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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The Last Drop of Morning Dew
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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We should drop it right now
Well you've got yourself to blame
If you need these sunny days
And all those plans that I made
They're all changed by the end of the day
Cause God fucked up when he made us
Cause he made us so we could hate us
The lyrics to The Flaming Lips's song, The Last Drop of Morning Dew, convey a sense of resignation to the idea that everything is fleeting and imperfect. The singer acknowledges that their state of mind is unstable and that it's best to drop whatever it is they are holding onto at the moment. They hint at some frustration towards the listener, saying "You've got yourself to blame" as if the other person has played a role in the situation. They quickly move on to talk about the plans that they made, but how they are constantly changing and not set in stone. This further reinforces the idea of transience and impermanence.
The lines "cause God fucked up when he made us, cause he made us so we could hate us" suggest a lack of acceptance or dissatisfaction with oneself, and possibly with humanity as a whole. The final line, "and the world could end in a second", highlights the idea that everything could end at any moment, and it's important to live in the present and not get too caught up in plans or expectations.
Overall, the lyrics of The Last Drop of Morning Dew convey a sense of acceptance towards the impermanence of life and the world around us. They suggest that it's important to let go of expectations and live in the present, while acknowledging that it can be difficult at times.
Line by Line Meaning
I think the state of mind that I'm in
My current mental state is affecting my decisions and outlook on life
We should drop it right now
We should abandon our current course of action immediately
Well you've got yourself to blame
You are responsible for the negative consequences of your actions
If you need these sunny days
If you require constant positivity and good fortune
And all those plans that I made
All of the careful plans that I crafted have become irrelevant
They're all changed by the end of the day
My plans are constantly disrupted and altered by life's unpredictable events
Cause God fucked up when he made us
Our flaws and capacity for self-destruction indicate that God did not create us perfectly
Cause he made us so we could hate us
Our innate self-loathing and self-destructive tendencies are evidence of God's flawed creation
And the world could end in a second
The fragility of life and the world we live in is a constant reminder of our mortality
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: MICHAEL IVINS, RICHARD ENGLISH, WAYNE COYNE
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