Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens is the eighth track on Spirit Phone.
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| Song | |
| Artist | Lemon Demon |
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| Written by | Neil Cicierega |
| Appears on | Spirit Phone |
| Sung by | Neil Cicierega |
| Duration | 4:17 |
| Genre | Rock, Pop |
| Language | English |
| Links: | Video |
Description
Ancient Aliens is a song about a caveman being visited by aliens. Neil spoke of its story on the album's commentary track:
"So, this song is from the point of view of a caveman who’s meeting an alien and he just knows that it’s wrong and he can’t deal with it…? And I guess the alien is stranded or in need of help in some way and the caveman just refuses to help because he gets a primal reaction from meeting someone not of the Earth. Of course in reality cave-people were probably freaked out all the time by totally natural things too."
Lyrics
My mind's this cave So dark, No moon, No stars, No sound, Just hearts And walls Of art (ooh) Strange things happen For no reason That's all I know My mind's this cave So dark, No moon, No stars, no stars, No sound, Just hearts And walls Of art These creatures I've seen Some of them edible some of them mean That's all I know! I'm not like you You fly You burn my eyes My eyes, you speak In my mind Your kind All died when you arrived I saw you Make-ing fire Strange things hap-pen For no reason (aahh!) (oh oh oh oh) I can't help you You're not human You're not animal My mind's this cave So dark, No moon, No stars, no stars, No sound, Just hearts And walls Of art And you You fly You burn My eyes You speak In my mind You seem Surprised that I don't hear you
Trivia
- This song is one of many Lemon Demon songs to feature parts in 6/4 time.