Singalong! Dinosaur Sex by Emmy the Great

This is going to sound a lot more morbid than I mean it to: I love a good reminder of the fleeting nature of life and human existence. I mean, we all like to walk around pretending that we'll live forever and that the world revolves around us and that we are irreplaceable. We may have sex and make babies and further our species, but the dinosaurs did that, too. This isn't a call to giving up, but rather a call to go as far as our lives will take us, and not worry about going any further.

DINOSAUR SEX

by Emmy the Great

These roads, they lead as far as they can lead

That's why they're called the ways that make you feed

Cranes are lifting cargo to the sea

They are the size the dinosaurs would be.

Power station shivers, then it leaks

Bleeds onto the fields and kills the wheat

Harvest comes but will we ever eat?

Power station shivers, then it leaks.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe we will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But we will lead as far as we can lead

These days I watch the screen for what I need

I take my food on trays across my knee

Leaves are always falling from the trees

I think I see my future in the leaves.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe I will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But I will lead as far as I can lead

I think I see the future when I sleep

The sky splits like an almond under feet

Skin is peeling off of us in sheets

I think I see the future when I sleep

And power stations shiver and they leak

They bleed onto the fields and kill the wheat

A sea of clouds is billowing in heat

Oh, harvest comes and babies born with teeth.

And skin is peeling off of us in sheets

I think I see the future when I sleep.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe you will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But you will lead as far as you can lead.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe you will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But you will lead as far as we can lead.

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