Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Released	2006
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	Dinosaurchestra
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	4:51
Tempo	115
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	Bandcamp Needlejuice Remaster YouTube Spotify

Archaeopteryx is the eleventh track on Dinosaurchestra. An early version of this song was leaked prior to the release of the album during Dinogate.

Neil explained the song's lyrics in the album's text commentary:

"The narrator has a deep jealousy of birdkind's ability to fly. So he blames it all on the earliest known bird, the Archaeopteryx.(The hidden irony is that modern birds are probably not directly descended from the Archaeopteryx, which may not even have been capable of flight.) He hopes he can alter the course of history, and rid himself of the birds which taunt him in the present...by busting a cap in Mr. Archaeopteryx."

Lyrics

Saw him in a book of fossils
Dancing with some old Apostles.
I think if I went back in time,
He’d be there, alive.
Root of all my jealousy.

Grounded in my devastation,
I can’t get no aviation.
Up in the sky, his grandchildren fly.
I don’t sing, I sigh.

Tell the Archaeopteryx
That I never wanted this
Featherhead metropolis.
Liar liar, wings on fire.

When it’s fast approaching winter
And I eat my turkey dinner,
Tickles of hate, they rattle my cage
And evolve to rage.
This is when I make a choice.

I will build a time contraption.
I will start a chain reaction.
Know what I think I’m going to do?
I am going to…

Tell the Archaeopteryx
That I never wanted this
Featherhead metropolis.
Liar liar, wings on fire.

Now the clock ticks,
And I hope this will fix
All the present bird tricks.
Farewell, Mr. Archaeopteryx.

Tell the Archaeopteryx
That I never wanted this
Featherhead metropolis.
Liar liar, wings on fire.