#rambleramble

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GREAT SONG, 10/10, I feel like it's actually a rlly good intro to the album. It's intense, probably to make the listener listen to the rest of the album which is smart. "I was in full bloom until I met you, I'm gonna shake my feathers. I'm breaking loose" seems like it's implying abuse/manipulation in some form tbh. "I wanna go back to a face, no more mask" they're tired of having to hide how they feel/of walking on eggshells. They're spreading they're feathers and leaving, breaking loose. Powerful and the music just makes it sm better.

Zaba and Cosmo sheldrake's music have a similar vibe tbh- except Cosmo Sheldrake is Yonkagor abt fish (basically like rlly interested in/has a fish or ocean refrence in most songs/albums)

ALSO LIKE EVERY SINGLE SONG HAS A REFRENCE TO FEATHERED WINGS/BIRDS?

Black mambo:

"Slow down it's a science, he's been waiting to bring you down. Snake eyed, with a sly smile. We can hold you, and shake you child" GIVES ME CHILLS. another great song!! You kinda have to listen to it on full volume at night by yourself for it to hit better than it usually would but OH MY GOD ITS SO GOOD. It's probably referring to drugs, 'its a science [...] Waiting to bring you down [...] Snake eyed with a sly smile' It's a science (makes you feel a certain way), waiting to bring you down (that eventually leads to a downfall) snake eyed, with a sly smile (it's got you. It's got you in it's grasp and is smug about it.) We can hold you, and shake you child (it's got you, it's holding you. You can't leave. It shakes you, shaking someone usually makes them feel dizzy and/or powerless) this song is just wow ngl, rlly good but I can see it getting dismissed by someone if not listening to it in the right conditions

Something about most Zaba songs is that they aren't exactly a 'casual listen' most of the time, the meanings are so deep and complex that it feels like a crime to take lightly (for me)

OH ALSO, if you listen to the full album in succession, until you've listened to the songs separately/listened multiple times you might not know where one song ends and another begins. It's very good at blending the songs together

Pools:

Not as much to say about this song, it was one of the first Zaba songs I listened to though. I like the song, alot. I have however seen people's theories on the meaning and kinda agree kinda disagree. It definitely seems to be about a good/loving relationship gone wrong, perhaps due to the singer only smiling because he wants to. I feel the line "open to a world of noise" IN. MY. SOUL. A world of noise is very accurate, but I feel it probably has some deep meaning and I'm taking it too literal. "I smile because I want to, I smile because you want to" probably means that he's smiling because he knows his partner expects it, maybe he's decieving his partner with his voluntary smile somehow

Gooey:

I gotta say, I liked it alot more the first time I listened to it. I relate to the "I can't take this place, no I can't take this place, I just wanna go where I can get some space" alot, it's how I feel VERY often. The song sounds like overstimulation. Perhaps they're drunk? Idk, but for me it's more like this being is sensory overload and is struggling to cope with having to do this. "Truth be told, I've been here I've done this all before" they're fresh out of the womb, and already overwhelm feels familiar. They're probably in constant stress or going to develop some form of anxiety if it continues. "I say 'I told you so' but you just gonna cry" (foreshadowing) They said "I told you so" they predicted whatever happened to the one who's crying (anxiety, overthinking about the future). Anyways singer is upset and overwhelmed as soon as they set foot into the world. There's probably more/alot deeper meanings than this but I feel one of the messages is: the world sucks.

Walla Walla:

THIS SONG. ITS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITES. Ok first off, it starts with "I'm a little naked man" WHICH IS A REFRENCE TO GOOEY BECAUSE THAT ONE STARTS WITH "-my naked fool, fresh out of the icky gooey womb" SO THIS SONG IS A FOLLOW-UP TO GOOEY. Which is so yes because it's the next song in the album after it. Also "I'm a little naked man, I saw you there looking sad" it's the '-but you just gonna cry' person!! (I picture them as a young girl for some reason so I'll probably refer to them as a she) So naked man then goes "honey, honey, it's alright" and THEN proceeds to say "-these creatures are alive".. creatures. Which is another interesting thing because THIS WHOLE SONG sounds like a threat. A warning. There's danger. There's danger, we're in the jungle and there's threats everywhere. These creatures are alive. Alive and will get you if you cry too loud. Then he says "I clap my hands, and they're gone into the night" probably a lie, just trying to reassure/try to make the young girl feel better. The whole song's vibe is anxiety/stress inducing. Personally I've gotten STOMACHACHES and HEADACHES listening /info. It's a good song and definitely one of the best in the album imo. It's such a jungle vibe. THEN. THE BIT TOWARDS THE END. MY FAVOURITE BIT OF THE SONG. So the final chorus is playing, the music is more textured, alot more sounds and layers. All while saying "Take my hand" 16 times one after the other. Then there's an AWESOME instrumental, which just sounds like naked man had grabbed young girl's hand and is now running. Running from danger. Because there is danger everywhere. Take my hand, you will not survive. And in the instrumental you've got noises of wild theriform animals, in a threatening way. You are prey, run. And then he says take my hand 16 more times, in an almost pleading voice. A desperate voice. And the song is just a masterpiece. You have to have listened to it to understand what I'm saying but it's genuinely incredible. Again, not really a casual listen.

Intruxx:

Not much about this, again. It's just music. But the MUSIC is actually incredible. Throughout the song you can hear 'wa-walla, Walla walla' repeated over and over. It's another jungle vibe and I think it's after the events of Walla Walla (clearly). It very much sounds like an escape. I'm not sure, you'd had to listen to it to understand. It's definitely a transition song, but imo it's a very good one.

Anyways I'm ending it here I wanna scroll more