer but this will always be , forever on the list . It's so perfect so beautiful so real so sad so right and good. Thank you sparklehorse
@StrangeCreed
I have some rather intense issues with anger, but this song is a surefire measure to bring me back from the brink.
@papi_dummy
his music always puts me in a very certain mood when i hear it. feels like when you're going through a shitty time in life and you're looking back on those memories from when you were a kid and everything in the world was beautiful and new and you can almost feel the sunshine.