I wrote a prog song about bugs for a joke

[Del_Duio]

A couple years ago on TRF we had a thread going about how pretentious prog bands can be sometimes- it might have come up when DT wrote about the Persian empire I'm not sure- and anyhow I thought wouldn't it be funny if someone wrote a song about the life cycle of the cicada, complete with all the roman numerals and everything. Well, now someone has!

 

If you're not familiar, a cicada's a large-ish insect that lays its eggs in the ground where they hatch and live there for a very long time (17 years I believe). Then they crawl up to the surface and molt their shells into their winged forms for a few weeks to mate and lay more eggs and die shortly thereafter, whereas the cycle begins again.

 

I mean, what a subject for prog right? :D

 

I'll put the lyrics below the "video", it's just a title card because honestly I don't know how you'd go about making a video about this sort of thing. I don't know jack shit about what time signatures this thing is and all that jazz and did my best with the drums but it didn't come out to bad:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPULqvMf6c&feature=youtu.be

 

I. Into the sky

Up in the sky

Way up high

Dodging the trees so we don't die

Look at that spot

It's good

Man, I don't feel so good

Landing to lay our eggs

Now why can't we feel our legs?!

 

 

II. Under the earth

It's soft and warm and cozy

Far below the ground

It's where we're living- Darkness, safe and sound

But now it's time!

The egg just hatched!

Squirming larval soup: "We eat and sleep and sleep and eat and poop!"

 

 

III. Perchance to poop (instrumental)

 

 

IV. To the Surface

The years have passed

This life half-assed

It's almost time to rise

Time to leave this soil most dispised

We dig and dig, it takes forever

Will we stop? NEVER!!

The coldness grips our exoskeletons

Our life now begins!

 

 

V. The Courting of Bug Bitches

It's lonely out here

Where's all my friends?

Climbing on fence posts? Splitting their skins?

I feel strange, I'm starting to molt

Now I have wings, but where do I go?

I'd impress the big bitches, but I ain't got the dough..

Well, here comes one now

WHATTA YA KNOW?!

I impressed the bug bitches!

 

 

VI. Into the Sun

The deed is done

It's time to run

Flying off into the sun

These wings are new

To go unused?

What do we do?

What do we do?!

Falling faster

Crashing down

Like a bullet towards the ground

A LIVING BULLET TOWARDS THE GROUND!!

 

 

VII. Into the sky (reprise)

Up in the sky

Way up high

Dodging the trees so we won't die

Look at that spot

It's good

Man, I don't feel so good

Landing to lay our eggs

Why can't we feel...?

Edited September 23, 2013 by Del_Duio

[invisible airwave]

Edited September 25, 2013 by invisible airwave

[Del_Duio]

 

Holy Christ, what a drop off from the "10" days!

Didn't they have another one called "Rats" too? What are they, the Noah's Ark of grunge? :P

[Babycat]

A couple years ago on TRF we had a thread going about how pretentious prog bands can be sometimes- it might have come up when DT wrote about the Persian empire I'm not sure- and anyhow I thought wouldn't it be funny if someone wrote a song about the life cycle of the cicada, complete with all the roman numerals and everything. Well, now someone has!

 

If you're not familiar, a cicada's a large-ish insect that lays its eggs in the ground where they hatch and live there for a very long time (17 years I believe). Then they crawl up to the surface and molt their shells into their winged forms for a few weeks to mate and lay more eggs and die shortly thereafter, whereas the cycle begins again.

 

I mean, what a subject for prog right? :D

 

I'll put the lyrics below the "video", it's just a title card because honestly I don't know how you'd go about making a video about this sort of thing. I don't know jack shit about what time signatures this thing is and all that jazz and did my best with the drums but it didn't come out to bad:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPULqvMf6c&feature=youtu.be

 

I. Into the sky

Up in the sky

Way up high

Dodging the trees so we don't die

Look at that spot

It's good

Man, I don't feel so good

Landing to lay our eggs

Now why can't we feel our legs?!

 

 

II. Under the earth

It's soft and warm and cozy

Far below the ground

It's where we're living- Darkness, safe and sound

But now it's time!

The egg just hatched!

Squirming larval soup: "We eat and sleep and sleep and eat and poop!"

 

 

III. Perchance to poop (instrumental)

 

 

IV. To the Surface

The years have passed

This life half-assed

It's almost time to rise

Time to leave this soil most dispised

We dig and dig, it takes forever

Will we stop? NEVER!!

The coldness grips our exoskeletons

Our life now begins!

 

 

V. The Courting of Bug Bitches

It's lonely out here

Where's all my friends?

Climbing on fence posts? Splitting their skins?

I feel strange, I'm starting to molt

Now I have wings, but where do I go?

I'd impress the big bitches, but I ain't got the dough..

Well, here comes one now

WHATTA YA KNOW?!

I impressed the bug bitches!

 

 

VI. Into the Sun

The deed is done

It's time to run

Flying off into the sun

These wings are new

To go unused?

What do we do?

What do we do?!

Falling faster

Crashing down

Like a bullet towards the ground

A LIVING BULLET TOWARDS THE GROUND!!

 

 

VII. Into the sky (reprise)

Up in the sky

Way up high

Dodging the trees so we won't die

Look at that spot

It's good

Man, I don't feel so good

Landing to lay our eggs

Why can't we feel...?

 

Very clever, Del_Duio! :D And thanks for the tag! :ebert:

[beneathbetweenbehindyourmom]

Not even kidding, this is actually really awesome. The little instrumental jam in the Bug Bitches section is pretty cool. I just wish there was an epic guitar solo in there.

[Del_Duio]

Thanks man! Yeah so do I!

 

I can play guitar a bit but can't solo for shit. I should do a collaboration someday with a TRFer who can solo like Pettrucci or something to jazz stuff up. It'd be awesome lol.