The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
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Silver Trembling Hands
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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She keeps wishing for the secret society
To fall
She keeps watching for the jaguar
With the silver trembling hand
Dagger
Night
Fight
She forgets about the fear
When she's high
When she's high
When she's high
When she's high
She puts diamonds on her forehead
They remind her how the animals and
Trees and insects call
Is it wrong not to believe
Nature makes us all compete
Daggers
Night fight
Tomorrow
She forgets about the fear
When she's high
When she's high
When she's high
When she's high
The lyrics of "Silver Trembling Hands" by The Flaming Lips depict a woman seeking something elusive, perhaps a sense of belonging and purpose. She yearns for a secret society that she wants to fall, while also watching out for the jaguar with the silver trembling hand. The jaguar, with a dagger and engaged in a night fight, possibly represents her fear and uncertainty about the future. However, when she is high, she forgets these fears, putting diamonds on her forehead as a reminder of the beauty and harmony found in nature.
The song's lyrics touch upon themes of yearning, fear, and the search for meaning in the world. The blindfold and secret society could symbolize the uncertainty and frustrations that come with not fully understanding the world and oneself. The jaguar represents the unknown that can be both daunting and alluring. However, through the use of diamonds on her forehead, the lyrics suggest that beauty and harmony can be found in nature, providing a momentary escape from the fears and questions that beset the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
She keeps feeling for the blindfold
She is searching for something to shield her from reality.
She keeps wishing for the secret society to fall
She desires for the end of established norms and rules set by society.
She keeps watching for the jaguar with the silver trembling hand
She is anticipating a powerful and dangerous force to emerge with a mysterious and uncertain nature.
Dagger
A sharp weapon for causing harm.
Night
A time of darkness and uncertainty.
Fight
Struggle and opposition against things that stand in the way.
Tomorrow
The future, a time that is yet to come with unknown possibilities.
She forgets about the fear
She overcomes her emotions of anxiousness and unease through her anticipation.
When she's high
When she is under the influence of a mind-altering substance that alters her perception of reality.
She puts diamonds on her forehead
She is seeking to decorate herself with something precious and valuable on her mind.
They remind her how the animals and trees and insects call
The diamonds serve as a reminder to her of the diversity and beauty of nature's creations.
Is it wrong not to believe nature makes us all compete
She questions whether it is right to accept the idea that nature is only about survival of the fittest and competition.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: WAYNE MICHAEL COYNE, STEVEN GREGORY DROZD, MICHAEL LEE IVINS
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@corey-bird3489
She keeps feeling for the blindfold
She keeps wishing for the secret society to fall
She keeps watching for the Jaguar with the silver trembling hand
Dagger
Night
Fight
Tomorrow
She forgets about the fear
When she’s high
When she’s high
When she’s high
She puts diamonds on her forehead
They remind her how the animals and trees and insects call
Is it wrong not to believe
Nature makes us all compete
Daggers
Night fight
Tomorrow
She forgets about the fear
When she’s high
When she’s high
When she’s high
When she’s high
@kevinshann3371
This is probably one of the most innovative album's I've ever heard..growing up on the Beatles ,and Floyd
@corey-bird3489
My favorite band is They Might Be Giants but I HAVE to label them, Flaming Lips, Butthole Surfers and Red Aunts as the weirdest rock bands, at least likely inspired by Beatles/Floyd.
@castlecrasher6924
When ever I listen to almost any of there songs, I just think how does this song not have more views?
@KSabot
First Flaming Lips song I heard.
Actually, probably not the first, just the first time I listened and thought "who tf are these guys?", the rest was history.
@Maxxabstract
Definitely my first. And I’ve not yet got into anything else oh em. But this is great 👍
@corey-bird3489
@Maxxabstract My first was Bad Days thanks to Batman Forever. Their songs for Spongebob and Ender’s Game and Spider-Man 3 are nice in my opinion.
@Maxxabstract
@Corey Messick the lips wrote songs for those OST's? nice nice
@corey-bird3489
@Maxxabstract Yep! For some reason the Spongebob musical and the first and third film but not the second. They’re like Randy Newman to Pixar. I’m working on my story Glark’s Cable (spoonerism of Clark Gable) and when I upload it, I intend on using the song Riding To Work in the Year 2025 and giving credit.
@corey-bird3489
@Maxxabstract Your profile pic actually looks like something psychedelic they’d use on an album cover or what.
@jerrycrow66
One of those Newbies need to listen to! ;-) !